Harrison Ford Says Playing Red Hulk ‘Didn’t Seem to Be a Terribly Difficult Acting Proposition,’ Calls ‘Captain America 4’ Set ‘Just Another Day at the Office’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Harrison Ford is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in next year’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” and it sounds like it wasn’t too much of an acting challenge for the 82-year-old legend.

Ford stars in the film as U.S. president Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (taking over the role from the late William Hurt), who happens to transform into the Red Hulk.

Ford recently told Empire it was all “just another day at the office.” “I tried to understand the ambition of the filmmakers, and to be useful to them,” Ford said. “I just didn’t sit home at night and say, ‘Oh, what do I want to do when I turn into the Hulk?’ It didn’t seem to me to be a terribly difficult acting proposition.” “Captain America: Brave New World” director Julius Onah described Ford’s work in the movie as “mind-blowing,” even if the actor didn’t find it too challenging.

He added: “All of us on set were like, ‘Holy fucking shit, he nailed it.’ It’s really great to get back to a Hulk that is just fucking breaking shit, and a rage monster.” Speaking to Variety‘s Angelique Jackson on the Marvel press line at Comic-Con earlier this year, Ford wisecracked about the motion capture process required to turn him into the Red Hulk by saying: “What did it take?