Keen Ruffalo is following in dad Mark Ruffalo‘s footsteps!
On Friday (August 7), the 25-year-old actor appeared on Today to promote his new Prime Video series Sterling Point.
During his interview, Keen shared his dad’s reaction when he told him he wanted to become an actor.
“He was definitely supportive, but he’s like, ‘You sure you wanna do this?’” Keen recalled. “He’s like, ‘[There’s] definitely less criticism in other [professions].’”
Acting definitely runs in Keen‘s blood as his mom Sunrise Coigney is also an actor. She appeared in 2001’s Campfire Stories and 2003’s In The Cut.
Keen went on to admit that acting wasn’t the first career path he had in mind.
“I was starting my freshman year of college just before COVID happened, and I was going for fashion design originally,” he explained. “And I dropped out not long after we ended up separating for COVID.”
Keen admitted that he began to suffer from “COVID depression” and searching for a fresh start, so he took a page from his parents.
“I need to change, and I was lost at the time,” he said. “And so I saw that acting made my dad so happy and I was like, ‘Listen, I need to try something new.’”
In addition to Keen, Mark and Sunshine, who have been married since 2000, are also parents to daughters Bella, 21, and Odette, 18.
All eight episodes of Sterling Point are available for streaming on Prime Video now. Find out more about the show here!
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