Mark Ruffalo Talks The Hulk

 

Just last weekend it was confirmed by Avengers director Joss Whedon that Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner were joining the cast, respectively as the hulk and Hawkeye. The fans lucky enough to be in attendance at comic con in San Diego were witness to the entire avengers cast being assembled on stage.

Entertainment Weekly was lucky enough to talk to Ruffalo after the event and get his thoughts on being cast as the not so jolly green giant the hulk:

"It was very exciting — and I realized I had some pretty big shoes to fill. Those were my heroes up there! I was a comic book fan growing up. I loved The Hulk and The Avengers — it’s just strange to be entering that world as an actor. I never would have imagined that before."

As far as his thoughts on the character it self:

"He’s a guy struggling with two sides of himself — the dark and the light — and everything he does in his life is filtered through issues of control. I grew up on the Bill Bixby TV series, which I thought was a really nuanced and real human way to look at The Hulk. I like that the part has those qualities."

His thoughts on taking over the role from friend Ed Norton, and Norton's beef with Marvel:

 "I’m a friend of Ed’s, and yeah, that wasn’t a great way for all that to go down. But the way I see it is that Ed has bequeathed this part to me. I look at it as my generation’s Hamlet."

As much as I loved Norton in the role I can't say that I don't think Ruffalo won't do a good job. He is after all a great actor. I'm just surprised marvel was able to line up the all star cast that they have.

According to Ruffalo he's not sure, but he assumes they'll start shooting around January or February of next year. The Avengers is set for release on May 4, 2012.

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