Published 18:49 IST, July 14th 2019
Can't take Mark Ruffalo seriously as the Hulk: Lou Ferrigno
'The Incredible Hulk' star Lou Ferrigno says he cannot take Mark Ruffalo's portrayal of Marvel superhero the Hulk 'seriously'.
'The Incredible Hulk' star Lou Ferrigno says he cannot take Mark Ruffalo's portrayal of Marvel superhero the Hulk 'seriously'.
Lou Ferrigno portrayed the green-skinned alter-ego of Dr. David Banner (Bill Bixby) in 1978 CBS television series 'The Incredible Hulk'. He said Mark Ruffalo is a great actor but his version of Bruce Banner in Marvel Cinematic Universe is not his favorite.
"Mark is a wonderful actor. But we've had three different actors we've had Eric Bana, Edward Norton, and Mark Ruffalo. I like Bill Bixby the best, I like Edward Norton. But Ruffalo I think he's a wonderful actor, he blends in with the Marvel aspect of the Avengers but I can't take him seriously enough," Ferrigno said at Montreal Comiccon.
"Bill has that intensity, and you knew that when he was in danger, you could feel that intensity. But because of Marvel and Disney, they've taken a different direction. You can't take it as seriously as the original series," he added.
Mark Ruffalo, who first essayed the part in 'The Avengers' (2012), has reprised the role in 'Iron Man 3', 'Avengers: Age of Ultron', 'Thor: Ragnarok', 'Avengers: Infinity War', 'Captain Marvel', 'Avengers: Endgame'.
“I’ve got so many fans come up to me, they tell me when they were young, they were fighting to watch it. They’d get behind the couch, but when they see me as the Hulk, they want to see the Hulk because of that attraction, because it’s a build-up, the adrenaline, that’s what makes the show.”
Mark Ruffalo inherited the role from Norton, star and uncredited screenwriter of Marvel Studios’ 2008 The Incredible Hulk, an MCU-set reboot of 2003’s Bana-led Hulk. Norton famously clashed with Marvel Studios and Mark Ruffalo was picked as a replacement for 2012’s The Avengers, reprising the role in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War and this year’s Avengers: Endgame.
Updated 19:44 IST, July 14th 2019