Mark Ruffalo is set to appear on the big screen later this month as The Incredible Hulk and The Avengers team used motion capture technology, deciding that The Hulk should resemble Mark as much as possible. Now Mark has reveal just what went through his head when he first saw his Hulk.
Ruffalo explained to The Hollywood Reporter, “There was a lot of talk about whether Marvel wanted The Hulk to look like the actor and [director] Joss [Whedon] and I felt very strongly that it should.”
Mark then went on to reveal the moment when he first saw the sculpture of what The Incredible Hulk would look like, using his features. He added, “I got a huge, huge smile on my face. It scared the hell out of me, as well.” Ruffalo also joked that it looked similar to his father when he was angry.
The Avengers stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury and Tom Hiddleston as Loki.
The Avengers is released in the UK on April 26 and the US on May 4.
Mark Ruffalo to play The Incredible Hulk in standalone movie?
We reported earlier this year that there were talks of a possible reboot of The Incredible Hulk movie, with Mark Ruffalo portraying the Green Goliath in a standalone movie. Mark will be the third person in recent years to portray Bruce Banner aka The Incredible Hulk on the big screen, when he stars in The Avengers later this month and Mark has admitted that he would love to reprise the character in the future.
Ruffalo explained to IGN, “It was the one character - you know, I was a comic book fan when I was a kid and I always loved the Hulk. When The Incredible Hulk, that show, came on, I would not miss that.”
He added, “So if I was going to find myself in that world, this would be the guy that I would be most interested in doing. To make a very short answer long: Yeah, I’d love to have him do his own movie.”
The Avengers stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury and Tom Hiddleston as Loki.
The Avengers is released in the UK on April 26 and the US on May 4.
The Incredible Hulk voice Lou Ferrigno discusses The Avengers
Lou Ferrigno will always be remembered for his performances as The Incredible Hulk back in the 70s television series. However, Lou is set to return to the character that made him a star, by voicing The Hulk in the forthcoming movie The Avengers.
Ferrigno explained to Comic Book Movie, “I did the voice for The Hulk, I did the growl and everything for the character in the film. I’m excited about that, it will be great for everyone to hear me as the Hulk on The Avengers.”
He added, “The legacy has been going on for 40 years and it’s great to still be associated with the character while I am constantly reinventing myself. The Hulk character will continue living on for generations.” Lou then went on to praise Mark Ruffalo, who is portraying The Hulk’s alter ego Bruce Banner.
He continued, “I think it’s great and I think Mark is a great actor; it’s going to be great as The Avengers is $300 million budget. Mark has what it takes like Bill Bixby had and I’m excited to see him.”
The Avengers will be released in the UK on April 26 and the US on May 4.
Joss Whedon teases The Incredible Hulk death in The Avengers
The Avengers director Joss Whedon has teased fans that The Incredible Hulk dies in The Avengers but before you go too overboard about it, he was only kidding. Joss was talking about how long The Avengers movie is set to be and joked that The Hulk dies.
Whedon explained to Collider, “The Hulk dies. Oops. Oh God!” Before getting serious and discussing the running time of The Avengers. He added, “My first cut was three hours long and it’s now down to 2 hours and 15 minutes, and I’m extremely proud of that. I had always intended to go over two, under two and a half. There was no way a movie with this many great actors and this much epic scope was gonna clock in under two and not feel a little anemic, somebody wasn’t gonna get their moment if that happened.
Joss continued, “But at the same time, I get very angry that romantic comedies run over two hours long, it’s like ‘Guys, that’s not okay.’ More isn’t more. I don’t want anything in the movie that shouldn’t be. There are definitely things that it broke my heart to get rid of. There’s a lot of me that got cut out, but I think part of the process in a situation like this is you make the movie, you make your movie, then you remove yourself out of the equation.
He concluded, “At some point you stop looking beyond The Avengers movie at your own stuff, you don’t look at that horizon you look at this movie and you go, ‘You know what, The Avengers are more important than I am so these things that I’m obsessed with aren’t necessarily moving the story forward, and therefore they are baggage.’ You can do that in a TV show, you can bring your baggage and sort of lay it out because you have a season to do it, but in a movie you actually have to remove yourself from the equation a bit and when I was finally able to do that, I saw a much clearer road to how to get the best experience for the audience.”
The Avengers is released in the UK on April 26 and in the US on May 4.
With The Avengers movie just over a month away now, we will be preparing ourselves to see yet another actor take on the role of Bruce Banner aka The Incredible Hulk. Mark Ruffalo becomes the third man in recent years to play the character, following previous attempts by Eric Bana and Edward Norton.
Mark Ruffalo has been receiving a lot of praise from his The Avengers co stars for his performance in the movie and if the movie is as successful as it is expected to be, surely we will get yet another reboot of the legendary comic book character.
The Avengers is the first time that motion capture technology has been used for The Incredible Hulk and it has received positive feedback so far. It The Incredible Hulk does impress as much as it is being claimed then a reboot of the franchise would surely be a good idea.
There is no doubt that Mark Ruffalo would be willing to do The Incredible Hulk movie, as he is bound to be returning for The Avengers 2. The Incredible Hulk is not officially lined up for a reboot but we are sure that Marvel will be pushing for it, with Mark Ruffalo carrying the movie.
Do you think they should reboot The Incredible Hulk again?
The Avengers director Joss Whedon praises Mark Ruffalo’s The Incredible Hulk
The Avengers director Joss Whedon has revealed in an interview with SFX a little bit more about what fans of the movie can expect from his version of The Incredible Hulk. Joss also took the time to praise Mark Ruffalo for his performance as Bruce Banner aka The Incredible Hulk.
Whedon explained, “A Hulk who not only feels flesh and blood, but is clearly an extension of Banner himself and not just a CGI thing that roars. A Hulk who feels dangerous, who might actually hurt someone we care about, who belongs in a classic horror film. And much more. He’s the hardest character by far, and ended up being the most fun.”
He added, “Mark is such a delightful mensch it’s stupid. His Banner is a bunch of contradictions: graceful and awkward, meek and confident, erudite and working class, funny and sad. And contradictions are what the Banner/Hulk dynamic are all about. Also, Mark kinda looks like the Hulk. So we got to build our Hulk from him.”
You can catch Mark Ruffalo, starring alongside Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L Jackson, Jeremy Renner and Scarlett Johansson, when the Joss Whedon directed The Avengers hits the big screen on April 27 in the UK and May 4 in the US.
Mark Ruffalo compares The Incredible Hulk rage to going on a binge
Mark Ruffalo is set to appear on the big screen as Bruce Banner, who turns into The Incredible Hulk when he gets angry, in the Joss Whedon directed movie The Avengers. Mark has been discussing his role as The Incredible Hulk comparing his situation to that of going off on a binge and not remembering what has happened when you wake up.
Ruffalo explained, “He starts like he’s sober in a weird way. He’s started a whole new life when we find him, and it’s cool.” Mark then compared The Incredible Hulks rage to going on a booze binge. He added, “The rage is something that is like going on a binge, you wake up after a blackout and you did all this f**ked up s**t.”
Mark Ruffalo will be appearing alongside Samuel L Jackson, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Tom Hiddleston in The Avengers, which is set to be released in the UK on April 27 and in the US on May 4. The latest The Avengers trailer was released earlier this week, it is the final trailer before the movie is released.
The Avengers Mark Ruffalo talks playing The Incredible Hulk
The Avengers actor Mark Ruffalo has been discussing how he is set to become the first actor to actually play The Incredible Hulk. Despite the fact that both Eric Bana and Edward Norton have previously appeared in Hulk movies, they only played Bruce Banner, with special effects used for The Incredible Hulk. However, this time around with The Avengers, they are actually using motion capture technology, so Mark Ruffalo will be playing both Bruce Banner and The Incredible Hulk.
Ruffalo explained, “I’ll be playing The Hulk and I’ll be the first actor to actually do that with motion capture like they did in Avatar.” He then talked about what he is expecting from The Avengers. Mark added, “I’m very similar to what Iron Man was to the genre. I think it’s gonna be really actor driven. I think it’s gonna have probably the best of the best special effects and all I would say is trust us.”
Many people have been questioning the decision to cast Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner aka The Incredible Hulk but he has received the full back of the cast on crew of The Avengers, with many praising him for his work. The Avengers are set to assemble on April 27, 2012 in the UK and then on May 4, 2012 in the US.
The Avengers outcast Bruce Banner, states Mark Ruffalo
One of the actors from the forthcoming movie The Avengers that we have seen very little of and have not really heard a lot from is Mark Ruffalo, who is playing Bruce Banner aka The Incredible Hulk in The Avengers. Mark claims that his character is treated like an outcast by the rest of The Avengers due to his anger and rage problems, although Tony Stark does take a liking to him.
Ruffalo explained, “No one wants to set him off except for Iron Man, except for Downey, who just wants to see him pop. It’s funny, there’s a really cool dynamic between Tony Stark and Banner. Banner actually enjoys it, and finds it really refreshing. They’re a lot alike in a strange way. They’re both these kind of scientists who are mavericks, kind of renegades.”
He added, “Banner, for all his mild-mannered mythology, he’s still the dude who was testing some pretty crazy shit on himself, so he has that rebel streak in him.” While motion capture is being used with Mark Ruffalo for his scenes as The Incredible Hulk, he will actually be voiced by Lou Ferrigno. The Avengers will hit cinema on May 4, 2012.
We have already been lucky enough to get a sneak peak at The Avengers teaser trailer after the end credits of Captain America: The First Avenger. Now the full length first movie trailer for The Avengers has finally and to be honest, it does look pretty awesome
What we already know about The Avengers is that Loki will be set to appear as the main villain but the question on everybody’s lips is “how does he get to earth?”. If you cast your minds back, his Rainbow Bridge was destroyed at the end of Thor. However, he did also mention then that there are other ways and we get a quick peek at what that might be.
The part of The Avengers that most Marvel fans are looking forward to is seeing Bruce Banner become The Incredible Hulk, since this time around they are using motion capture. We do get a little look at the Hulk but it is unclear whether there are any Mark Ruffalo similarities in him. Anyway, take a look at the trailer and give us your views on it.
The Incredible Hulk to look like Mark Ruffalo in The Avengers
Although the legendary Lou Ferrigno, who made a name for himself as the TV version of The Incredible Hulk, will be doing the voice of The Incredible Hulk in the marvel movie The Avengers. Mark Ruffalo will be replacing Edward Norton as the human form of Bruce Banner.
Now Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, has announced that in The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk will be made to look much more like Mark Ruffalo. He explained, “It was something we actively avoided before. Hulk was Hulk, he’s not any one actor and Hulk should look like Hulk.”
He then added, “But we’ve taken a different approach because Hulk is Banner and, frankly, we came to question our approach. Why are we not doing it this way? So we did a few designs that put Ruffalo into it, and we immediately saw how much more you feel for the creature.” The Avengers is set to hit cinemas on May 4, 2012.
