Eric Bana Hulk: Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Wife, Troy, Star Trek, Net Worth, Movies and Tv Shows
In 2002 Eric Bana was featured on ‘The Nugget’, the film portrays the effect of instant wealth on three working-class men. He was offered the role of Bruce Banner in the film adaptation of the popular Marvel Comic book series The Incredible Hulk while filming ‘The Nugget’. After he learned that director Ang Lee was involved in the project he considered taking the offer and even agreed to work on the film before the final script was complete. He admired Lee for his work on the film ‘The Ice Storm’.
He was drawn to the film because “the character of Bruce Banner had dramatic potential” and was “a fairly non-traditional superhero”.
The film (Hulk, 2003) received mixed reviews and a moderate success at the box office, but Bana’s performance was praised: Jack Matthews of the New York Daily News felt that Bana played the role of Bruce Banner “with great conviction”. Eric Bana earned an Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films nomination for “Cinescape Genre Face of the Future” for the film.