Hulk talk better in 'Thor: Ragnarok' (and refuse turn back into Banner)

Hulk like raging fire. Thor more like smoldering fire.
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It's been a couple of years since Bruce Banner started turning into the Hulk in the MCU timeline, so it would stand to reason that his alter ego's vocabulary would be improving.

Mark Ruffalo spilled details about the big fella during Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok panel on Saturday at Comic-Con, including that he won't be playing much Bruce Banner.

Hulk refuses to turn back into Banner on [the planet] Sakaar because he's a champion gladiator," Ruffalo said. "And he's enjoying his life for once, and he'll be damned if he's gonna go back to Banner.

"He's a little perma-Hulked," Banner continued. "And because he's been the Hulk for two years, now, he has the vocabulary of a two-year-old. We have a Speaking Hulk."

"We have a Speaking Hulk!"

"Are you sure you can say that?" said moderator Chris Hardwick.

"Too late," Ruffalo said. "We may or may not have a speaking Hulk in Thor 3 ... in which everyone may or may not die."

You see a bit of Hulk's more advanced vocalization at the end of the new Thor: Ragnarok trailer, which Marvel dropped later in the panel.

"Hulk like raging fire," the big fella says with some attempt at elegance. "Thor like smoldering fire."

Thor: Ragnarok comes out Nov. 17.

Topics Comic-Con Marvel

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Josh Dickey

Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.

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