In Avengers: Infinity War, one of the most surprising plotlines was Bruce Banner’s. In any movie beforehand, the Hulk was revered as one of the best fighters. It’s been a constant show of having the upper hand when someone would utter the words “we have a Hulk”. Even in Thor: Ragnarok, the green monster was the Grandmaster’s champion, undefeated and almost, arguably stronger than Thor. So, in Infinity War, when he was needed the most; the Hulk was nowhere to be found.
According to Mark Ruffalo, there was a lot of back and forth discussion when it came to the Hulk:
“We went back and forth a lot on how to end the movie with Banner, and do we repeat the Hulk coming at the last minute or do we try something new? And I think at that point we were all thirsting to have Banner be his own hero for once.”
He then went on to discuss the conflict between Banner and the Hulk that has been brewing since Age of Ultron:
“There’s a conflict brewing between banner and Hulk that’s been going on since the beginning and it all came out of this question that Joss Whedon asked me when Hulk gets the fairy dust from Scarlet Witch sprinkled on him in Avengers 2,” Ruffalo says. “Joss asked ‘What is Hulk afraid of?’ And that was a hard thing for me to answer, because what is the strongest, fiercest thing in the universe afraid of? What could he possibly? And then I realized its Banner. The only thing Hul is afraid of is Banner. And so that’s become something we’ve been riffing on since Avengers 2. We played with a lot in Ragnarok, and it continues to be teased out in Infinity War 1 and Infinity War 2.”
What were your thoughts in regards to the Hulk not being around in Infinity War? He would have been a great help, but it has been pointed out that the Hulk has always been the center of a fight and perhaps, with having so many other warriors involved, they couldn’t have the focus be entirely on the Hulk.
Avengers 4 will come out May 3, 2019 where hopefully, we will see Bruce Banner truly get angry.
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