Mark Ruffalo reveals a grim chance of a Hulk solo movie in the MCU

MCU fans might have to halt their hopes for a Hulk movie anytime soon, as Mark Ruffalo shares a disappointing update on a solo movie starring the Green superhero. Out of all the Avengers, Ruffalo's Hulk remains the only one who has not yet had a solo venture. With Marvel working on new Disney+ shows and newer characters getting more exposure in the franchise, Hulk remains behind as the only Avenger whose story we don't know properly.

In an interview with GQ, the actor talked about if he would ever want to work on a solo movie as Hulk, expressing interest as he said, "Yeah, I’d love to have a solo Hulk movie." He then further added,

"I don’t know if you know the story of that, but it's not really owned by Marvel. It's a Universal property. I don't know if it'll ever really come to be, honestly. We keep talking about it, what it would be. There's been so many Hulk movies already, it's like, does anyone really want another one? But I'd love one, and I do think the audiences would be into it if we could crack the nut of it."

In a similar interview last year in February with GQ, Ruffalo had similar thoughts about a solo movie, as he told the outlet,

“I’d love to do a standalone Hulk, I just don’t think that’s ever going to happen. It’s very expensive if you did a whole movie, which is why they use the Hulk so sparingly. I priced myself out!”

More details on Mark Ruffalo's Hulk

Mark Ruffalo stepped into Bruce Banner in 2012’s The Avengers, replacing Edward Norton, and since then, he’s quietly reshaped the Hulk into something equal parts tragic and charming. Ruffalo brings Banner’s intellect and emotional fragility forward, so Hulk isn’t just smashing energy anymore. He makes you feel Banner’s guilt, loneliness, and dry humor through the hulking chaos.

Technically, the Hulk is a VFX marvel. Over the years, studios like ILM, Framestore, and Wētā FX have developed increasingly subtle face and body performance capture pipelines that map Ruffalo’s expressions onto the digital Hulk, letting his microexpressions carry through even when he’s green and enormous. That work was especially visible with “Smart Hulk” in Avengers: Endgame, a merged Banner-Hulk persona where Ruffalo’s voice and mannerisms helped sell the hybrid.

Mark Ruffalo turned Hulk from a smash-first punchline into a layered character who can be funny, terrifying, and heartbreakingly human. He’s part actor, part motion-capture pioneer, and mostly the heart that keeps Banner and Hulk feeling like one messy, empathetic person you actually root for.