It functions as a standalone art piece: a movie that abandons the ‘60s quirky nerd Bruce Banner and goes full throttle with his darker origins from the ‘80s – where he resents his own anger because it reminds him of his father’s.įunnily enough, where Hulk was criticized for being too "deep," The Incredible Hulk was criticized for “lacking depth.” Once again, a planned sequel was canned, and Norton was reportedly so disappointed in the film that he had no interest in reprising the character. What they got, however, was more of a quiet sci-fi film about a trauma-repressed scientist who, after fighting some mutated dogs and making a frog explode (which was upsetting to watch when I was 5 and is still equally upsetting now), wins one big ol’ battle and escapes into the Amazon Rainforest where he hides out indefinitely. With Spider-Man being such a huge success, audiences had high expectations for another boom-bam-pow origin story comic book film. We hadn’t seen a live-action Hulk portrayal since Ferrigno’s incredibly campy – but well-loved – Incredible Hulk films that spanned a couple decades before. Lest we forget, Eric Bana starred as the titular hero in Ang Lee’s non-MCU version of Hulk, which, in the wake of Sam Raimi’s 2001 Spider-Man, was a pretty big deal. In fact, with the late William Hurt going on to reprise his role as Thaddeus Ross in various MCU movies and Tim Roth returning as Emil Blonsky AKA the Abomination as a major player in She-Hulk, it’s almost as if Marvel wants you to think that Mark Ruffalo has been the Hulk this entire time. There’s room for everyone, etc.īut what about the three different actors who have played Bruce Banner? (Sorry, Lou Ferrigno, we’re only talking about feature films here.) It was pretty cool that She-Hulk acknowledged not only Edward Norton’s Hulk, but also the fact that Hulk is now "a completely different person – literally." Norton’s Hulk, which made its first and only appearance in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, doesn’t exist in an alternate universe. For example, Toby Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland all exist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Spider-Man/Peter Parker – albeit as different versions that exist in separate universes. Thanks to the introduction of the Multiverse, Marvel doesn’t really have to account for its changes in casting anymore.
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