Mark Ruffalo is The Hulk.

Speaking with New York Vulture Blog, Mark Ruffalo revealed that for the first time in his cinematic appearance, The Hulk will not be produced solely in the realm of CGI. Ruffalo, will don the ping-pong covered jumpsuit to produce a motion capture incarnation for his next outing in The Avengers.

"I'm really excited. No one's ever played the Hulk exactly, they've always done CGI... They're going to do the Avatar stop-action, stop-motion capture. So I'lll actually play the Hulk. That'll be fun."

Ruffalo, continued to divulge the possible direction for his characterisation of split duo, Bruce Banner/The Hulk.

"I really love the first TV version of it, the Bill Bixby one. I'm gonna shoot for that a little bit. He was an everyman in it. He's always on the run and trying to find love. It's really a sympathetic character, before he turns into the Hulk and fucks everything up."

This seems an interesting direction to take by Ruffalo, Comic Book Adaptations have in evolved into the exploration of light/dark psychologies of it's titular stars. Yet, sympathetic, love seeking everyman? Will The Avenger's interpretation of Hulk score with audiences or will Ruffalo join Eric Bana and Edward Norton in failing to do the big man justice.

The Avengers: May 4, 2012