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| The Hulk from The Avengers, played by Mark Ruffalo |
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| The Hulk from Hulk (left) and The Incredible Hulk (right) |
Last month The Los Angeles Times spoke to Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios on what the Hulk will look like when he appears in "The Avengers" next year. In this movie, Mark Ruffalo will be taking over the role of Bruce Banner/Hulk from Eric Bana (Hulk in 2003) and Edward Norton (The Incredible Hulk in 2008). Below is an excerpt from the interview:
He'll be about the same size he was in "The Incredible Hulk" [which was about 9 feet tall] or maybe a little bit smaller. His muscles won't be quite as cut. We figure he's been the Hulk now for a few years and [his physique is changing]. He's not as cut or as ripped as he was in "The Incredible Hulk." The most important thing is that face. As you can already see in that concept painting, it is — more than any Hulk that's ever been done in live action — a Hulk that let's you see the actor in there. You will be able to see Ruffalo in there. That was a big revelation for us. It's just a concept painting, but in that you can see the [influence of Marvel Comics pioneer and original Hulk artist Jack] Kirby, as people have already pointed out, but also, and equally important in this case, Ruffalo's eyes and his cheek structure. It is him.The full article can be found
here. After reading that Mr Feige says this will be a Hulk where you can "see the actor in there", I began to wonder if he had even watched the previous two Hulk movies? I remember in the 2003 movie, the jolly green giant looked pretty much like Eric Bana to me. As for Norton's Hulk, I didn't quite see the resemblance, but let's see shall we? At the same time I'll also look at the other differences between Bana and Norton's Hulk.
