"She-Hulk" producers have defended the lead character's appearance after fans criticized the CGI in early clips from the show, premiering on August 18, it is the latest of the Marvel Disney+ series and follows the Hulk's (Mark Ruffalo) cousin Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany), who gains the ability to turn into a hulk.
First, director Kat Coiro responded to those who have chided the show for not making star Tatiana Maslany’s green alter-ego even bulkier. “In terms of the CGI being critiqued, I think that has to do with our culture’s belief in its ownership of women’s bodies,” Coiro said at the show’s Television Critics Association’s press tour panel on Wednesday.
Coiro further added, “I think a lot of the critique comes from feeling like they’re able to tear apart the CGI woman. There’s a lot of talk about her body type and we based it on Olympian athletes and not bodybuilders. But I think if we had gone the other way, we would be facing the same critique. I think it’s very hard to win when you make women’s bodies.”
“This is a massive undertaking to have a show where the main character is CG,” head writer Jessica Gao says. “It’s terrible that a lot of artists feel rushed and feel that the workload is too massive. I think everybody on this panel stands in solidarity with all workers.”
“We stand in solidarity with what they say the truth is,” Coiro adds. “We work with them, but we’re not behind the scenes on these long nights and days. If they’re feeling pressure we stand with them and we listen to them.”
“I feel incredibly deferential to how talented these artists are and how quickly they have to work,” Maslany says. “Obviously, much quicker than probably should be given to them in terms of like churning these things out. We have to like be super conscious of the work conditions which aren’t always optimal.”
“She-Hulk was breaking the fourth wall way before Deadpool and way before Fleabag,” adds Gao. “Back in the comics, she was always very meta and she was always kind of taking control of her story and her narrative.”
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