Thor: Ragnarok - 10 Huge Spoilers From The Comic Con Trailer

7. Hulk Talks Now...

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One of the biggest take-aways from the entire Comic Con Marvel presentation came in the form of Hulk's new-found ability to talk more, just as he has elsewhere. He's not the most verbose of characters, but his vocabulary has definitely improved and he's able to carry a conversation.

Presumably, he has better mastered speech because of the time he's spent on Sakaar, without the distractions of turning back into Bruce Banner (which no doubt stunts his development).

Taika Waititi has spoken to IGN to explain why he talks the way he does:

"I was always fascinated by the duality of Hulk and Banner, and seeing how their brains could be interconnected. Could we sometimes see Hulk and could we have a bit of Banner’s voice in there? Could we see Banner and have Hulk’s personality through there?"

He also revealed that the internal Jekyll/Hyde conflict within Banner will manifest in this film in a new way:

"I think in this film we’re going to see that for the first time, where the two are fighting - really fighting this time - for control of the body. And Hulk talking, this idea of a more cognitive Hulk who can say sentences - that obviously has existed in the comics, but I think it’s something the fans want to finally see. It’s exactly what fans want to see, and what I wanted to see too."
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