The Credible Hulk

Last week AICN hosted a sneak preview screening of THE INCREDIBLE HULK with Tim Roth and the director of the film in person. I could tell you all about my opinion of the film and how it holds up compared to IRON MAN, but the Internet is full of that already. I just wanted to let you show you that picture of me painted all green, in case you hadn’t seen it on Sarah’s blog yet.

See, I had this idea – well, a realization, actually – that it wouldn’t matter what I said as I was hosting the screening, as long as I looked silly/passionate while doing it. And since I had no idea what sort of show flow the Universal reps were going to want, I had no other way of preparing for the showtime. So I thought to myself, “Hey, I could go get one of those fake muscle Incredible Hulk costumes from Lucy’s!” But I’d just done the Iron Man costume on KXAN, so I thought maybe something… more. And really, why get fake muscles when god already gave me a chest like this?

The highlight of the whole evening, therefore, was when Tim Roth came down to the autograph table, picked up a microphone, and told me that I looked stupid. “Thanks for insulting me, Mr. Movie Star,” was my big come back. HENRI SMASH!

Later on, the director referenced my ridiculous appearance when he was defending his decision to go with a CGI Hulk.