While discussing his work in the upcoming adaptation of Chuck Pahlaniuk's "Choke" with MTV News, actor Sam Rockwell mentioned that he almost landed the role of Marvel's popular jade giant in this year's "Incredible Hulk" film.
"I was talked about for the bad guy and maybe for the Hulk," said Rockwell, who added that he "liked about 70 percent" of the film. However, Rockwell was quick to praise the performance of fellow actor Ed Norton, who ended up both writing and starring in the film.
"[Norton was] an excellent David Banner ... an excellent choice for the part," said Rockwell, who added that if the choice were his to make, he would have cast Norton over himself, too.
"[Norton] was more believable as a radioactive scientist," explained Rockwell.
"See? I just said 'radioactive' scientist, so obviously I should not get the part," laughed Rockwell, "I would have been fired."
While he didn't end up playing Marvel's gamma-powered goliath, Rockwell has already earned a healthy dose of geek cred playing Zaphod Beeblebrox in 2005's feature-length adaptation of the Douglas Adams "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" stories and, more recently, playing "The Bat-Man" to Justin Long's Robin in the the online parody "Robin's Big Date."
Pushing him further up the fanboy ladder, Rockwell claimed to not only have "a suitcase full of comic books" that included "the five first original 'Conan,'" but also name-checked popular New York City comics shop Forbidden Planet as his LCS of choice.
So, what do you think, Splash Page readers? Would Sam Rockwell have made a better David Banner than Ed Norton?
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