7 Most Exciting New Additions To Thor: Ragnarok

2. Mark Ruffalo - Bruce Banner/Hulk

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Not a new addition to the MCU, but Mark Ruffalo's take on Bruce Banner/Hulk is new to the Thor movies, and a very welcome presence at that.

After Age of Ultron saw Hulk apparently shooting off into space, we're going to find out exactly where he is in this film - as mentioned earlier, Ragnarok is using elements of Planet Hulk, so there's a good chance he'll be discovered on Sakaara.

After that, he'll be off journeying around the Nine Realms with his ol' buddy Thor: Mark Ruffalo has described the movie as an "intergalactic buddy road movie". Frankly, you could forget about the apocalypse and just give me two hours of that instead.

Ruffalo's take on the character is the one to truly nail it, after a couple of different attempts, and while Marvel haven't figured out how to do a solo movie yet it's going to be great getting to see more of him here, especially with parts of Planet Hulk being adapted as well. Ruffalo was only on set for around a month, which means there's a good chance we won't be seeing much of Bruce Banner in the film, but that just means more time with the big green eye.

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