The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 film that became part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After the release of The Hulk in 2003, Marvel Studios bought the rights to the character, director Louis Leterrier completely reworked it, and the famous Zach Penn wrote the script.
Features of creation
Wikipedia, Kinomania and Kinopoisk unanimously claim that The Incredible Hulk was released in 2008, and the poster also indicates this date, but in fact, the film, which was filmed in Toronto, was completely finished in 2007. However, controversy arose about the length of the movie. The creators of the superhero action movie had to decide what materials would go into the final version, and as a result, 70 minutes of material was not included in the picture, making it a welcome addition for the fans of the character.
Absolutely all musical compositions were written by Craig Armstrong, a Scottish composer, and controversy still continues around the film's soundtrack. Some critics consider him "the stupidest in the history of Marvel cinema", while others, on the contrary, believe that the soundtrack deserves delight. Two discs with compositions from The Incredible Hulk can be purchased separately from the painting itself.
Plot of the film
This picture is neither a sequel nor a remake of The Hulk, released in 2003. This is an independent story about the transformation of an ordinary guy into a legendary superhero, included in the general Marvel universe. The main character, Bruce Banner, unwillingly becomes the guinea pig of a scientific experiment to produce super-soldiers. "Treated" by gamma radiation, Bruce goes on the run, wanting only one thing - to learn how to control the green monster within himself. In his footsteps are Emil Blonsky, an ambitious warrior who eventually morphed into a Hulk-like creature, and Thaddeus Ross, Bruce's longtime foe.
Main roles
Edward Norton
Norton, known to the viewer for his excellent work in the famous films "Red Dragon", Fight Club "," The Illusionist "and others, a three-time Oscar nominee, played the role of Bruce Banner himself and his monstrous incarnation. By the way, the photo from the film shows that the character is seriously different from the "original" Hulk of 2003.
Edward Norton is a well-known philanthropist in his homeland. He is an actor, director, producer, editor and cameraman. Edward was born in 1969 in Boston, graduated with a bachelor's degree from Yale University, was actively involved in theatrical activities. He made his screen debut in the 1996 film Primal Fear, where he played an excellent sociopathic prisoner, for which he was nominated for an Oscar for the first time. There are many great works on his account.
Together with his wife Shauna Robertson, Norton founded CrowdRise, an e-commerce charity that crowdsourced donations to various community and charitable projects.
Tim Roth
British director and actor Tim Roth needs no special introduction, he has long been a movie legend. A close friend of Tarantino, he has appeared in almost all of his films, but Roth's own career also shines with great work. In The Incredible Hulk, he embodied Emil Blonsky and his second incarnation, an evil and cruel monster called the Abomination.
Tim was born in London in 1961, in the family of an artist and a journalist, after school he studied to be a sculptor at the Camberwell Art School in London. He made his film debut in the social drama "Made in Britain" by British director Alan Clarke, starring a 16-year-old skinhead who is constantly rebelling against the norms of society. On account of Tim Roth more than ninety acting works and two films in which he acted as a director.
William Hurt
William McCord Hurt is an American actor on the film crew who portrays General Thaddeus Ross, Bruce's old enemy. William was born in Washington in 1950 into a diplomatic family, studied acting in the British capital, and then got a job on the stage of one of the New York theaters.
He made his film debut, starring in the fantastic 1980 film "Other Persons". William immediately became popular, as he skillfully embodied psychologically complex images on the screen. The peak of his career came in the mid-80s and early 90s, when Hurt received an Oscar for his role as gay in the 1985 film Spider-Woman Kiss. The actor has more than fifty works and several prestigious film awards.
Minor characters
The heroine of the film, Betty Ross, was performed by an American former model and now an actress, daughter of the famous musician Liv Tyler. She was born in 1977 in New York, at the age of 14 she began her modeling career, made her debut in the 1994 film Silent Fight, and fame came to the actress after the role of Erlond's daughter Arwen in the epic The Lord of the Rings. Liv has two children and currently lives in London.
The villainous Samuel Stearns was played by Tim Blake Nelson, a renowned American screenwriter, director and actor. Nelson was born in 1964, a hereditary Jew with an excellent education in the field of classical literature, music and art. He began his acting career in Nora Efron's 1992 film This is My Life. Since then, he has taken part in the filming and voiceover of many cinematic works. Lives in New York with his wife and three children.
Tony Stark appears in a few shots of the ending of the film, played by its original performer Robert Downey Jr. Born in 1965, the actor is known to the domestic audience for his role as "Iron Man", but experts consider him the brightest role in another film - the image of Charlie Chaplin in the 1993 film directed by Richard Attenborough was flawlessly embodied by Robert.
Dr. Leonard Samson was portrayed by the American comedian Ty Burrell, best known for his role as Phil Daphne in the American Family comedy series. The actor was born in 1967 in Oregon, since childhood he dreamed of a football career, but by adolescence, the guy's priorities changed and he applied to the University of Theater and Arts, which he graduated with a bachelor's degree. He appeared in the cinema for the first time only in 2001, and for "Family" he won two "Emmy" at once.
Major woman Kathleen Sparr was played by an actress about whom there is surprisingly little information on the Internet. Christina Cabot is the daughter of a musician and actress, born in 1969 with a theater education. Today Christina is a talented teacher teaching future theater and film stars. She is married to cinematographer Charles Conyers and the couple have two children.
The solid General Joe Greller was played by Peter Mensah, born in 1959, a Canadian black actor with a love of theater and martial arts. It was to these pursuits that he devoted his life. In general, Mensa is an extremely versatile person. He practices medicine, plays basketball, deals with environmental problems, teaches law, became the prototype for a character in the computer game Dead Space. Every day his fans read interesting news about their idol, who lives a busy life of a modern caring person and write only the warmest reviews about him.
The owner of the pizzeria, Bruce Stanley Lieber's assistant, was played by Paul Sols, another Canadian actor born in August 1930. During his career, Paul rarely appeared on the screen, so to speak, "in the flesh", being a voice actor and often performing as a host of various shows. But in The Incredible Hulk, viewers were able to see this veteran old-school actor. He worked on the original 60s Spider-Man animated series and is Bunny Cowen's cousin.
