Edward Norton Called Out Marvel At Bruce Willis' Roast For THE INCREDIBLE HULK's Script

Edward Norton Called Out Marvel At Bruce Willis' Roast For THE INCREDIBLE HULK's Script

We know that Edward Norton isn't a fan of The Incredible Hulk but despite it being a decade since the movie came out, he couldn't resist taking a shot at it during Bruce Willis' Comedy Central Roast...

By JoshWilding - Jul 16, 2018 02:07 AM EST
Filed Under: The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk is very much the black sheep of the Marvel Studios family. It's rarely mentioned and didn't perform particularly well commercially or critically and there are a number of reasons for that. 

Behind the scenes, the movie was plagued with issues as star Edward Norton (Bruce Banner) performed a number of script rewrites and ultimately refused to help promote it after becoming frustrated with the process. As a result, Marvel Studios decided to recast The Hulk for The Avengers and Mark Ruffalo was unveiled as the new Jade Giant at Comic-Con when the cast was unveiled.

During the Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis last night, Norton reportedly took a shot at Marvel and The Incredible Hulk - again - when he refuted reports about being difficult on set by pointing out that all he wanted was a "better script." Needless to say, he won't be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and probably has no interest in superhero movies but are these remarks entirely justified? 


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MasterTaffer
MasterTaffer - 7/16/2018, 2:18 AM
Guy who is notorious for being difficult to work with says he isn’t. Film at 11.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 7/16/2018, 3:46 AM
@MasterTaffer - If this is the case then why are there tons of reports about him being pissed off that he didn't have any creative control over what happened in the movie?

Supposedly he claimed it was in his contract that he would have some type of input but then Marvel gave him none.

Does no one remember that?

Imfunnyhow
Imfunnyhow - 7/16/2018, 4:10 AM
Ah what could have been. I am still a sucker for a good Hulk out.



MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 7/16/2018, 2:19 AM
Liked his Banner better. They've been turning Ruffalo into a comedic side character.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 7/16/2018, 2:29 AM
@MosquitoFarmer - I feel like Norton's Banner could have made for a more interesting and less cliché character. Ruffalo does what he's meant to do well, but Norton felt less like a scripted out character.
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 7/16/2018, 3:24 AM
@MosquitoFarmer - Norton felt more nerdy and tortured, which seems like a more accurate depiction of what Bruce Banner was created to be.
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