Why norton is not hulk

However, Norton gave another explanation for his departure during a interview , saying he had "experienced what [he] wanted to" with the part, and he "didn't want to have an association with one thing in any way degrade [his] effectiveness as an actor in characters. Norton has since said he'd happily return to the MC, and that he harbors no ill will Mark Ruffalo, who replaced him as Bruce Banner starting in 's The Avengers.

Although Ruffalo was actually Leterrier's first choice for The Incredible Hulk , Marvel wanted Norton, because he was "more famous," and Ruffalo only did "smart intellectual films" And while now Ruffalo is synonymous with the Hulk, at the time he was an unconventional choice, because he wasn't a proven leading man in the same way as Norton.

That said, much of Marvel's Phase One casting also didn't have name recognition on the same level as Norton. Recasting Bruce paid off for Marvel. After the release of the film, it was widely reported that Edward Norton was difficult to work with on set, and that he insisted on rewriting the script himself. I did a big action movie called The Incredible Hulk. You know what went wrong? I wanted a better script. It has always been my firm conviction that films should speak for themselves and that knowing too much about how they are made diminishes the magic of watching them.

According to Norton, he did enough on the script to warrant a credit that never came. While the film was well-received in , Marvel quickly went in a new direction toward a more collaborative approach to the MCU.

Sometimes, he makes it seem as though it were mere creative misdirection. He wanted to take the character one way, and Marvel wanted to take it the other way. And what Chris Nolan had done with Batman was going down a path that I aligned with: long, dark, and serious. But I had a great time doing it. I got on great with Kevin Feige. Hulk has certainly been on an interesting MCU journey.

Edward Norton can next be seen in Motherless Brooklyn , which comes out in theaters on November 1. Check out our Marvel movies guide to learn what else this franchise has coming up.