Mark Ruffalo Sounds Off On 'The Normal Heart'

Mark Ruffalo: My 'Compassion For The Struggle Of People' Lead Me To 'The Normal Heart'

Just days after a poignant new trailer hit the blogosphere, actor Mark Ruffalo sounded off on his role in the much-anticipated HBO adaptation of Larry Kramer's masterpiece, "The Normal Heart."

"I love people, and I have a lot of compassion for the struggle of people," Ruffalo told HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski in an appearance to promote his clean water initiative "Water Defense.""I was growing up during the AIDS epidemic, and I saw how cruel and how insensitive people were to these people suffering. It sort of has been forgotten in our culture what happened during those times."

Many of the pioneering HIV/AIDS activists depicted in the film, he added, "brought us to the point today...gay marriage is as common almost as marriage right now."

"That was an important story that needed to be told, and I was honored to tell it with the folks that I got to tell it with, and having Larry Kramer's words to convey it," he noted.

"The Normal Heart" airs May 25 at 9 p.m. EST on HBO.

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