Why Isn't She-Hulk as Big as Hulk? Here's the Scoop

Why isn't She-Hulk isn't as big as the Hulk? 'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law' depicts the personality as considerably smaller than her big, inexperienced cousin.

Since the starting of 2022, Marvel Studios has been at the vanguard of several controversies.

From fans claiming they have got "Marvel fatigue" to the VFX group scolding the manufacturing company for overworking its workers and implementing near-impossible deadlines, many are in a position to name it quits with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Enter the studio's latest venture, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

The upcoming collection has received a substantial amount of backlash, not only for its terrible CGI — many when compared the titular female superhero to a live-action model of Fiona from Shrek — but in addition for She-Hulk's measurement. She's a lot smaller than her male counterpart in the Disney Plus authentic, and fans are rightfully enraged.

So, why isn't She-Hulk as big as the Hulk? Keep studying to determine.

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Why isn't She-Hulk as big as the Hulk?

When comparing She-Hulk to the Hulk, she isn't as big as him — why is that?

Well, it has to do along with her stage of exposure to gamma radiation. Unlike her cousin Bruce Banner, who won his powers by way of a gamma explosion, Jennifer Walters accredited a blood transfusion from him and didn't receive too heavy of a dose of gamma radiation. Therefore, She-Hulk's transformation is much less serious and lets in her to remain well-proportioned.

Because of this distinction, Marvel made She-Hulk look noticeably different from the Hulk. We all know that Bruce has a tricky time controlling his Hulk. However, since Jennifer has much less gamma exposure, she possesses extra keep an eye on over her Hulk shape as effectively as her emotional intelligence.

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Additionally, a fan on Reddit chimed in on the dialog and referenced an evidence from Immortal Hulk regarding the difference between She-Hulk and the Hulk, noting that their upbringings affected their gamma mutate personas.

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"Banner suppressed himself his whole life. He was scared of his long-repressed hatred and resentment, so his Hulk became the person he was always afraid he would become — a destructive monster fueled only by rage," the Redditor wrote.

As for Jennifer, the Redditor stated she "was ignored her whole life. She didn't fear an inner darkness; she feared never being seen for all her accomplishments. So her Hulk became the person she always dreamed of being — strong, confident, beautiful, heroic."

"Banner became the person he held himself back from becoming, Walters became the person she was held back from becoming," the fan concluded. "Gamma mutates are 'metaphor people' — what they become is based on the host as much as the radiation."

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There have been rumors that Marvel wanted to keep She-Hulk on the smaller dimension.

Following the unlock of the official trailer for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, a VFX artist named Sean Ruecroft took to Twitter and explained why the titular persona wasn't as big as the Hulk.

"I was at a company that did VFX for this. Apparently, she was bigger early on, but the notes kept saying to 'make her smaller,'" Sean wrote in a since-deleted tweet. "We always roll our eyes, but at the end of the day, artists gotta follow orders."

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On Aug. 3, director/government producer Kat Coiro spoke with Entertainment Weekly and debunked the rumors.

"The Hulk is not human proportions. ... And it was really important for us that [She-Hulk] still operated on a human scale," Kat told the outlet. "It was never about, 'Make her smaller,' it was about, 'How can she fit into the world and work in an office and go to a restaurant and walk down the street and still draw attention but still be within the realm of being a human?'"

Kat added that during preparation, she and her crew studied "musculature" and "women athletes who were incredibly strong."

"We really leaned towards Olympians rather than bodybuilders," Kat confessed to Entertainment Weekly. "That's where a lot of our body references came from, very strong Olympic athletes."

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She concluded that although She-Hulk does not have the body of a bodybuilder, "she absolutely has a very strong physique that can justify the actions that she does in the show. I think people expected a bodybuilder and for her to have these big, massive muscles but she looks more like Olympians."

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law premieres Thursday, Aug. 18 on Disney Plus.

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