The heavily rumored ‘She-Hulk’ candidate has been cast in the title role due to her pregnancy
Actor Betty Gilpin almost landed the lead role in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, but had to withdraw due to a life-changing incident. According to Playlist, Betty Gilpin has revealed that she is in the running for the role of Jennifer Walters, who gains Hulk-like powers after receiving a blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner. However, filming the physically demanding TV series coincided with Gilpin’s pregnancy.
She prioritized her and her baby’s health and withdrew from the race. “I auditioned for the She-Hulk when I was four months pregnant. And I was like, ‘Should there be a take where I incorporate something in me that ‘Hulks-out’?’
Then I thought, ‘No,’ because we don’t know when the pandemic is over, so I didn’t want to be discounted if they thought, ‘We’re going to shoot while you give birth.’ Finally, Emmy Award winner Tatiana Maslany has landed the coveted role on the Disney Plus series.
Gilpin and her husband welcomed their first child in 2020, a baby girl. As fate would have it, showrunners Damon Lindelof (Lost) and Tara Hernandez (The Big Bang Theory) came up with the concept of a science clairvoyant, Mrs. Davis. – who dramatizes the war between faith and technology. The development of the series was timed before the release of Open AI and Google’s artificial intelligence chatbots.
Although Gilpin missed out on the She-Hulk role, she played Sister Simone, a motorcycle-riding nun who sets out on a quest for the Holy Grail with her ex-boyfriend Wiley (Jake McDorman) as part of her quest. Free yourself from the intrusive, all-seeing algorithm that people have come to worship in a dystopian world.
The studio has been tight-lipped about the series, but it has successfully captivated those who have seen a preview and received a high 91% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
