The Incredible Hulk Filming Chaos
It turns out that there is something that the public doesn't know about in the process of filming Hulk. Are you curious? It turned out that the chaos of filming The Incredible Hulk made Kevin Feige upset.
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige said there were two names he would never invite back in his film project and one of them was actor Edward Norton who starred in The Incredible Hulk in 2008 and caused a lot of chaos at that time.
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On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the film's director Louis Leterrier said that the film was a commercial failure and was very different from what Robert Downey Jr. achieved with Iron Man. They were only able to gross 264 million USD from worldwide screenings while Iron Man collected 585 million USD.
Finally, Ed Norton was not invited to play Hulk in The Avengers
Leterrier also explained that there was a lot of debate during pre-production and also during filming. The thing he remembers most is the argument between him and William Hurt who plays Thaddeus Ross about the shape of his mustache and other things.
"William Hurt didn't want the mustache to interfere with his acting. The size of the mustache was a long discussion. Sometimes he and I would fight," she recalls.
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There was even a moment when William yelled at him if the director didn't know anything about how to be an actor. This also made him upset and they had a 'fight' on the set.
Not only that, their main star, Edward Norton, wanted the film to have a more serious story style like what Christopher Nolan presented in The Dark Knight which was released in the same year.
"At the end of the day, it was very tense about his tone and level of humor. Although Edward is very funny, all his friends are also comedians and he is very funny, (I feel) he is right to still maintain the seriousness of the film. You have to remember that The Dark Knight has a big impact on superhero movies," he said.
This request was rejected by Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige intervened and chose to replace him with Mark Ruffalo in the next film. He even boasted that he would not want to invite the actor because he was considered unable to collaborate with other stars well.
"We've decided not to bring back Ed Norton to play Hulk in The Avengers. Our decision is not based on money, but rather the actor's ability to work creatively and collaborate with other stars."
"The Avengers need players who can work together as a team, for example, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L Jackson, Scarlett Johansson and other stars," he added.