Mark Ruffalo Revealed That He Almost Turned Down The Role Of The Hulk And That It Was Robert Downey Jr. Who Convinced Him To Do It

TBH, I can't imagine anybody else playing the Hulk!

In case you don't remember, Mark actually took over the role of Bruce Banner/the Hulk from Edward Norton — who played the character in 2008'sThere had also been a non-MCU Hulk movie in 2003 that starred Eric Bana.NBC/ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon /

Mark went on to say that he also felt uncertain if he was the right choice for a big-budget movie since he was more of an indie film actor, but that Joss Whedon told him otherwise:Eventually the word got to Robert Downey Jr. that Mark was on the fence about taking the role.The two are friends and had co-starred together in 2007'sNBC/ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon /where Bruce Banner meets Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in India.

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