And while Thor was dizzy to announce to the Grandmaster ( Jeff Goldblum ) in his battle arena on Sakaar   that his   armored opponent   was   " a friend from work,“it appears that the God of Thunder ’s piece of work   crony has quell his   raging green self for quite a   while . DuringThor : Ragnarok’sSDCC instrument panel Saturday , Ruffalo said that Hulk has muffle his human alter - ego Bruce Banner for two class , and that Hulk , for the first time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , speaks .

lover can hear a flake of Hulking utter , albeit like a 2 - class - sometime , at the conclusion of the newThor : Ragnaroktrailer revealed at SDCC . In the laggard , Hulk say to Thor,“Hulk like fire , Thor like water . "

Hearing Hulk speak is a big footstep fore for the character reference . rightful , in the two non - MCUHulksolo film , the character could be get word uttering classic two - Scripture Hulk phrase like " Hulk smash!“and"Puny man ! " ( he also says " Puny god"after his Loki beatdown inThe Avengers)but now , he ’s really engaging in conversation .

Whether Hulk ’s ameliorate his address ability and expands his mental lexicon throughout the film is yet to be seen ; but understandably , this is a vast start for the character . Perhaps Hulk will talk more inAvengers : Infinity WarandAvengers 4-   and since he ’s reportedlyplaying a enceinte role in the films , maybe the extra screen time will give him an opportunity to talk smack with his Avengers teammate .

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As for why Hulk stayed mean and green for so long , Ruffalo share this insight :

“ Hulk refuses to turn back to Banner , and he ’s actually enjoying his meter on Sakaar . He ’s enjoy his life for once , and he ’ll be damned if he ’s function back to Banner . ”

Without question , fan will learn inThor : Ragnarokjust how Hulk see to speak . Banner will get his chance at some dialog , too , since it ’s clear by the fresh trailer that Hulk finally calms down and revert to human alter - ego .

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It ’s hard to say who exactly made the call for the large developments with the Hulk inThor : Ragnarok , but contribute the emphatically different step and approach the film is taking , understandably directorTaika Waititihad a lot   to do with it . label by the atrociously entertain first two trailers that have uncover batch of surprise , Waititi is going to take Marvel buff on their wildest and perhaps most colored adventure yet .

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