Leonard Samson
From Marvel Movies
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| Alias(es) | Dr. Samson |
| Appeared in | The Incredible Hulk |
| Actor | Ty Burrell |
Dr. Leonard Samson is Bruce Banner's psychotherapist and friend, and was also romantically involved with Betty Ross for a time. Samson's first appearance was in The Incredible Hulk comic series, issue #141, July, 1971. Samson did not appear in the 2003 Hulk film.
Ty Burrell who plays Dr. Samson in the 2008 film, described the character thusly:
| He's very similar to the comics. Here's a guy who's perfectly smart and very well intended. But he has a blind spot because of that hubris. He feels like he can help everybody through [psychology]. He really believes he's the smartest person in the room, and feels he can use that to help people. Yet that's also his weakness.[1]
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Biography
Samson does not have any superpowers, and no reference is made in the movie to the powers he would eventually attain in the comic books.
He criticized General Ross's reasons for hunting Banner/Hulk.
Relationships
Dr. Samson becomes romantically involved with Betty Ross after she and Bruce Banner split up.
Behind the scenes
Burrell said that the 2008 film lays down the ground-work for any future appearances of Dr. Samson. He remarked
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| The stuff we can look forward to in the sequel is as complicated as the comics, Edward (Norton) has really laid fertile soil for a friendship-slash-enemy situation."[1]
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