In ‘She-Hulk: Defender of Heroes’, Tatiana Maslany plays Jennifer Walters, a lawyer who specializes in legal cases for superhumans. The character has a complicated life as a single thirty-year-old who, in addition, turns out to be a green Hulk, 1.80 meters tall and endowed with superpowers.

Marvel’s first half-hour comedy, this nine-episode series features a host of MCU veterans, including Mark Ruffalo as the Clever Hulk, Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky and the Abomination, and Benedict Wong as Wong. As well as some newcomers to the MCU: Jameela Jamil, Josh Segarra, Ginger Gonzaga, Jon Bass and Renée Elise Goldsberry.

Q: What can you tell us about Jennifer’s adventures and whether Mark’s appearance will trigger “Born Again”? Could Tatiana be seen crossing that way?

– Yeah, I can’t talk about that. We can’t say anything. We cannot talk about this future. I will say that Charlie (Cox) is amazing. Does a great job. You know, the tone of our show is very different and seeing her character in the tone of “She-Hulk” is really fun.

Q: It’s a comedy, but I think one of the biggest parts of the show is Jennifer’s new identity as She-Hulk and how it affects her both physically and mentally. How do you manage this?

– Yeah, I mean this conflict is a lot of fun to deal with because Jen has planned her life for her and worked really hard to get where she is as a lawyer. And for that to happen to him… what turns everything upside down is a bit of an identity crisis. And what I find really captivating about this story is how much Jen comes across as when she’s She-Hulk. She is treated very differently than when she is Jen. She has to really assert her intelligence when she’s Jen, assert her role and try to gain respect. Whereas when she’s She-Hulk, there’s a kind of inherent awe inspired by her. And I think Jen has a conflict with that. You really disagree with how you want to be perceived.

“In our culture, we are so obsessed with women’s bodies, whether aesthetically or politically or in terms of rights or autonomy. We approach these concepts on the show but, again, through Jessica’s hilarious brain. So it’s very profound at the same time as it’s silly.”

— Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress.

Q: In comedies, we have seen many times that the characters talk to the camera. As far as I can remember, this is the first time I’ve seen a CGI character speak to the camera. How do you try to ensure that a CGI-enhanced character works in this context?

– Well, I was going to say there’s something about technology that Mark and I discussed. She-Hulk and Hulk feel like outcasts. They feel like they don’t fit in with the world. We’re in these little gray suits with the camera in front of our faces. We’re not in super cool costumes. No, we don’t feel cool. So there’s something that makes me feel Hulky.

Q: Obviously, “She-Hulk” is a very CGI-heavy series and Marvel is not without criticism. I was wondering if you could talk about your experiences with VFX artists and what you think of the final product?

– I’m incredibly grateful for the talent of these artists and how quickly they have to work, obviously a lot faster than it probably should be in terms of producing these things. And I know there’s a lot of eyes in the CGI and a lot of criticism or whatever… But I look at it and it doesn’t look like a scene from a video game, it looks like I can see the thoughts of the nobody. I’m so impressed with what they’re doing and so thankful that we’re at the point where we can work with these amazing artists.

Q: “She-Hulk” is a show about transformation and different ways of being seen. And it’s also about a woman’s experience. How did the feminism and feminization of the Hulk – who is a very masculine archetype – influence the development of the storyline and the character?

– Yeah, I mean his anger, his size, the fact that he takes up space in a room… all of that is fertile ground to play on. And play with that in a comedic way too, to subvert the norm so you can laugh about it, but also be aware that that’s the truth of every woman that walks into a space, you know? And the kind of duality that I find so irresistible. What does it mean to enter a room as a 1.80 meter woman and what does it mean to enter a room as a 1.50 meter woman? It’s so ubiquitous. In our culture, we are so obsessed with the female body, whether aesthetically or politically, or in terms of rights or autonomy. We approach these concepts on the show but, again, through Jessica’s hilarious brain. So it’s very deep at the same time as it’s silly.

Q: Physically, when you put on the mo-cap costume, what you do may be different than when you’re in your normal clothes and on camera as a lawyer version of herself and how did you think about that in the process of making the show? .

– Consciousness remains the same. So Jen is still Jen. It simply occupies two different bodies. The fun for me was finding out how he physically moves differently in space. She’s not really a fighter. She doesn’t know how to do it, which is also kind of a fun physical vocabulary… All of this is annoying and helps bring Jen to that place where she’s like, “I can’t connect with anyone,” or like , “I don’t know who I am”.

August 18

This is when the first episode of ‘She-Hulk: Lawyer of Heroes’ will air on Disney+.

9

episodes will have the series, which will end on October 13.