Mark Ruffalo On "Actually" Playing the Hulk in The Avengers with Motion-Capture in 3-D!

Mark Ruffalo On "Actually" Playing the Hulk in The Avengers with Motion-Capture in 3-D!

The actor reveals his excitement for his recent gig as Hulk in the forthcoming Avengers movie, and being the first to "actually" play the role with Motion-Capture in 3-D.

By DCMarvelFreshman - Sep 24, 2010 02:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers



At last night's Launch of Farmhearts at Pure Yoga, Mark Ruffalo spoke with Mike Vilensky of Vulture on his "Incredible" role in the highly-anticipated Avengers movie. He shares his excitement for actually playing the giant using motion-capture. Plus he may have confirmed the film's 3D release.

"I'm really excited. No one's ever played the Hulk exactly, they've always done CGI. They're going to do the Avatar stop-action, stop-motion capture. So I'll actually play the Hulk. That'll be fun." Still admired by the Green Golitath's alter-ego Bruce Banner, Ruffalo says, "I really love the first TV version of it, the Bill Bixby one. I'm gonna shoot for that a little bit. He was an everyman in it. He's always on the run and trying to find love. It's really a sympathetic character, before he turns into the Hulk and [frick]s everything up." Ruffalo concluded speaking on his excitement of being the first actor to portray the Jade Giant in 3-D, he says, "I hope I don't bulge in anyone's face, that's all I have to say.".

If I'm not mistaken, I don't think is has been confirmed that when The Avengers assembles May 6, 2012, it would be in 3D. And I believe Edward Norton, who of course portrayed the character in the 2008 reboot, used parts of the motion-capture, to capture his face when Banner Hulks out in full CGI.

And regarding filming, Deadline heedlessly confirmed that Marvel Studios reps are(were) location scouting in the Big Apple, NYC. And Clark Gregg recently confirmed that filming would begin March next year, and not February.
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StrangerX
StrangerX - 9/24/2010, 2:24 PM
That's different
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/24/2010, 2:27 PM
@ dcmarvelfreshman

great find,mate.

the hulk is definetly one of my favorite charactors.

i would love to see another hulk movie.
LucasMend
LucasMend - 9/24/2010, 2:43 PM
So The Avengers will be in 3D? I hope its not converted
Nice find @DCMF!
sagekilz
sagekilz - 9/24/2010, 2:47 PM
very cool, although it could blow up in there faces or it could be amazing.
ElBicho
ElBicho - 9/24/2010, 2:47 PM
As much I love E.N., Mr. Ruffalo's growing on me...
HelaGood
HelaGood - 9/24/2010, 2:58 PM
i confirm ElBicho 's comment!
HelaGood
HelaGood - 9/24/2010, 2:59 PM
i just cant wait to see how the Hulk plays into the whole Avengers storyline!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/24/2010, 3:07 PM
That sounds awesome - good stuff DCMF! I just wonder how they'll go about filming the fight scenes which involve The Avengers vs. The Hulk...that'll certaintly be a challenge for Whedon! :P
jbak368
jbak368 - 9/24/2010, 3:07 PM
Considering how great the performance capture work is in Avatar (Zoe Saldana's Neytiri in particular), this is some very good news.

Also, if anyone saw the Avatar re-release, then they'll know that this technology has already gotten even better - the new scene featuring an expanded version of a certain character's death features the best performance capture work in the film.
spider1489
spider1489 - 9/24/2010, 3:12 PM
ummm.. so are they gonna change the hulks appearance from TIH ?? 3D was to be expected! that is how the studios are scraping every dollar they can get !
spider1489
spider1489 - 9/24/2010, 3:12 PM
damn if they change the look of the hulk im gonna be so pissed! damn it! what a burn!
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 9/24/2010, 3:13 PM
I assume he meant to say, "before he turns into the Hulk and KICKS EVERYONE'S @$$!" because that is what I want to see!

15 minutes of banner. Max. That's what I'm shooting for.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/24/2010, 3:19 PM
Awesome! Great find MF. I think that will work brilliantly. Avatar's Navi really were almost flawless looking and moved very realisticly.
patriautism
patriautism - 9/24/2010, 3:24 PM
He already looks like the Hulk, so this will work.
Phinehas
Phinehas - 9/24/2010, 3:28 PM
Alright, this is getting encouraging. And there won't be any fear that Ruffalo's ego will get in the way, though his hair may.
C'mon dude... Run a comb through it, will ya???
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 9/24/2010, 3:44 PM
Very interesting indeed. I approve.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/24/2010, 3:47 PM
We don't wanna see a HULK movie with him in it!

Ed Norton! : P

Not a good idea having AVENGERS in 3D either!

GREEN LANTERN tho a must!
blah
blah - 9/24/2010, 3:49 PM
well as long as the leader appears in the film im good with ruffalo as the hulk.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/24/2010, 4:40 PM


Superzero
Superzero - 9/24/2010, 5:02 PM
It has been CONFIRMED BY WHEDON himself that Avengers will SHOOT in 3D, which IMHO is much better than post conversion. I for one, will not be seeing Green Lantern, Thor, or Captain America in 3D because they weren't filmed that way. Post conversion is bullshit and totally negates everything else about the movie. I'll see anything that was FILMED in 3D which so far has only been two movies: Avatar and the new Resident Evil. The only post converted 3D movie I saw was Piranha and that was pretty damn cool but the 3D was no where near the levels of Avatar or RE.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 9/24/2010, 5:04 PM
H*LL YEAH! This should be interesting!
I hope that Hulk gets his brains in this... Not literally!
Ryden
Ryden - 9/24/2010, 5:05 PM
No, if they make another Hulk it'll follow on from TIH...only one actor has been re-cast rememebr not the entire crew.

@superzero- I believe Thor and Cap are being filmed in 3-D, not converted.
Cole91
Cole91 - 9/24/2010, 5:07 PM
I'm not seeing any movie in 3D because 3D in general is a [frick]ing bullshit gimmick.
jbak368
jbak368 - 9/24/2010, 5:14 PM
@Superzero

Post-conversion doesn't ruin the movie if it was filmed with 3D in mind. Nolan himself has stated that if he were to use 3D he thinks conversion is the best option, because it allows the filmmaker to shoot the movie the way he wants still. This is also the reason Johnston chose to do the 3D for Cap in post - the 3D camera is just too big and bulky and requires you to shoot everything a certain way.

The reason the conversions have been so bad in movies up until now is that they haven't taken the time to do it properly, and that, in the example of Clash of the Titans, the movie wasn't filmed with 3D in mind. If you know from the beginning it's going to be in 3D, you can make the right choices to make the conversion work. Even some scenes in Avatar were converted.
spiderman620
spiderman620 - 9/24/2010, 5:26 PM
ok i am a huge fan of nortons take on the hulk but i am interested to see ruffalos take on the jade giant. and with this news that they are going to use the stop-action motion-capture will be very interesting to see
Superzero
Superzero - 9/24/2010, 5:52 PM
@Ryden
No, they ARE being converted.
ASSASSIN666
ASSASSIN666 - 9/24/2010, 6:26 PM
Ang Lee's Hulk was motion capture for all of the uninformed.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/24/2010, 6:38 PM
WATCH ANG DO HULK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDYvOAbULvU&feature=fvst
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/24/2010, 6:44 PM
jbak368
jbak368 - 9/24/2010, 7:13 PM
I actually didn't see a big improvement from the first Hulk movie to the second in terms of effects. I liked the second movie better (but I also think the first one is unfairly maligned), but I didn't really think the Hulk actually looked better, and it definitely didn't "look" like Norton to me. This sounds promising though.
Superman8
Superman8 - 9/24/2010, 10:22 PM
3D blows and is nothing but a gimmick
Betty
Betty - 9/24/2010, 10:42 PM
Uh, didn't lou ferrigno actually "play" the Hulk. Didn't even need fancy mo-cap. I think what they're sayin' is that they will mo-cap his face so the Hulk will still resemble Ruffalo.
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