The following article contains spoilers for Task.MCU star Mark Ruffalo is currently in the spotlight after having played one of the most compelling television characters of the year. FBI agent Tom Brandis is the lead in the HBO Max crime miniseries Task, also starring Tom Pelphrey (Ozark) and created by Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown). Ruffalo and Pelphrey shine, playing two characters on opposite sides. The duo only get a few minutes of screen time together, but they include some astounding acting and writing. According to Ruffalo, an off-camera strategy was essential to landing the tone — a technique identical to the one director Michael Mann used when he kicked the actor off the set of Collateral so he wouldn't meet his antagonist.

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