Mark Ruffalo suits up as Hulk in jaw-dropping new She-Hulk set photos

Mark Ruffalo is reprising his role as Bruce Banner in She-Hulk and the first set photos have given us our first glimpse of his return to the MCU.

She-Hulk is on the horizon. It won’t be arriving on Disney Plus until 2022 but production is well and truly underway, meaning that it won’t be far from our minds as its release date draws nearer. And one of the likely reasons that it won’t be far from our minds is the inevitable set photos, rumors and teases that will make their presence felt in the coming months.

In fact, one of those things is already making its presence felt as the very first set photos from She-Hulk have been unveiled – and they feature a pretty familiar face.

Mark Ruffalo’s Professor Hulk returns in She-Hulk set photos

New set photos from She-Hulk have surfaced online and they feature the first look at Mark Ruffalo reprising his role as Dr. Bruce Banner/Incredible Hulk. The since-deleted post from actress Anais Almonte features her posing for a photo with the veteran Marvel Cinematic Universe star.

Ruffalo is sporting the motion capture suit and equipment required for bringing the Hulk to life on the screen. Though this doesn’t necessarily give away which version of the character he will be playing in the Disney Plus show, the likely option is the Smart/Professor Hulk persona seen in Avengers: Endgame. And this photo suggests that because he wouldn’t need the mo-cap suit if he had returned to his Bruce Banner persona.

Ruffalo previously portrayed the character in The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. His return in the Tatiana Maslany-led She-Hulk had been rumored for some time before it was eventually confirmed.

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