Marvel's Avengers The Hulk courtesy Marvel Studios
“We’ve got a Hulk!”
The Green Goliath is ready for action in this new photo courtesy Screen Rant. Mark Ruffalo plays Dr. David Banner. In the comic book origin Loki manipulates the Hulk into a rampage which unites the Avengers. All the clues from the trailers make it appear the Hulk is not an enemy but ally of the heroes. Has SHIELD found a way to tame or control the gamma powered powerhouse or could Joss Whedon have been inspired by the Peter David 90’s run when he merged Banner and the Hulk so you had Banner’s intelligence and the Hulk’s body?
The Avengers is more than a big budget action spectacle. It’s deep. If you don’t agree – take it up the Hulk!
Mark Ruffalo who plays Bruce Banner/Hulk likens the assembling of Marvel’s mightiest heroes to an allegory about the American experience.
“You have all these disparate egos, superheroes in this and that, and they refuse to give up some of their positions in order to make a more perfect union and to join the team,” star Mark Ruffalo tells The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy blog. “That’s really what the whole movie is about: subjugating your own best interest momentarily to further that of the whole.”
As Ruffalo sees it, the film’s message speaks to the times. “I didn’t know it a year ago that it was going to speak to so many of the issues we’re having here in the United States and throughout the world, the same kind of theme,” he says. The actor was active in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
With Joss Whedon at the helm I expect an emotional whallop along with shields, hammers and pulse beams pounding at the big bad. The Avengers opens May 4th.
Hang with the Hulk/Bruce Banner at The Avengers premiere while being a super hero for clean water. You can bid on a chance to meet star Mark Ruffalo at the U.S. premiere of The Avengers. Proceeds benefit Water Defense – learn more about the group at waterdefense.org.
