Edward Norton Wants The Avengers To Take on The Hulk!

Edward Norton Wants The Avengers To Take on The Hulk!

In an interview with MTV, Edward Norton has revealed that he would like to see The Hulk as the villain in The Avengers!

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By JoshWilding - Sep 23, 2009 09:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: MTVSplashPage

This from MTV's Splash Page:

"In the comics, there was always a tension between the rest of the superhero community and he was always this problem... They treated him as this problem," said Norton"

Talking to MTV, Norton said he could definitely see the Hulk character becoming something that the rest of Marvel's superheroes joined forces to battle. After all, Hulk's never been shy about telling the world he's "the strongest there is."

"I think that's a fun way to go with it," said Norton.

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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2009, 10:08 AM
HULK VS AVENGERS!!!

We all know it! ; )

Bring on THOR! HULK goes RAGE!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2009, 10:09 AM
Good find @ JOSH! ; )
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 9/23/2009, 10:14 AM
awesome, I hope norton does come back. He was an awesome banner.
ManhuntersBastardChild
ManhuntersBastardChild - 9/23/2009, 11:01 AM
Norton captured the angst that a banner should be experiencing, while still giving the character a sense of humor. I think making Banner anyone else but Norton in future incarnation of the character (for the foreseeable future at least) would be a bad move.

That said, the avengers vs. the hulk would be a great way to go with it!
spideysweb
spideysweb - 9/23/2009, 11:03 AM
Damn, video won't play here in Canada. I would love to see the Avengers take on Hulk and then at the end they need him to fight off some some baddies.
spideysweb
spideysweb - 9/23/2009, 11:10 AM
BTW, nice find Josh
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/23/2009, 11:13 AM
Awesome! Hopefully he knows something we don't. Has to be Hulk as the first battle..then have Banner get some control and the whole team goes up against...who? My vote is Ultron but its unlikely.
ElBicho
ElBicho - 9/23/2009, 11:16 AM
Man, let there be some validity to this. Spoiler leak...
MIDAS
MIDAS - 9/23/2009, 11:23 AM
HE MUST COME BACK AS THE INCREDIBLE HULK!!!!
ironknight27
ironknight27 - 9/23/2009, 11:28 AM
A Hulk and IronMan battle would be awesome on screen!
urbansamurai70
urbansamurai70 - 9/23/2009, 11:29 AM
It should follow the comic with Loki being the "Villian." However, Loki should use the Hulk as a weapon against Midgard, Thor and the other Avengers.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/23/2009, 11:29 AM
Wow, Norton sure seems to know what he's talking about when it comes to the Hulk - a sure sign he cares about the character IMO! :)

LEE: Thanks man, i was so excited to read this news you're lucky i didnt pass out before i posted it, lol! ;D

spideysweb: ChThanks! Its the same here in the UK - I've posted doozens of these videos and i cant see them either! I dont get why MTV makes it so that they can only be viewed in the US!?!

After reading this, Im hoping that we'll see a Loki manipulated Hulk face The Avengers then a team up with the Hulk and Avengers taking down Loki (just like the final fight in both the Ultimates 2 and the classic Avengers comic book!)

StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 9/23/2009, 11:31 AM
I hope he's in Avenegers.... And if the studio has dropped the ball on that shame on them1
ASSASSIN666
ASSASSIN666 - 9/23/2009, 11:31 AM
THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!
spideysweb
spideysweb - 9/23/2009, 11:32 AM
@Josh, that would be sweeeeeet. Man, I can't wait, just seems so far away.
texasboy
texasboy - 9/23/2009, 11:34 AM
excellent news
TheHardGospel
TheHardGospel - 9/23/2009, 11:36 AM
These kind of interviews never seem to last long enough.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2009, 11:44 AM
Lmao off @ JOSH! damn fine news!

I reckon MARVEL was being a bitch an just making us suffer as per usual lol! : D

HULK deff in it, MARVEL loves these games!

Next stop HANK PYM and JAN!!!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2009, 11:48 AM
We want HULK goes outta control, AVENGERS hav'ta call GOD OF THUNDER in to help!!

Is LOKI even in AVENGERS??? Id rather he stay in THOR and bring in ULTRON!

CrashTest
CrashTest - 9/23/2009, 11:50 AM
Love Norton and him fighting the Avengers would be dope, just like in the Ultimate's when he was after Betty talking about screwing her and the avengers had to save her and fight the hulk. But like that I think the hulk should come over for the team up to fight the real villain.
FlashFact
FlashFact - 9/23/2009, 11:53 AM
They are almost def gonna have Hulk in the Avengers...the only question is whether Banner will be in it
CrashTest
CrashTest - 9/23/2009, 11:56 AM
Norton is such a good actor it would be a shame not to bring him into it. I mean, why not??? unless hes asking for to much money, but with Norton I would find that Hard to believe especially since its an Avengers film.
90caliber
90caliber - 9/23/2009, 11:58 AM
Yeah we all want to see Hulk vs the Avengers but I hope thats not the plot of the first movie. Maybe at the start they can have a altercation with the Hulk vs. Iron Man and S.H.E.I.L.D, but at some point the Hulk has to join the group. I want Loki as the main villain and the Wrecker or the Wrecking crew as the muscle. Yeah Loki and the Wrecking Crew vs. the Avengers! Save the real Hulk battle for Avengers 2 once they and Banner realize that he'll never truly be able to control the Hulk and he's just too dangerous to be on the team.
loganoneil
loganoneil - 9/23/2009, 12:02 PM
LEEE - Loki was the 'first' enemy the Avengers faced in the comic books. He tried to manipulate the Hulk into squaring off against Thor. He's the reason WHY the Avengers formed in the first place!
Shadowelfz
Shadowelfz - 9/23/2009, 12:02 PM
Hulk Vs. Avengers? Yes please!
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/23/2009, 12:09 PM
I know Loki was the first villain they faced, but for the movie i kinda want to see a villain that has not been in any of the solo movies. I mean, its a given that Thor is gonna layeth the smacketh down on Loki at the end of his movie, so it would be better to have a new threat for the whole team to face..maybe Loki too in the background, but with so many characters already involved, this movie is gonna have to be 3 hours long to do em all justice. Here's hoping!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/23/2009, 12:24 PM
I hope that The Avengers movie is at least 2 - 2 and a half hours long! Otherwise I cant see how they can do the characters justice!

Im not sure who, apart from the Hulk, i would like to see be the main Avengers villain! They can easily have The Avengers face the Hulk without Loki's intervention (which they've already sort of set up at the end of the Incredible Hulk) They'd need to use Pym to introduce Ultron (which unfortunately seems unlikely right now as theres been no mention of him or Wasp) and other characters like Kang would probably take too much tim to introduce...

We need a poll CBM! Who should be the villain in The Avengers? :)

Bamf7
Bamf7 - 9/23/2009, 12:32 PM
@Josh - Great find...best news all month! Yeah, Hulk as a villain would be good...as long as that's not it. I like how they did it in the animated Ultimate Avengers where the Hulk helped defeat who you THOUGHT was the main villain, and then ended up just being too angry to calm down, and the team has to turn around and take down one of their own. Hey, if Favreau ends up doing this one too, I'm sure it'll be great!
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 9/23/2009, 12:34 PM
Im with Rorschach on this one, make the Hulk an enemy at first and then have him team up with the others to fight maybe a secret group of villains led by Loki who were manipulating the Hulk
InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 9/23/2009, 12:40 PM
ugh, i wish ed wasn't a douchebag.
theHuch
theHuch - 9/23/2009, 12:47 PM
I think with Black Widow in Iron Man- we get an introduction of Hawkeye early on in the Avengers movie. I want to see Hawkeye and Black widow take on Iron Man, and then they later on join the Avengers.
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 9/23/2009, 12:48 PM
lol @ InFamous
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 9/23/2009, 12:51 PM
As long as Ed Norton is in it, im fine
InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 9/23/2009, 12:53 PM
sadly people'll be praying for a Avengers movie for the next 10 years. lol
InstigatorGIRL
InstigatorGIRL - 9/23/2009, 1:08 PM
@LEEE. He was the villian in Avenger's issue 1. Oh Logan already said it my bad. Anyways...
Norton won't be in Iron man 2. But They said somewhere that he has a contract to be in an Avenger movie if it ever got rollin.
@InFamous... You know that a movie is scheduled for 2011 right??
InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 9/23/2009, 1:11 PM
InstigatorGIRL, you mean 2012.. right? LOL. yea, don't hold your tīts on it.
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 9/23/2009, 1:16 PM
so.... you know that it's slated for 2012 but you just don't think it will happen. Is that right? care to clarify perhaps?
ClintEastwood
ClintEastwood - 9/23/2009, 1:40 PM
This is great news
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/23/2009, 1:42 PM
EVEN THOUGH THE HULK WOULD BE A COOL ADVERSARY..I WANNA SEE ULTRON
antz1104
antz1104 - 9/23/2009, 1:49 PM
YES!!!! How long have all the little people been saying this? I know he's probably not going to play him again but maybe the studios will listen. Great find Josh!
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