10 MCU Deleted Scenes That Should've Stayed In Their Movies

2. Suicide Attempt (The Incredible Hulk)

The Scene: Referenced in The Avengers, this scene shows us Bruce Banner's failed suicide attempt out in the freezing cold. Alone, and seemingly at his wits end with all this turning green nonsense (can't blame him), the good doctor pulls out a gun and stares, slowly psyching himself up to commit the act.

But the green guy has other ideas.

Why It Should've Stayed: This scene is technically canon, so it's odd that it wasn't included in the original cut. Bruce Banner talks about this in The Avengers, albeit with a couple of small changes (he mentions "spitting a bullet out", but here, he never has a chance to fire the gun), so it's clearly a pivotal moment.

And that's why this should've been in the film. Banner's physical struggle is a compelling one; the pressure it would put on your day-to-day life, the way it would impact your ability to perform basic tasks, and the unbreakable barriers it would thrust on top of any relationship you tried to have. It would drive anybody completely insane.

But the MCU has never really explored this struggle to the dark, serious degree that Banner's condition would warrant. Sure, we had a scene in The Incredible Hulk wherein he refuses to make love to Betty, but that was played for laughs. Avengers: Age Of Ultron tried to explore Banner's dilemma, but his relationship with Black Widow came out of nowhere and felt incredibly forced.

Yes, The Incredible Hulk is the black sheep of the Marvel family and is regularly disregarded, but it is part of the MCU, and should be considered as such. This is a movie universe that gets tons of flack for being too light, and not giving Bruce Banner his due; and this moment is the perfect way to aid both issues.

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