Ruffalo says he pulled Harrelson from bar fight during Now You See Me

Mark Ruffalo said he pulled fellow actor Woody Harrelson out of a bar fight in New Orleans while the two were filming the 2013 heist thriller Now You See Me, recounting the episode on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast on Oct. 14. The confrontation unfolded during a night when the cast was shooting on the streets amid Mardi Gras activity and had gone into a crowded bar after work, Ruffalo said.

Ruffalo described the sequence in detail on the podcast hosted by Harrelson and Ted Danson. A fan approached Harrelson and put her hand on his arm, saying, "Oh my God, I love you so much," Ruffalo recalled. Another patron then pushed the woman aside and shoved Harrelson, prompting what Ruffalo said was Harrelson's instinctive reaction. "Woody's first response is not shove someone back, but immediately punch them in the face," Ruffalo said. When the scuffle began to escalate into a broader melee, Ruffalo said he intervened to remove Harrelson from the confrontation, explaining he worried the situation could "go so disastrously wrong" for others in their group.

Harrelson laughed and affirmed Ruffalo's account during the conversation. Danson, who cohosts the podcast, praised...