Folks, sometimes we here at FilmDrunk like to take a time out from movie news to ponder the big questions. Questions like, “Who’s better at fighting bears, Walker Texas Ranger (Chuck Norris) or Hercules (Lou Ferrigno)?”
Hercules seems to be a clear winner, on account of him beating up the bear and throwing it into outer space (though the bear’s ghost does growl menacingly at us). Meanwhile, Walker defeats his bear simply by looking into his soul, like some kind of pacificist, new-age pussy. What’s up, Chuck? I thought you were a Republican. Or maybe I switched on Walker Canadian Mountie by mistake? If so, my bad.
*mouths “PUSSY”*
Hey, let’s invite Lou Ferrigno down to the set of American Gladiators! And then we’ll paint Titan green and make him act like the Hulk! And then we’ll use green filters on all the cameras! And then we’ll make them fight with big soft stand ins for penises! The loser gets all wet! And then everyone will flex at each other! And then… hey, why is my poop green! And how come there’s condoms in it! And why don’t I remember how I got home last night! Why’d Titan buy me all those Jägr shots!
In an interview with Variety Friday, Marvel studios head Kevin Feige revealed that not only will we get to hear the Hulk speak in the new film, he will be voiced by original Hulk/deaf guy/bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno.
Variety: Do I finally get to hear a good "Hulk smash!" or what?
Feige: Yes. After five TV seasons, several TV movies and the first feature, Hulk will speak. (Yeah, he had a line in the Ang Lee film, but it was a dream.)
Hulk’s verbal skills and intelligence have varied in the comics, but he’s never been as mute as the TV version. So it’s a little ironic that TV Hulk Lou Ferrigno will give voice to the Hulk in this film.
Producer Gale Ann Hurd says Ferrigno was a last-minute addition to a panel on the movie at New York’s Comic-Con. Director Leterrier invited him to "audition" onstage.
"Lou did this amazing, ‘Hulk smash!’ " says Hurd. "And (director Louis Leterrier) said, ‘Come in, we’ll record you next week.’ Everybody thought it was either a staged event or we wouldn’t really do it. But the next week Lou came in in L.A. and his voice is the voice of the Hulk." [Source]
So a deaf guy is good at saying “Hulk smash!”, big whoop. I’ve seen a gorilla do sign language. Which is more amazing? I don’t know, but I say we settle this via thunderdome.
I Love You, Man stars Jason Segel (of Forgetting Sarah Marshall fame) and was written and directed by John Hamburg, director of Along Came Polly and writer of Zoolander, and both Meet the Parentses.
I Love You, Man centers around a newly engaged guy who sets out to find the perfect best man for his wedding, and judging by this video, at some point he gets into an argument with original Incredible Hulk and star of Pumping Iron Lou Ferrigno (playing himself). Ferrigno takes Segel down with a sleeper hold, which is a lot sexier and more homoerotic when you call it a rear naked choke.
