Mark Ruffalo Talks 'Shutter Island'

Mark Ruffalo recently spoke with MTV about the new Martin Scorsese movie, “Shutter Island.” (Or is it “Ashecliffe?”) Ruffalo is singing praises about Scorsese, but do we expect any less? “It is Martin Scorsese’s playground with this movie. He gets to do everything he loves about film,” Ruffalo said, “He does noir, fantasy sequences, dream sequences, madness, suspense, tough urban stuff. It’s absolute madness and twist upon twist. This could be one of his great films.”

The film is based on Dennis Lehane’s (“Mystic River” and “Gone Baby Gone”) 2003 novel, “Shutter Island.” Scorsese’s golden boy, Leonardo DiCaprio, plays U.S. Marshal, Teddy Daniels, who is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote “Shutter Island.”

The film is “so much bigger” and goes far beyond the aforementioned plot has lead us to believe, says Ruffalo. That is all Ruffalo was willing to say about the film which is due October 2, 2009 and stars DiCaprio, Ruffalo, Ben Kingsly, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Williams, Max von Sydow, and Jackie Earle Haley.[MTV]