SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW Director Reveals Marvel Studios Considered Including Ed Norton In The Finale

SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW Director Reveals Marvel Studios Considered Including Ed Norton In The Finale

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law director Kat Coiro has confirmed that Marvel Studios considered getting Edward Norton to return as Bruce Banner for a cameo appearance in last week's finale. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Oct 17, 2022 01:10 PM EST
Filed Under: She-Hulk
Source: The Direct

Edward Norton played Bruce Banner in 2008's The Incredible Hulk, though later walked away from the role. Creative differences were at the heart of that decision after the actor clashed with Marvel Studios over his vision for the character (much to the actor's chagrin, his rewrites and ideas didn't end up playing the biggest role in the final cut). 

Mark Ruffalo was later cast to take over from Norton, first playing the hero in 2012's The Avengers. He's since become an MCU mainstay, though She-Hulk: Attorney at Law cheekily acknowledged that recasting during an early episode. 

Talking to The Direct, director Kat Coiro revealed that Marvel Studios at least considered asking Norton to return for a cameo. She didn't get too specific, though it does sound like it would have been part of those big fourth-wall breaks in the Disney+ series' chaotic finale. 

"There was a lot of talk about the fact that the last time they were together a different actor was playing the Hulk," she said of the Jade Giant's clash with The Abomination. "And Mark [Ruffalo] made quite a few jokes about that. And we did entertain the idea of swapping Mark out for Edward Norton. But that did not come to pass."

It's a shame that Ruffalo and Tim Roth only ended up sharing the screen for a matter of seconds, and this would have been a fun cameo. 

As for Norton, he appears to have put his grievances with Marvel Studios to one side, suggesting he may have at least considered a tongue-in-cheek cameo role in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. It's a shame they weren't able to pull this one off, though it was an already very busy finale with lots of moving parts. 

As of right now, there's still no word on what the future holds in store for She-Hulk, though the hope among fans is that Jennifer Walters might make the leap to the big screen. 

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VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 10/17/2022, 1:40 PM





DoubleD
DoubleD - 10/17/2022, 1:40 PM
That would have been great to see :)

tmp3
tmp3 - 10/17/2022, 1:49 PM
lol they left on such bad terms that i think it's more likely they'd get terence howard back before norton
SATW42
SATW42 - 10/17/2022, 2:06 PM
@tmp3 - Norton left largely because of creative differences and him wanting more control. Howard left because of money (and he blames RDJ for essentially taking 'his' money and leaving him in the dust and not returning his phone calls. He went as far as to say he helped make RDJ iron man)

Norton is friends with Ruffalo and even talked to him before taking the role.

For Norton, I could see him coming back for a cheeky reference when there isn't the entire direction of a character on the line.

Howard on the other hand, admittedly only from what I've seen publicly, basically thinks he's responsible for the MCU's success and Marvel and RDJ screwed him.

All of those words for me to say, I think a Norton cameo is way more likely than Howard ever coming back.
Chuck420Taylor
Chuck420Taylor - 10/17/2022, 4:15 PM
@tmp3 - Howard is off making his own mathematics he's too busy for CBMs.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 10/17/2022, 6:30 PM
@SATW42 -

Howard asked for more money but I think they wanted to let him go anyway. Zero chemistry with RDJ and I think Cheadle is a far better actor and had better rapport with RDJ. I just can't imagine Howard doing as well with the role.
SATW42
SATW42 - 10/17/2022, 9:44 PM
@Goldboink - according Howard, the last I heard, he said he had a 3 picture deal and marvel tried to change it to give him less and RDJ more and Howard didn’t want to change the contract
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 10/17/2022, 1:54 PM


I'd like to hear his voice for Joe Fixit.
ATrueHero1987
ATrueHero1987 - 10/17/2022, 1:56 PM
Would y'all be up for Eric Bana returning as......Maestro?!👀
Asterisk
Asterisk - 10/17/2022, 1:57 PM
@ATrueHero1987 - that’s not a bad idea but I think Eric Bana has said he has zero interest in reprising the role
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 10/17/2022, 2:04 PM
I wonder if he would've done it. It would've been hilarious if you had asked me
Godzilla2000Zer
Godzilla2000Zer - 10/17/2022, 2:08 PM
He'd rewrite it
JosephCronos92
JosephCronos92 - 10/17/2022, 2:12 PM
he'd be the one rewriting the show instead of Jen lmao
Goldboink
Goldboink - 10/17/2022, 6:31 PM
@JosephCronos92 -
That would have been meta!
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