People have long been awhisperin' on the interwebs that there would be some kind of crossover between Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. William Hurt has now confirmed that he has a scene in the Hulk movie with Mr Robert Downey Jr, aka Tony Stark, aka Iron Man.
"It’s a funky scene. I don’t know how it’ll work,” says Hurt, who plays General Thaddeus Ross, father of Betty Ross (Liv Tyler). “I know it’s weird [to work with a character from another movie], and to know it’s a device. We did something; I don’t know what that’s going to be like [to watch].” You can read the rest of the interview here.
This is going to prove controversial for the film and some will call it a shameless attempt by Marvel to cross promote their movies. But we think it's pretty neat. These characters are all supposed to exist in the same world, so it makes sense that they'd be aware of each other. Some are saying this is an indication that Marvel is preparing to move ahead with a movie version of The Avengers (Marvel's equivalent of The Justice League), but, given the cost and tricky logistics in trying to put something like that together, we wouldn't expect an announcement on this anytime soon.