Warning: This post contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Marvel Studios tried multiple concept designs for Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk, including Savage Hulk, Smart Hulk, and Bruce Banner, before finalizing the character’s look in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
On YouTube, The Artbook Collector shared a preview of Spider-Man: Brand New Day – The Art of the Movie, featuring concept art of Hulk with several alternative looks.
Below, you can see Ruffalo’s Hulk in alternative looks, including a bearded Hulk and Grey Hulk, from Spider-Man: Brand New Day. These concepts were not used.
Here’s another piece of concept art featuring alternative looks for Savage Hulk, Smart Hulk, and Bruce Banner from Spider-Man: Brand New Day – The Art of the Movie.
Alternate Hulk designs from Spider-Man: Brand New Day show a version of the character that would look less like Bruce Banner and more like his classic comic book counterpart, with the artist specifically drawing inspiration from John Romita Sr.’s take on Hulk.
Deleted ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Scene Saw Hulk Nearly Drown Spider-Man
James Unsworth, the stuntman behind Hulk, revealed details about deleted scenes from Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
In one deleted scene, Spider-Man reportedly used a Shocker gauntlet to deliver a Superman-style punch to Hulk and knock him out. According to Unsworth, test audiences did not respond well to the scene.
“In some, Spider-Man basically used a Shocker gauntlet to Superman-punch him and knock him out. From what I understand, the test audiences didn’t take to it”
Another deleted scene showed a much more brutal Hulk. After a water main broke, Hulk slammed Spider-Man into the floor and stood on his chest, attempting to drown him in the water.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day stars Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Zendaya as MJ, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher, Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds, Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova/Black Widow, Liza Colón-Zayas as Detective Jean DeWolff, Tramell Tillman as William “Bill” Metzger, Marisa Tomei as May Parker, Naomi Watts as E.V., Michael Mando as Mac Gargan/Scorpion, Keith David as the Narrator of the Spider Video, Marvin Jones III as Tombstone, Olivia DeJonge as Sara, Taryn Marie Butler as Apartment Girl, Johnna Myers as Building Manager, Billy Clemens as Ramrod, Zabryna Guevara as Sheila Rivera, Nina Rose Galano as Maidey, Maikol Roque as EJ, Jamel Davall Rodriguez as NYC Street Driver, Ethan Sokontwe as Scooter Kid, Tariye Peterside as Tour Bus Guide, and Phoenix Di Sebastiani as the DODC Escort Guard.
Synopsis: After the record-breaking global success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Brand New Day marks an entirely new chapter for Peter Parker and Spider-Man.
Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from the lives and memories of those he loves. Crime-fighting in a New York that no longer knows his name, he’s devoted himself entirely to protecting his city — a full-time Spider-Man — but as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced.
Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed over $2 billion at the worldwide box office and is now playing in theaters.
