On one hand, the line was probably written to address Ross being recast following William Hurt's devastating death in 2022.

“William Hurt didn’t want the mustache to act him out. The size of the mustache was a discussion,” Leterrier said. “But sometimes he and I clashed. You have two types of actors.

Hurt didn’t shy away from doing that on The Incredible Hulk, including about that glorious mustache. He even went so far as to critique Leterrier about his dynamic with actors, albiet not quite ...

The Incredible Hulk director Louis Letterier has recalled clashing with William Hurt on the set of the 2008 Marvel movie starring Edward Norton as Bruce Banner. The film was the second in the ...

“William Hurt didn’t want the mustache to act him out. The size of the mustache was a discussion,” Leterrier said. “But sometimes he and I clashed. You have two types of actors.

The man behind the mustache, actor William Hurt, recently chatted about his return to the Marvel Universe, explaining how his second turn as the military man is far different from the first one.

“William Hurt didn’t want the mustache to act him out. The size of the mustache was a discussion,” Leterrier said. “But sometimes he and I clashed. You have two types of actors.

“William Hurt didn’t want the moustache to act him out. The size of the moustache was a discussion,” Leterrier told Josh Horowitz on his new Happy Sad Confused spin-off series, Watchalong.