Why is edward norton not in the avengers

However, that wasn't the last word on the subject, because of a report in the lead-up to Comic-Con International that Marvel planned to recast Norton for The Avengers , which would assemble all of the heroes introduced to date in a single film.

The Avengers demands players who thrive working as part of an ensemble, as evidenced by Robert, Chris H, Chris E, Sam, Scarlett, and all of our talented casts. However, Norton gave another explanation for his departure during a interview , saying he had "experienced what [he] wanted to" with the part, and he "didn't want to have an association with one thing in any way degrade [his] effectiveness as an actor in characters.

Norton has since said he'd happily return to the MC, and that he harbors no ill will Mark Ruffalo, who replaced him as Bruce Banner starting in 's The Avengers. Although Ruffalo was actually Leterrier's first choice for The Incredible Hulk , Marvel wanted Norton, because he was "more famous," and Ruffalo only did "smart intellectual films" And while now Ruffalo is synonymous with the Hulk, at the time he was an unconventional choice, because he wasn't a proven leading man in the same way as Norton.

Critics decently reviewed the film at a time when superhero movies had a greater stigma. While Norton was never credited as a writer on The Incredible Hulk , he famously has a lot of creative say in many of his roles.

According to Norton, he did enough on the script to warrant a credit that never came. While the film was well-received in , Marvel quickly went in a new direction toward a more collaborative approach to the MCU. Sometimes, he makes it seem as though it were mere creative misdirection. Norton explained:. I loved the Hulk comics.

I believed they were very mythic. And what Chris Nolan had done with Batman was going down a path that I aligned with: long, dark and serious. If there was ever a thing that I thought had that in it, it was the Hulk. I wanted a better script. It has always been my firm conviction that films should speak for themselves and that knowing too much about how they are made diminishes the magic of watching them.

All of us believe The Incredible Hulk will excite old fans and create new ones and be a huge hit…our focus has always been to deliver the Hulk that people have been waiting for and keep the worldwide love affair with the big green guy going strong. Ruffalo explained the experience of taking over as the character in an interview to The Marvelists podcast. Follow htshowbiz for more.