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Could **Joaquin Phoenix **really come out of his “retirement” to play Bruce Banner/The Hulk in The Avengers](The Avengers (2012) - Movie | Moviefone)? The rumor of an offer, fresh after the news that Edward Norton would not return to the part, is sparking a lot of debate as well as suggestions for alternatives. While Phoenix is equally good at playing the good guy and the monstrously evil, I see him more suited for double duty in an actual *Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde *adaptation than in this superhero role. Personally, I wouldn’t mind them bring Eric Bana back, but thinking completely of new blood, here are five possible choices for The Hulk that would be more to my liking than Phoenix:
Billy Crudup](Billy Crudup | Moviefone)
This first idea comes from Cinematical’s own William Goss, via Twitter, and I agree the *Almost Famous *actor should be considered. He’s already played a superhero with similar origins in Watchmen, but the film was a disappointment on a number of levels and this might be a chance for a sort of do-over. Plus, he’d likely get to appear more in a non-CG-rendered form for this role. Crudup is physically and artistically somewhere between Bana and Norton, and he really deserves something bigger in his career than supporting roles in *Public Enemies *(he should be doing Eastwood’s Hoover biopic, too) and Eat Pray Love. Maybe if Phoenix declines he can recommend his *Inventing the Abbotts *co-star. But then the important question is which of the two *Abbotts *actresses who’ve played Betty Ross should appear in The Avengers?
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