Actor Josh Lucas discusses vision and look of THE HULK

HULK's Major Glenn Talbot says green goliath will be like nothing fans have ever seen before

By Jennifer H. Tomooka     September 20, 2002

While fans of comicdom's favorite green hero, THE HULK, still have to wait until next year to see the latest adaptation of the comic book franchise, Josh Lucas (AMERICAN PSYCHO, A BEAUTIFUL MIND) waxes on about Director Ang Lee's vision for the film, which was to explore "the Hulk in all of us."

"[Ang] keeps talking about that, and his thing was, '[Talbot] is the freest with it, the one who has no repression whatsoever,'" explains Lucas. "Whereas Bruce Banner's character is the most repressed and most terrified of what's happening to him. So, when he has those emotions [streaming] through his blood, he loses control to the point of actually transforming. Ang really wanted to understand it, not only psychologically, but [also] physiologically."

In his sequences, Lucas states that he has been working completely alone, but will reveal that the onscreen Hulk is like nothing fans have ever seen before.

"[Hulk is] a completely computer generated image that they're using Eric (Bana) to generate," discloses Lucas. "[They are also using] body builders, dancers and so many different elements. You have Eric's face with the movement of another man's face with the movement of a gorilla. The way that they're constructing the being is fascinating and futuristic."

While there may be advancements on the movement of THE HULK, Lucas assures fans one thing will not change. Hulk's trademark green form.

"He's very green," says Lucas. "Everything is green. If anything, it's going back to the comic book [origins]. The comic book is a very dark, psychological story. It's still going to have the 20, 30-minute action sequences, but it's going to be a slow ride to get there."

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