EntertainmentWhy Edward Norton is banned from returning as Hulk in MarvelEdward Norton participated in only one MCU project: The Incredible Hulk (2008)today at 1:02 pm

With just one appearance in films from Marvel, Edward Norton interpreted Bruce Banner in The incredible Hulk (2008), directed by Louis Leterrier. Currently, there is no prospect of the actor reprising the role, as he has been banned from the franchise, according to Joanna Robinson in the book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios.

The work reports how there is a call for other actors and actresses to return to their respective roles in Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), but this is not the case for Norton. “If the Inhumans could be rehabilitated, apparently everyone in the history of MCU were on the call list [presidente do Marvel Studios, Kevin] Feige – except Edward Nortonthe first Bruce Banner of the franchise, and Joss Whedonwhose Agents of SHIELD remained in limbo,” states the book (via NME).

It is worth remembering how The incredible Hulk was one of the first projects of the MCUbut Edward Norton did not reprise the role in The Avengers – The Avengers (2012) and was replaced by Mark Ruffalo in the franchise. “We made the decision not to bring Ed Norton back to play the title role of Bruce Banner in The Avengers. Our decision is definitely not based on monetary factors, but rather rooted in the need for an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members,” he said. Feige in season.

Edward Norton discovers he is a descendant of Pocahontas

In 1995, the world learned a version of the story of Pocahontas through the famous animation of Disney. At the beginning of 2023, the actor Edward Norton discovered that, interestingly, he is one of the descendants of the Native American woman born around 1594 and a member of the Powhatan people.

Famous for his roles in Fight Club and the recently released Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mysteryfrom the Netflix, Norton participated in the premiere episode of the 9th season of the series Finding Your Roots. Launched in 2012, the documentary production seeks to present the “book of life” of several artists.

It was like this, invited by the series, Edward Norton found out that Pocahontas is his 12th great-grandmother. During the program, the presenter Henry Louis Gates Jr. revealed that, according to several studies, the lineage of Norton goes back directly to the colonist John Rolfean Englishman who married an indigenous woman — not to mention ancestors such as a Civil War soldier and a former pro-union labor activist.

This is as far as you can go unless [eu] it is [descendente de] a Viking”, joked the actor. “It makes you realize that you are a small piece of all of human history.”

In addition to discovering the identity of some of his oldest ancestors, Norton even discovered that his third great-grandfather, John Winstead, once owned slaves, as revealed by the 1850 North Carolina census. “The short answer is that these things are uncomfortable and you should feel uncomfortable. It is not a judgment on you and your own life, but it is a judgment on the history of this country and it needs to be acknowledged first and foremost, and then it needs to be faced,” he said.

Daughter of the former chief of the Tsenacommacah tribe, Pocahontas was captured by British settlers in 1613, shortly after foreigners arrived in the territory where she lived, which would later become Jamestown, Virginia. Among the English, the indigenous woman married the tobacco planter John Rolf on April 5, 1614 — and gave birth to the little Thomas in January 1615.

“Shakespeare died in 1616, just to put the date in perspective”, he explained Henry Louis Gates Jr., when commenting on the marriage between the indigenous woman and the British man, according to US Magazine. “Pocahontas died in March 1617, at Grave’s End, England, and John Rolfe died about March 1622.”