‘The Avengers’ Hulk Will Be Leaner, Look Like Mark Ruffalo. Slow News Day!

Now that Thor and Captain America have graced the big screen and pumped our nerd glands, all attention can turn to the upcoming Avengers flick. I want it, I want it so desperately. Heaving chest, panting, pained. The wild card of the flick is the Hulk, being played for the first time by Marky Ruffalo. Is third time a charm? What the funk is he going to look like?

Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Fiege via Daily Blam:

“He’ll be about the same size he was in The Incredible Hulk (which was about 9 feet tall) or maybe a little bit smaller. His muscles won’t be quite as cut. We figure he’s been the Hulk now for a few years and [his physique is changing]. He’s not as cut or as ripped as he was in The Incredible Hulk. The most important thing is that face. As you can already see in that concept painting, it is – more than any Hulk that’s ever been done in live action – a Hulk that let’s you see the actor in there.

“You will be able to see Ruffalo in there. That was a big revelation for us. It’s just a concept painting, but in that you can see the (influence of Marvel Comics pioneer and original Hulk artist Jack) Kirby, as people have already pointed out, but also, and equally important in this case, Ruffalo’s eyes and his cheek structure. It is him.

I’m interested to see the part that the Hulk is going to play in the movie. I am going to venture the guess that the Avengers are going to hunt him down, put a stink on his ass, and then eventually recruit him onto their side.