Mark Ruffalo On Playing The Hulk In The Avengers

Mark Ruffalo On Playing The Hulk In The Avengers

Speaking to Empire magazine, Ruffalo shares some more thoughts on taking over from Ed Norton, how he plans to interpret the role, and hints at solo Hulk movies post Avengers...

By MarkCassidy - Oct 05, 2010 05:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: Empire

We have already heard from Ruffalo on a few occasions since he was announced at Comic Con as taking over from Edward Norton as Bruce Banner in The Avengers. Now speaking to Empire he reveals that we might see him star as the Green Goliath in some solo Hulk movies after The Avengers..



"They set up several pictures over a couple of years and possibly there will be a Hulk movie. There'll probably be a couple more Avengers too, which would be fun."

So will his take on the character be much different than previous ones? Most recently of course, Norton's?

"The way I see it, Edward Norton has bequeathed this role to me. I reckon the part is my generation's Hamlet, and there's still some room for interpreting who The Hulk is.

Growing up I'd rush home to watch my favourite show. You had the main character, played by Bill Bixby, and he had this calming quality to him. I watched it again recently, and it was so different from anything on TV at the time. You could really see the character struggling with the human aspect of what was happening."


I'm sure Hulk fans will be pleased to hear Ruffalo seems to think so highly of the character. You can see him go green in The Avengers which is due for release May 4th 2012, and will most likely shoot in march of next year.

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marvel72
marvel72 - 10/5/2010, 6:10 AM
awesome,we need another hulk movie maybe the leader & the abomination or the leader & the u-foes.

they also might want to do hero vs hero,hulk vs thor would be epic.

i can't see the hulk being in future avengers movies,if they battle him in the first film,i can't see him being on the team for the sequel.
shiftysharp
shiftysharp - 10/5/2010, 6:11 AM
i think he will be absolutely fine as banner, if he is a fan of the tv show i reckon we will see a very very good portrayal imo!
banner is one of these roles that any actor worth his salt could do really well as a lot can be done with him dependant on what he uses as source material.
Brashlight
Brashlight - 10/5/2010, 6:19 AM
Deadpool@ actually it would make sense to have him on the team after the first movie. its easy to have someone in the background pulling hulks strings making him into a villan and then at the end banner overcomes him and switches sides. There was mention of the skrulls i believe being in the background manipulating things. we will see. Maybe it was the kree, honestly i cant remember which one. all i know is it would be easy to start hulk off as a bad guy then switch.
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 10/5/2010, 6:19 AM
That picture of him absolutely screams Banner to me. Where's it from?
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/5/2010, 6:20 AM
@ intruder

that was a lame,story.:(

wendi-hulk suck balls.lol :D
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 10/5/2010, 6:24 AM
Light on the Banner, heavy on the Hulk, please. The comics have never been called The Agonizing Banner, they are called, THE INCREDIBLE HULK!
ComicBookGoth
ComicBookGoth - 10/5/2010, 6:31 AM
@Deadpool72
yes, The Leader would be awesome.

leader Pictures, Images and Photos


hell SpeedFreak would be a fun villan to see.

or if they wanna go more current, Make Gen."ThunderBolt" Ross go all RED HULK.

Red Hulk Avatar Pictures, Images and Photos
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 10/5/2010, 6:39 AM
Red Hulk ranks right up there with The Sentry in my book. Useless.
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/5/2010, 6:42 AM
@ hawksblueyes

i liked sentry,sentry the superman beater.

red hulk was alright,i've seen worst things happen in the hulk comic.
Livasnaps
Livasnaps - 10/5/2010, 6:42 AM
END CREDITS OF AVENGERS

Teaser: It's decided Hulk is too much of a threat, so they shoot his ass into space.

TIH 2: Planet Hulk

Avengers 2: World War Hulk

Just a thought.

marvel72
marvel72 - 10/5/2010, 6:46 AM
@ livasnaps

that would be awesome,maybe to soon though.

the hulk & the avengers have got loads of history against their own personal foes.i.e the avengers have ultron,kang,the masters of evil & so on.
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/5/2010, 6:51 AM
@ intruder

the incredible hulk 2

i'd love to see hero vs hero......HULK VS THOR!.....epic.
Paulley
Paulley - 10/5/2010, 6:52 AM
I just hope continuity is kept from The Incredible Hulk film..

Same actor for S. Sterns (Leader), Thunderbolt Ross, and i want Tim Roth back as Blonsky..

Locked up in "The Cube", Blonsky is being experimented on by Ross with help from the Leader (who is also a prisioner but secretly is making plans to escape) to create an army of gamma enhanced soldiers to bring down the Hulk.

Lots of possiblities of villians can come from this set up so lots of epic fights plus maybe some allies accidentally get created Doc Samson and She-Hulk maybe

--

As for Avengers we better see Hulkbuster vs Hulk fight!!!!

Livasnaps
Livasnaps - 10/5/2010, 6:54 AM
Yeah, I was just mainly throwing it at the wall to see what sticks. I'd rather Marvel establish the Cosmic side first, anyway. Maybe later...I can dream!
Rango
Rango - 10/5/2010, 6:56 AM
he sud [frick]ing get into shape...he looks and acts as if he was a 60 yr old man
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 10/5/2010, 7:04 AM
@Hawksblueyes - I though Red Hulk was a total gimick too, but I think they may be making him something reasonable now.

@Paulley - Love that sequel plot!

@deadpool72 - Hulk and Thor will totally throw down in the Avengers. You can't have them in the same movie and not have them fight.
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 10/5/2010, 7:23 AM
That picture of him absolutely screams Banner to me. Where's it from?
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/5/2010, 7:27 AM
@ massexecutions

i agree,they should have a fight in the avengers.

but do you remember x-men 3,colossus & juggernaunt in the same film & they didn't fight.
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 10/5/2010, 7:29 AM
Mass: If one Hulk was too much for the Marvel universe to handle, I just don't see the sense in adding 450 more Hulks to the fold.
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 10/5/2010, 7:49 AM
Yeah, but none can really touch the original. That being said, it is getting a little crowded. Hulk will need to became a loner again sometime. 70's stupid Hulk is my favorite iteration. I just think now that some other people are writing Red Hulk we're going to get some good stories out of him, instead of the gimmicky stuff we were getting.
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 10/5/2010, 7:50 AM
@deadpool72 - ARHGH! Yes I remember X3 having Colossus and Juggernaut without a fight! One of the biggest affronts to the characters and the fans ever committed!
JohnTom88
JohnTom88 - 10/5/2010, 7:55 AM
I foresee RDJ Tony Stark and Ruffalo Banner will form the dark haired clique of the Avengers. The two Chrises will form the light haired clique.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 10/5/2010, 8:13 AM
Im sure he will be great!

Rokker10@ Which is awesome movie!:)
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 10/5/2010, 8:27 AM
"They set up several pictures over a couple of years and possibly there will be a Hulk movie. There'll probably be a couple more Avengers too, which would be fun."

Oh man, I am loving the sound of that!!! [frick] Norton as far as I'm concerned...he was a good Bruce Banner but far from anything special. Ruffalo is a quality actor and will do just as good a job, if not better!
BarryKent
BarryKent - 10/5/2010, 9:20 AM
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HULK2099
HULK2099 - 10/5/2010, 12:46 PM
still feels sketchy with him
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 10/5/2010, 12:55 PM
Hulk should be the villain for the start of the Avengers movie, then they find out he is being manipulated by Loki and his Masters of Evil. The Hulk helps the Avengers defeat them and then Bruce leaves to gain a whole new control over the Hulk so no outer force can manipulate him again. Then any Avengers sequels should have new members of the Avengers replacing the Hulk (mostly due to Hulk being developed as far as he can go in the Avengers and the amount of budget that it costs to make the CGI Hulk)

The Hulk sequels has the Leader work in the shadows and he sends some other big villain of the Hulk to take him down, then the third one has the Leader as the main villain. That should be the end of the Hulk's movie career. As long as Mark Ruffalo plays Bruce for the sequels and Lou Ferrigno does the voice for the Hulk, I am happy
Ryden
Ryden - 10/5/2010, 1:14 PM
As long as these new Hulk sequels are canon with Incredible Hulk I'll be fine. Because I seriously want to see Tim Blake Nelson as the Leader....IT MUST HAPPEN! How cool would it be for a post-credit scene in the Avengers we see Tim Blake Nelson fully transformed into the Leader plotting his revenge on Banner.
blah
blah - 10/5/2010, 1:47 PM
i would love to see the leader, nad betty show up in the avengers film or at least sequels. but will they change who is playing the hulk in the sequels again and again? i would love to see more of abomination and him changing more and the leader creating super mutants, and making the abomination stronger to take on the hulk.
blah
blah - 10/5/2010, 1:50 PM
ultron,giantman,winter soldier,and absorbing man should make it into the avengers sequel, and have leader as the main threat in the first film, then the final third film do the skrulls, and a civil war type film.
Fonzieismypal
Fonzieismypal - 10/5/2010, 2:42 PM
Love that pic.
JonF
JonF - 10/5/2010, 4:29 PM
Why can't they base the movie off of the old comics instead of the TV show? There were plenty of good, solid stories from 1965 - 1982! Classic is what I want!
GrayFox1025
GrayFox1025 - 10/5/2010, 6:46 PM
im still not feeling the idea of ruffalo as the hulk, he better do a [frick]ing fantastic job cuz he's got some pretty big shoes to fill after norton's awesome performance.
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