‘Incredible Hulk’ Director Recalls William Hurt Screaming ‘You Don’t Know Anything About Actors’ at Him, Says Edward Norton ‘Was Right’ to Defend Film’s Serious Tone

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  1. >“One day he was screaming at me, ‘You don’t know anything about actors!’” the director continued. “Too bad for him he was in the giant helicopter at the end and I was at the control. He was like, ‘You have to find the button to the nuclear plant…’ I took the joystick and shook him and he fell and looked at me and was like, ‘I like you!’ That was it. He just wanted to have a little bit of a fight.”

    This is hilarious

  2. Look one of them was nominated for an Oscar three times for acting and the other directed the second TRANSPORTER movie and the tenth FAST AND FURIOUS movie. I think he had a point.

  3. William Hurt must have been Jonathan Majors spirit warrior.

  5. I’m glad I read the whole thing, my knee-jerk reaction was William Hurt might be an ass, but it makes sense that it’s just his method. A little confrontation brings out the right emotions and even physical appearance. I totally get that.

  6. William Hurt to Marlee Matlin (his ex) after she won her Oscar: “What makes you think you deserve it? There are hundreds of actors who’ve worked for years for the recognition that just got handed to you. Think about *that*.”

    Another great actor who’s a real dick.

  8. I’ll die on this hill: Edward Norton made for a better Bruce/Hulk. Mark is a jokey clown, although perhaps it is probably more of the writers’ fault than the actor’s.

    Bruce Banner is a tormented soul on a mission to keep the world from seeing the hulk. Mark started off that way in the beginning of Avengers, but that idea flew out the window pretty fast.

    I want another serious Hulk movie. Hell, give me any serious MCU movie. I’ll settle for just one quippy, comic relief character in a movie. Lately, there have been 3-4 per movie. It’s tiring. Marvel is losing its older demographic. If I wanted a childish cartoon version of the characters, I’d watch that instead.

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