Update: Ruffalo Leading Candidate For New Hulk?

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Hey guys, quick update on the “Who becomes the Hulk rumor mill”. Like I stated in the previous post, there’s been lots of great actors being considered for the part of Hulk in The Avengers. Well, apparently actor Mark Rufallo is leading all candidates. Might he get the gig, and be announced at Comic-Con? We’ll see…

Deadline reports:

Imagine the Hollywood actor whom you’d least expect to play The Incredible Hulk in The Avengers, and maybe, just maybe, you’d come up with the name of Mark Ruffalo. He’s always been an actor’s actor and is getting critical raves in Focus Features’ The Kids Are All Right which oepned last weekend. But I’ve learned that he’s now in late-stage discussions between Marvel and his brand-new agency United Talent to play this key member of The Avengers ensemble. Like Edward Norton, whom he’d be replacing, Ruffalo would bring real chops to the role.

Mark Ruffalo is a great actor. Very, very good. I personally think he’s one of the most underrated actors of our generation. If he’s chosen, I have no problem with this. In fact, I’m glad that he’s gonna be getting a role that lands him a big payday at last. So, I’m at ease with Marvel choosing him, Joaquin Phoenix or Adrien Brody to Hulk-it out.

What do you guys think?

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  2. Mark has been an underrated actor all right- but part of that is his ability to blend in most of his supporting and/or ensemble roles. His range is impressive, not unlike Norton. Ruffalo has shown up in rom-coms from Just Like Heaven and 13 Going on 30, but he’s also done stuff like Collateral, Zodiac,Windtalkers, and Shutter Island.

    And he has been in genre films too, Blindness (which I didn’t like) and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (which I loved)

    Interestingly, although appearing in Zodiac, I don’t think he had a scene with Robert Downey Jr.

    I would not mind this bit of casting in the least.

  3. I think it depends on how Bruce Banner is going to be protrayed. At the beginning of Hulk, Bruce was scared of becoming the green beast. At the end he seemed to be more content, borderline psycho because he seemed to want to change to the Hulk. What is Tom Cruise doing these days.

  4. i agree…big fan of ruffalo, very underrated actor. he was superb in the brothers bloom, blindness, and shutter island. i personally thing he can add more to banner than any of the previous actors…i personally thought eric bana was a better banner than nortan, even tho ed is one of my favorite actors of all time

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