In 2010, shortly before announcing The Avengers at the San Diego Comic Con, Feige released a statement clarifying why Norton was let go. You know what went wrong? I wanted a better script.” According to Deadline, one Marvel insider described Norton as a “wolf in the hen house.”
I did a big action movie called The Incredible Hulk. This piece of information was corroborated recently by Norton himself, when during the roast of Bruce Willis he said, “I tried to be like you.
If all had gone as planned, Edward Norton would still be playing Hulk in the Avengers movies, but because of behind-the-scenes flare-ups, he was replaced by Mark Ruffalo.Īfter 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. One of the few blindspots of the record-breaking Marvel Cinematic Universe is 2008’s The Incredible Hulk - the second film of the series, and also its lowest grossing.
