Hulk Dies?
By W. Belcher
The Tampa Tribune,
Feb 18, 1990
Bill Bixby didn’t want
to give away the ending of “the Death of the Incredible Hulk” but
he says even Lou Ferrigno cried when watching the final 11 minutes.
Of course, Ferrigno
plays the Hulk and Bixby plays the Hulk’s alter-ego David Banner.
This third reunion film for these characters airs at 9 p.m. Sunday
on NBC.
Based on a popular
comic book, “The Incredible Hulk” ran as a series on CBS from
1978 to 1982. Banner, a scientist, was a victim of a freak accident
involving a large dose of radiation. He found that whenever he
became angry he turned into a powerful green monster.
The comic book had
10 million fans and millions more saw the series on TV. Each reunion
film has had big ratings. “I think we have been consistent in
that we have always done an adult show about a fictional character
rather than making a childish show.” Bixby said recently.
Bixby served as executive
producer and director on this project. “I am as proud of this
as anything I have done,” he said. “I think it’s my best work
as a director.”
In the film,Banner
is still searching for a cure for his problem when he falls in
love with a beautiful woman. He also faces “a fatal battle” with
terrorists.
“Banner gets closer
to a cure than he ever has, but he comes up short of the one thing
that might cure him,” Bixby said. Bixby said that the death of
the Hulk could inply an end to the Hulk sequels.
Bill Bixby has a long
TV career than spans “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”, “ My Favorite
Martian” “Goodnight Beantown” and guest roles on other shows.
He says he has about as much time behind the camera as a director.
“But this film got
my acting juices flowing again,” he said. He said the writer of
the Hulk script is now working on a pilot for a possible regular
series for him.
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