Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the best-known faces in Hollywood, but in the 1970s the Austrian sought to become the Hulk for the television series
What if… Arnold Schwarzenegger had become The Incredible Hulk? It would probably be a title for a chapter of the series What If…?, but the protagonist of Terminator could become the Emerald Giant.
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Between 1978 and 1982, the Universal studio and Marvel Comics joined forces to bring The Incredible Hulk to the small screen, where Bill Bixby played Bruce Banner and the bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno played the Hulk.
While Ferrigno got the role, this would probably have been different, as one of the actors who sought to become the Jade Colossus was Arnold Schwarzenegger, who made the jump from bodybuilding to acting in 1970 with the film Hercules in New York. York.
While, in the eyes of the common fan, Schwarzenegger might fit the role of giant, The Incredible Hulk producer Kenneth Johnson didn’t think so.
In the book American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s, Kenneth Johnson revealed that Arnold Schwarzenegger was one of the actors who auditioned to become the Hulk, but the Austrian did not manage to keep the role, since his height (1.88 m) was far from below what Johnson searched for.
Johnson chose Lou Ferrigno, who is 1.96 meters tall, while in 1982 came Schwarzenegger’s first big break in Conan the Barbarian, the first commercial success of a career that established him as one of the most profitable actors in Hollywood.
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Source: American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s
The Emerald Giant declares war on the Marvel Universe.
They were his friends. They betrayed him. They shot him into space and headed for tragedy. He has fought, bled and conquered. He has loved and lost.
With only terrifying revenge left, Hulk heads to Earth with his loyal allies, the Warbound, to unleash his fury on Iron Man, Mr. Fantastic, Doctor Strange, and Black Bolt. He will crush them along with anyone who gets in his way.
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