Mark Ruffalo Discusses How Bruce Banner and The Hulk's Personality Merge
The next time we see The Hulk in full on action in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be in Thor: Ragnarok. He will be going on an adventure with Thor, and in the process, the two will almost surely fight again. I've enjoyed seeing this character evolve in these films, and that's something that is going to continue.
During a recent interview with AICN, Mark Ruffalo talked about Bruce Banner and The Hulk and how their personalities will most likely start to merge. I imagine Ruffalo knows what Marvel's plan is for Thor: Ragnarok, so what he says about the character here is something we might end up seeing in that film.
The last time we saw Hulk, one of his biggest fears was completely losing control, and he wasn't ready to reunite with his team or be around society in general. When asked what Banner is thinking at that moment, Ruffalo said:
"He's on the run. I think that we carry that through. It's not just a matter of taking himself to some remote place and hiding. Now he's removing himself from humanity altogether. I'm not sure where we're going to head with that, but I'm sure that's probably still very much alive within him.
"It's very subtle, but the Banner/Hulk consciousness is beginning to meld a little bit. Who decided to leave? Was it Banner or Hulk? It's not really in the (cinematic) mythology of Hulk up until that moment to be that conscious and pro-active. It's interesting, right?"
He definitely raised an interesting question there. One of the reasons Hulk is such an intriguing character is because there are two different personalities in that brain of Banner's, and when they start to meld, things are going to get very interesting. Ruffalo went on to express his excitement of what the possibilities are for his character:
"Yeah, I think it is. I think it's really exciting where we could go with it. Now I feel like we're kind of in No Man's Land. I mean, the comic books have kind of broached the subject, but we're moving away from the traditional Hulk/Banner relationship. We're starting to mess with it a little bit."
It's exciting to know that these elements of Banner and the Hulk could finally be implemented into the MCU. Once they do, it's will be fun to see how far Marvel will take it.
"No. Now we're going to see how far we can push the limits of it before people get sick of it!"
One day, maybe it will all lead to a new Hulk solo film, and for the record, I don't think fans will ever get tired of Hulk!