Why Hulk Is The Hardest Marvel Hero To Get Right

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Of all the Marvel superheroes to make the jump from page to screen, Hulk has been the trickiest to get right. A modern, superhero-flavored take on the Jekyll and Hyde story, Hulk has captured the imagination of comic fans ever since his 1960s debut thanks to a distinctive green hue and uncontrollable anger issues that more or less everyone can relate to. Hulk's enduring popularity has been burgeoned by a series of live-action adaptations, the first being a 1978 TV series starring Bill Bixby (as Dr. Banner) and Lou Ferrigno (as Hulk).

A more serious, cinematic attempt at adapting the Hulk was made in 2003, with Ang Lee directing Eric Bana for the jolly green giant's first big screen outing. The film was afforded a mixed reaction, and a reboot was released five years later replacing Bana with Edward Norton in one of the earliest installments of what would later become known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Later in the franchise, however, Norton was recast and Mark Ruffalo became the Hulk of the Avengers movies and beyond.

There's no argument that Ruffalo's Banner/Hulk is the strongest live-action interpretation of the character to date but, even so, many of the long standing difficulties in bringing Hulk to the big screen trouble Marvel to this day. Here's why adapting the Hulk is so difficult to get right.