Theater of the absurdActor Mark Ruffalo makes terror alert watch-list

Published 29 November 2010

Zodiac” actor Mark Ruffalo arranged showings for “GasLand” — a documentary about natural gas drilling — earlier this year and voiced his concerns about the practice in relation to the U.S. national water supplies; the result: Pennsylvania’s Office of Homeland Security placed him on a national terror alert watch-list

Actor Mark Ruffalo has been placed on a terror advisory list by U.S. officials after organizing screenings for a new documentary about natural gas drilling.

The “Zodiac” actor arranged showings for “GasLand” earlier this year and voiced his concerns about the practice in relation to the U.S. national water supplies.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that his efforts to raise awareness and demand a stop to natural gas drilling reportedly attracted the attention of officials from Pennsylvania’s Office of Homeland Security — and he recently discovered it had landed him on a terror alert watch-list.

Ruffalo is taking it all in his stride and has laughed off the idea he could be a threat to security. He tells GQ Magazine, “(It’s) pretty f**kin’ funny.”