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Man, Mark Ruffalo is the best. Right? He’s so good! He’s great at acting. Most of the movies he is in are at least interesting choices. (Most!) He seems like a nice enough guy. He hates frakking. The best! Oh, he also played the Hulk in The Avengers. Did you know that? The Avengers was so fun! It’s just nice to see people get success when you feel like they’ve earned it. All in all, Mark Ruffalo is so likeable. It would be hard to make you dislike him. But this story (that may or may not even be true, but live by the blog die by the blog) comes pretty close! From The Enquirer via Celebitchy:
Mark Ruffalo wined, dined and reminisced with pals at Chateau Marmont about working there back in the day – then he gave them a blast from the past!
Said My Marmont Spy: “Mark asked the manager to let him wait on tables for old times’ sake. Moments later, he emerged from the kitchen juggling two armloads of plates and started serving guests.”
Mark served very professionally, returned to his table and told pals: “I love going back in time. It keeps me humble – and make me realize how lucky I really am!”
Uh, what? He gave WHO a blast from the past? As if everyone who was eating there remembered how he used to work there. Or as if all his friends were just THRILLED to watch him take two drink orders before sitting back down. Again, this story might not have even happened, and my apologies to the friends and family of Mark Ruffalo’s Untarnished Memory if it’s fake, but come on. You would think that a nice dinner with friends at an exclusive location after appearing in the second highest grossing movie of all time would be enough to make you realize how lucky you are, but I guess it is only weirdly bussing tables for two minutes as some kind of publicity stunt that does the trick. Do you know how annoyed I would be if I was at dinner with ANYBODY and they left the table to do this? I WAS TRYING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU, MR. CENTER OF ATTENTION! I still love Mark Ruffalo, but I do not love this (possibly fake) story! It really is like Harvey Dent said: you either die a hero, or you live long enough to become the guy who waits tables at Chateau Marmont for no reason.
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http://www.dlisted.com/2012/04/04/mark-ruffalo-not-well-endowed-says-mark-ruffalo
If learning about his teeny tiny penis didn’t do it, this certainly won’t. Wait on all the tables you like, Mark. As long as you and your microscopic wiener come home to me at the end of the day, we’re set.
Ok, “Mark asked the manager to let him wait on tables for old times’ sake” is not something anyone would ever do. I can see reminiscing, I can see talking to the boss maybe, but ASKING TO WAIT TABLES WHEN YOU ARE OUT WITH PEOPLE? No. I refuse to buy it.
Ok, here’s the thing… The Chateau isn’t that easy to hang out at if you’re going to the inside the hotel bar (where he was the bartender and beloved and yes, remembered) or restaurant. So if he did it, it was with a very VERY insider-y group of people that all know each other so this isn’t as douchey as it sounds (because it’s significantly more douchey for reasons that have nothing to do with Mr. Ruffalo but more of how that hotel in that specific part of Hollywood operates). I’ve been to the inside bar (vs. the easier to get into Sunset Boulevard-facing bar) a few times back when I was young and fresh-faced and full of dreams. It’s sort of their thing to have a really good-looking, super smart, super affable bartender. The one I knew was a lot like a young Mark Ruffalo, actually. It’s a very weird tiered you must be this hot/famous/connected to get past this gate kind of mentality. How I got past is still a mystery.
So my point is this may have happened and it’s not nearly as awful as it sounds… but kind of more awful for different but similar reasons?
The really shitty part of this story is when he asked the manager for his cut of the tips at the end of the night.
And later complained about how people don’t tip well anymore.
Did his pals work there with him? If so I could see why it would be a “blast from the past” for them. It’s also unclear from this maybe untrue story whether or not it was his friends’ idea or his and that makes a big difference as well. But either way, yeah, I don’t see why this would even register either way.
If there’s one thing that would make me like my job even less, it’s if some dude came and did it for 5 minutes and then told me how lucky he is not to have to do it.
The secret is he’s always waiting tables.
mark does this all the time. it was even more embarrassing when he went to the cancer ward, shaved his head, and asked to be admitted.
I remember when I used to deliver the newspaper and Charlton Heston appeared in my driveway at 5 a.m. one Wednesday. “I’ll take it from here, son,” he said. “This reminds me how lucky I am.”
That sounds more like a Gary anecdote.
Oh Gary. Such a card!
Never forget.
Classic Gary.
TOTALLY UNRELATED: Gabe’s chat with Tommy Wiseau is going to start like SO SOON (I’m fairly sure there will be a post about this but hey, just thought I’d give everyone a heads up to hold onto their spoons. And also their butts.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6RtfG7D5dY
As long as we’re celebrating “blasts from the past” allow me the nostalgic indulgence of posting a little commentator note demanding a return to the Hunt for the Worst Movie series and the You Get to Make Up the Story series. Rad series(es). And now I will hit the “submit comment” button and zap this commentator note to the videogum dot com web zone
I am an e-supporter of this position, especially the Worst Movies part. And the other part.
You have my upvote.
Sometimes I like to go back in time and read the old WMOAT posts. It keeps me humble, and makes me realize how lucky we were to have Gabe write those for us.
shouldnt that be THFTWMOAT?
I suppose you’re correct, Steve Winwood. That’s what I get for abbreviating the abbreviation.
I sometimes like to step away from my desk for a few minutes and make out with a starlet and bark at assistants, just as a goof. My friends are pretty cool about it.
“You’d better tip well! You wouldn’t like when you don’t tip well!” – Mark ” the hulk” Ruffalo.