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Lou Ferrigno VS Arnold Schwarzenegger: Bodybuilding’s greatest rivalry?

Lou Ferrigno recalls getting the call from the casting people at The Hulk. “It was 1977, and I was training for the upcoming Mr. Olympia. I met with the director and producer and they offered me the role. I knew I couldn’t take the job and train for the Olympia, too. So, I asked Joe Weider for...

Nancy Rivera/Shutterstock Lou Ferrigno is angry, and you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. The actor and former bodybuilder—who rose to fame by playing Bruce Banner’s alter ego in The Incredible Hulk—recently said he was “disappointed” with how the green monster was portrayed by actor Mark...

Lou Ferrigno reached bodybuilding legend status in his prime, going toe-to-toe with Arnold Schwarzenegger himself on the Olympia stage and playing the Incredible Hulk in the days before CGI was around to turn a man into a jade-jawed monster. It goes without saying that Ferrigno has always taken...