Kat Coiro, director of ‘She-Hulk: Lawyer Hulka’, admits that the idea of the return of the actor crossed their minds.
As much as we are used to seeing Mark Ruffalo like the green giant (the one from Marvel, not the one from vegetables), it is worth remembering from time to time that The original Hulk of the MCU was Edward Norton..
‘The Incredible Hulk’ was the second movie in chronological order in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, released right after ‘Iron Man’ in 2008, and it introduced us to Norton as Bruce Banner, the scientist who became the Hulk. However, when the Hulk was part of the first ‘Avengers’ movie in 2012, the actor was replaced by Mark Ruffalo. The president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feigsaid at the time that they wanted someone who “embodied the creative and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members.”
Norton’s representatives responded by saying the statement was a “deliberately misleading and inappropriate attempt to paint our client in a negative lightNorton said he really enjoyed his time at the MCU, but he doesn’t regret not being invited back, as it gave him the chance to do movies like ‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel,’ and ‘Birdman.’ .
However, Marvel has begun to recover almost forgotten characters from that first Louis Leterrier film. The first was General Rosswho was played again by William Hurt and who will be replaced by Harrison Ford in ‘Captain America 4’ after the death of the actor. In that same movie we have confirmed the villain Leaderembodied by Tim Blake Nelson in the original film, and in the recent series ‘She-Hulk: Lawyer Hulka’ we witness the return of Tim Roth as Abomination (although we already got to see the antihero briefly in a cameo in ‘Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings’.
The last chapter of ‘She-Hulk’ also paid tribute to Lou Ferrigno and her series on the character in the 70s, and now the director Kat Coiro has admitted that the idea of getting Norton back was on the table. “There was a lot of talk about the fact that the last time they (Abomination and Hulk) were together, a different actor was playing the Hulk. And Mark [Ruffalo] He made quite a few jokes about it. Y we considered the idea of changing Mark for Edward Norton. but that didn’t happen.”
It is also It is not the first time that Marvel has considered Norton’s return to the UCM. The director of ‘What if…?’ AC Bradley He also declared just a year ago that he thought about asking Norton to voice the Hulk in several episodes of the animated series, something that ultimately did not take place either.
With the multiverse completely broken, we have already been able to verify that any actor can play any Marvel character, and that returns will be the order of the day. Will we see Norton again in the MCU as the Hulk? Maybe it’s just a matter of time…
Source: Fotogramas
Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
