Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo in “The Adam Project.” ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection And Ruffalo was a one take wonder, replying that he only had to hit Reynolds “once.” Earlier this month, the “Avengers” star also reflected on working with another co-star, Woody Harrelson, while shooting “Now You See Me.” Ruffalo admitted that he once rescued Harrelson, 64, from a bar fight while filming in Louisiana. “We were shooting ‘Now You See Me’ in New Orleans, completely on the streets,” he recalled while on Harrelson and Ted Danson’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast. “Totally wild.” 6 The scene in question from “The Adam Project.” BACKGRID “Capturing stuff on a long lens, getting dragged into bars during the middle of a scene, like in the middle of Mardi Gras,” he added. Ruffalo and Harrelson decided to pop into a crowded bar for a drink after a long day of filming the 2013 heist film – which turned out to be a mistake. “It was a packed place,” the “Task” star explained to Danson, 77. “And a woman came up to him and she said, ‘Oh my God, I love you so much.’ Woody put his hand on her arm, and he said, ‘Oh, thank you. Thank you, darling.’” 6 Ryan Reynolds and Mark Ruffalo in “The Adam Project.” Netflix “And this guy comes over and he pushes her outta the way,” Ruffalo continued, “and he shoves Woody.” Danson, who has been good friends with Harrelson since he joined the cast of “Cheers” in 1985, shook his head at their guest’s story. “Oh, bad bad,” the “Good Place” actor muttered. “Not good.” 6 A scene from “The Adam Project.” ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection “Bad,” Ruffalo concurred. “Because Woody’s first response is not ‘shove someone back,’ but ‘immediately punch them in the face.’” “Which is the right thing to do, by the way,” he continued. “It’s the absolute right thing to do. But then a whole melee broke out in this bar. I was in the middle of it, and it was getting to become a whole thing. And I grabbed you.” Harrelson corroborated his “Now You See Me” co-star’s recollection. 6 Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Walker Scobell in “The Adam Project.” ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection “I grabbed you and I pulled you out,” Ruffalo explained. “Because I was like, this could be fun, but it also could go so disastrously wrong because you and I might be able to handle ourselves, but the rest of the folks we were with… I don’t think so.” Filed under Source: https://nypost.com/2025/10/18/entertainment/mark-ruffalo-says-he-would-dream-of-how-to-punch-ryan-reynolds-in-the-face-during-this-project/