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"Mark Ruffalo has described his role as The Incredible Hulk in The Avengers as &amp;quot;unusual&amp;quot;. The actor explained that he signed on for The Avengers particularly because he identified with scientist-turned-superhero Bruce Banner.   &amp;quot;For me, this isn&amp;#039;t usually the type of movie I&amp;#039;ve been in, or that I&amp;#039;ve been invited to do,&amp;quot; Ruffalo admitted, reports Flicks and Bits. &amp;quot;[Hulk] was the one character, other than Wolverine, that I actually thought I can do well.&amp;quot; Ruffalo also credited Robert Downey Jr&amp;#039;s performance in Iron Man with giving him the confidence to play a superhero. &amp;quot;I was also really excited because of what I&amp;#039;d seen Marvel do with Iron Man and with Robert Downey Jr, who&amp;#039;s a great actor - he&amp;#039;s one of my &amp;#039;hero actors&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; the star said.  &amp;quot;When I saw what he did, I feel like he recreated the genre a little bit, I felt like, &amp;#039;Hey, I could fit into that world&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Downey Jr recently praised Ruffalo&amp;#039;s Avengers casting, saying that the actor is the &amp;quot;perfect&amp;quot; Hulk. The Avengers is now playing in UK cinemas (as Marvel Avengers Assemble) and opens May 4 in the US. Watch a trailer for The Avengers below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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