Brilliant Character Actor Mark Rylance Is Fruit Loops

Mark Rylance is one of the very best of the That Guys in Hollywood, and even had a spell where he was something of a muse for Steven Spielberg, appearing in The BFG (as the BFG), Bridge of Spies (for which he won an Oscar), and Ready Player One. He was Thomas Cromwell in the Wolf Hall miniseries, and overall the kind of character actor who often shows up in films nominated for awards (Dunkirk, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Terrence Malick’s next film).

He is also fruit loops.

The world has known for years that Rylance is a Shakespeare truther — he has argued that William Shakespeare did not actually author all of William Shakespeare’s plays — but most of us let it slide because Rylance framed his skepticism in the most Joe Rogan of ways: “I’m just asking questions.”

The brain worms, however, have apparently burrowed deeper, because Rylance also eschewed the COVID vaccine in favor of … a garlic solution. “Science started to sound like a religion,” he told The Telegraph. “And really science is no different than religion, just an attempt by men to describe reality … I was not convinced I needed it. I took a very distilled garlic solution every morning, and vitamin C, and I sailed through Jerusalem.”

I mean, science is different than religion, Mark. Science is rooted in facts, and while our knowledge of science evolves as we learn more facts, it’s much different than religion, which can be based on the visions some guy had after he ate some moldy bread 2000 years ago. The choice to use a garlic solution is like ignoring all the facts and calling the guy ranting in the middle of Times Square a scientist.

But, sure, Mark. Ignore science in favor of … Tibetan sound bowls, which he claims his friend used to break up cancer cells instead of chemotherapy. “The body knows how to heal itself. We don’t need to go in and bombard it with poison. It’s like bombing a city to try and get rid of a little sect of terrorists. You may wipe them all out, but you’re going to breed 25 or 30 [more].”

I suppose it goes without saying, but if you are diagnosed with cancer, please do not treat it with Tibetan sound bowls. Go see a doctor. A real one.

Source: The Telegraph