After sitting through Hulk 2013) with Eric Bana, and The Incredible Hulk 2008) with Edward Norton, when I saw Mark Ruffalo as Hulk in the Avengers, I was convinced that no one could be a better Hulk than Mark. He’s grumpy, gorgeous, and depicts the two sides of his identity fairly well. And then, Canadian actor Tatiana Gabriele Maslany made her debut as SheHulkin the Disney+ Hotstar series She-Hulk. Attorney at Law, and changed my mind.
Marvel debut
The 37-year-old who made her debut in the 2002 Canadian television series 2030 CE and rose to fame with multiple roles in Orphan Black 2013-2017), for which she also won an Emmy, was an instant hit with Marvel fans. Probably because she went about it the way any true Marvel fan would: by reading all
the She-Hulk comics. I even read all the comics where she has guest appearances, after I got the role. I got a sense of her voice over all these years, and got to see how different artistes had interpreted her
“THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF STORIES COMING OUT OF INDIA. THIS IS SOMETHING AM CURIOUS TO EXPLORE FURTHER.” TATIANA MASLANY, ACTOR
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