Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are Alright, Shutter Island) talks with Entertainment Weekly on his first appearance at San Diego Comic Con, gives his thoughts on The Hulk and replacing Edward Norton.
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First he talked on what was it like appearing at Comic Con:
"It was very exciting — and I realized I had some pretty big shoes to fill. Those were my heroes up there! I was a comic book fan growing up. I loved The Hulk and The Avengers — it’s just strange to be entering that world as an actor. I never would have imagined that before."
"I was very, very nervous. I didn’t know what to expect. That’s as close you’re going to get to being a rock star as an actor. The fans — they have very strong feelings toward their comic book heroes."
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Gives his thoughts on replacing Edward Norton:
"I’m a friend of Ed’s, and yeah, that wasn’t a great way for all that to go down. But the way I see it is that Ed has bequeathed this part to me. I look at it as my generation’s Hamlet."
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His understanding of Bruce Banner and The Hulk:
"He’s a guy struggling with two sides of himself — the dark and the light — and everything he does in his life is filtered through issues of control. I grew up on the Bill Bixby TV series, which I thought was a really nuanced and real human way to look at The Hulk. I like that the part has those qualities."
Joss Whedon is directing
The Avengers, with Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson and Clark Gregg also starring in the upcoming adaptation.