She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has certainly ignited a lot of discussion online since its arrival on Disney+, whether that has been for its portrayal of certain characters, the show’s CGI or the inclusion of a bit of superhero twerking. One particular topic that has caused criticism from some MCU fans is the return of Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky, who appears in the series following his brief cameo in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, but isn’t exactly the same character as he was back in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk. She-Hulk head writer Jessica Gao has recently defended the changes in Blonsky’s character, explaining how it came about in an interview with the Radio Times. She said:

"I just thought... it would be really fun to pull this character, who was such an indelible part of Hulk lore, and pull him into this Hulk show. But also to have fun with this character, because we saw him so long ago [and] we also saw him in such a serious capacity. It would be so nice to bring him in and actually make him have fun with it and actually let him play around with this character and show you kind of a different side, because there is that long span of time. Anything could have happened to this man over the course of the last 14 years. People change, especially if they've been sitting in a detention cell somewhere. We don't know what's happened all that time and people go through these kinds of changes after such a huge thing has happened to them – and then they've had to sit with it for over a decade."

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Tim Roth Has Loved His Time Back in the MCU

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The return of Tim Roth after so many years was unexpected when Abomination turned up in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings to duke it out with Wong in an underground fight club. That scene included a tease of the Abomination being led through a portal by Wong to what appeared to be a containment cell, which has now been explained by She-Hulk. For Roth, it was good to come back as the character in a more humorous way than his previous appearance. He previously said:

"There's always humor and really... This all started with the Iron Man humor. The reason that worked was what Robert Downey did and Favreau and those guys, how they played around with that line. And then if you jump forward, the clearest successful case of that is Deadpool. Deadpool is amazing and the R-rated comedy, Marvel Universe, whatever the hell it... I don't know what these things are, but what Ryan Reynolds did is astounding, I think. It's brilliant.”

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has been an enjoyable series so far for those willing to embrace the show's silliness and not expect it to have the same gravitas as movies like Black Panther, Endgame, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. The first three episodes are now on Disney+, with new episodes arriving weekly.