Given Mark Ruffalo?s reported six-picture deal with Marvel Studios to portray mild-mannered scientist Bruce Banner and his rage monster alter ego The Hulk in multiple movies after this week?s The Avengers ? and considering how well his take on the iconic comic book character plays, both as Banner and the beast — it seems safe to say that the indie veteran?s first superhero outing won?t be his last. But before The Avengers director Joss Whedon came calling, Ruffalo admits he wasn?t so sure he could pull off such a task. ?I didn?t have the confidence to do it,? he told Movieline, ?and no one was coming to me with those kinds of parts.?
Making Ruffalo?s task even more Herculean in the superhero super-team up The Avengers is the fact that two entirely different recent attempts at a Hulk movie precede his (Ang Lee?s 2003 Hulk and Louis Leterrier?s The Incredible Hulk). But Ruffalo?s approach was two-fold: First, he saw his Hulk as a progression from predecessors Eric Bana and Edward Norton, one who?s recruited into Nick Fury?s Avengers Initiative (alongside Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye) after years spent harnessing the monster within. And second: Thanks to motion capture technology, he got to actually play The Hulk.
Ruffalo spoke with Movieline about the potentially life-changing decision to take on The Avengers, how far his Banner has come in accepting his gift/curse, why he coined the phrase ?boy soup? in relation to co-star Scarlett Johansson, and which of his superhero co-stars possess the greatest skills? in Dance Dance Revolution.
It?s neat to see you all together, and it seems like whenever any of the cast is asked to name their favorite moment…
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