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She-Hulk’s Fourth-Wall Breaking Went Through Many Iterations
When modern comic book movie fans think of breaking the fourth wall, they probably think of Deadpool. And for good reason. He’s very popular. But well before the Merc with the Mouth pointed that mouth at the fans, another Marvel Comics character was doing it and she’s finally joining the MCU. Her name is She-Hulk and…
She-Hulk Bosses Explain The Fourth-Wall Breaking Moments
She-Hulk will be hitting Disney+ in a few weeks in her first live-action series starring Emmy-winning actress Tatiana Maslany as Jen Walters AKA She-Hulk. Maslany will be joined by MCU alumni Mark Ruffalo, once again as Bruce Banner, Benedict Wong, and returning as Emil Blonksy, we have Tim Roth.
As the first trailer featured some moments with Jen breaking the fourth wall, which was something the character did in the Sensational She-Hulk series by John Byrne. Showrunner Jessica Gao explained during the TCA press tour panel that there are plenty of those moments and wish there had been more.
“It was very very tricky finding the balance because if I had my way she’d be breaking the fourth wall every other sentence and I’m definitely on the ‘let’s turn it up to 11’ side of things and everybody else had to kind of pull me back a little bit more from it,” Gao explained. “But I will say the show is very meta and self-aware, in the same way, that the [John] Byrne run [of comics] was very meta and self-aware and it is present in the show but it’s not overpowering.”