After producing the third and fourth installments in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Rachel Talalay was handed the reigns to 1991’s Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. At the time, Talalay (who went on to helm Tank Girl) was an untested director, and it was needless to say a big deal that New Line had so much faith in her. After all, this was a time when female directors just weren’t put in charge of major franchise sequels.
Talalay, who has recently directed episodes of “Supergirl,” “The Flash” and “Doctor Who,” just sat down for a chat with Vice about the plight of the female director in Hollywood, and she dropped a pretty interesting little tidbit when asked if she’d be interested in tackling a superhero movie. Her dream superhero project? She-Hulk!
“I have such a strong vision of what She-Hulk should be,” Talalay told the site. “The difference between She-Hulk and Hulk is that she loved being She-Hulk. She was the Tank Girl of earlier days in terms of being able to say what she wanted, and when she became She-Hulk, it was like an opening of the door to freedom, to be the person that you wish you could be. That you’re stopped from being as a woman. And that’s the version of She-Hulk that I would love to embrace.”
Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema, She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) first appeared in Savage She-Hulk #1. A cousin to Bruce Banner, Walters once received an emergency blood transfusion from him when she was wounded, which led to her acquiring a milder version of his Hulk condition.
Walters became a powerful, green-hued version of herself while still largely retaining her personality; in particular she retained her intelligence and emotional control.
