Lou Ferrigno has confirmed that he’s set to return to the role of The Incredible Hulk, with Nuke the Fridge reporting that the bodybuilder and star of the classic 1970s TV series will once again lend his voice to the Green Goliath for 2015’s hotly-anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron.
With Marvel chief Kevin Feige promising plenty of Hulk action in the Joss Whedon-helmed sequel, perhaps Ferrigno will get to deliver more than the single line we gotfrom the character during his show-stealing turn in The Avengers?
Meanwhile, in other Age of Ultron “news”, Robert Downey Jr. has caved in to fan pressure and taken to Twitter to share the first image of himself on set alongside executive producer Jeremy Latcham…
You asked for it! My first tweet from the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron with exec producer @jlatcham. pic.twitter.com/ThwoLueMyT
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) April 22, 2014
Avengers: Age of Ultron is set for release on May 1st 2015 with Whedon directing a cast that also includes MCU veterans Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (The Incredible Hulk), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) and Paul Bettany (JARVIS / The Vision) alongside new additions Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass 2) as Quicksilver, Elizabeth Olsen (Oldboy) as the Scarlet Witch, James Spader (The Blacklist) as Ultron, and Thomas Kretschmann (Dracula) as Baron Strucker.
Originally published April 22, 2014. Updated November 7, 2019.
