Q: What is the Hulk's big line in the film?
A: The Hulk's comical pummeling of Norse demigod Loki is such an effective scene that audiences are often laughing too hard to hear the superhero's lone utterance.
"People still ask me what I'm saying there," says Mark Ruffalo, who plays the Hulk with the help of motion-capture technology. "It's the only Hulk line in the movie. It's 'Puny god.' ''
Director Joss Whedon says he wanted to have the Hulk speak "sparingly" during the movie for impact. That's why there are many more grunts and roars.
Q: Who is the Hulk's voice?
A: Though he's not listed in the credits, Lou Ferrigno, who starred in The Incredible Hulk TV series (1978-1982), contributed voice work for the movie. But when asked about it at a European news conference, Whedon insisted the speaking line belongs to Ruffalo.
"We had him smoke a lot and drink some whiskey," Whedon joked. Actually, Ruffalo's voice was processed through computers at Skywalker Sound.
Chris Boyes, a supervising sound editor at Skywalker, says Ferrigno "was a big player in the roar." But the Hulk's various grunts and rage-filled roars were a group effort: About 12% came from animals ("some bear and lion underneath") and the rest came from Ruffalo, Ferrigno and other humans, including Boyes.
