Karen Page is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . She serves as the original love interest for Daredevil , under Matt Murdock's employ as his office manager. In 1999, Page was killed by Bullseye , and since the 1980s her role as primary love interest has been superseded by Elektra Natchios .
123-735: Karen Page was portrayed by Ellen Pompeo in the 2003 feature film Daredevil , and by Deborah Ann Woll in the Marvel Television streaming television productions Daredevil , The Defenders , and The Punisher , set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). She will return in Marvel Studios Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again . Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett , she first appeared in Daredevil #1 (April 1964). In her first appearances, Karen
246-555: A Daredevil costume and attack the Bulletin just as Karen and Ellison are about to interview Evans. Despite Matt's efforts to fight him off, Dex kills several of Karen's coworkers, as well as wounds Matt, Foggy and Ellison, before shooting Evans in the head with Karen's gun. Karen later loses her job at the Bulletin when she refuses to give Matt's identity over to a hospitalized Ellison. Incensed, Karen decides to visit Fisk at his penthouse and try to provoke him into attacking her in front of
369-507: A Los Angeles grocery store in 2003. They began dating after six months of friendship and got married in 2007, with the New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg as the legal witness to the ceremony. They have two daughters and a son. Pompeo criticized media reports suggesting that she suffered from an eating disorder , calling the media irresponsible for promoting such rumors. In Los Angeles Confidential Magazine in 2007, she said that she
492-453: A Television Series at the 2006 Satellite Awards . During the following year's ceremony , she was named Best Actress in a Television Drama Series . She was among the Grey's Anatomy cast members awarded the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards , and received nominations in the same category in 2006 and 2008. Pompeo received
615-427: A child pornography ring. She was again dropped from the series in issue #263 (February 1989) for another long-term breakup from Murdock, but this time was brought back just two years later, for Daredevil #294 (July 1991). Karen is killed by Daredevil's adversary Bullseye in Daredevil vol. 2 #5, (March 10, 1999). Karen Page is hired to be the secretary by Foggy Nelson for the new law firm Nelson and Murdock. She
738-520: A complete series DVD set was also released. Fabulous Films released The Incredible Hulk - The Complete Series on DVD in the UK on September 30, 2008. They subsequently released the complete series (not including the three post-series TV movies) on Blu-ray in December 2016. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the two-hour pilot has a score of 57% based on seven reviews, for an average rating of 5.4/10, while
861-514: A daytime soap opera . Karen appears alongside Johnny Blaze in a film. After a scene is interrupted by The Uncanny Orb, Katy Milner (Karen's stuntwoman) confides in Johnny about Karen's history of "unhappy romances" including the ones with Murdock and Phil Hickock. Later on, Karen herself falls under the Orb's control. Karen is offered a role on The Incredible Hulk TV show which was on its first season at
984-534: A film actress. After three years' absence from published stories, Karen returned for a considerable stint as a supporting character in Ghost Rider , starting with vol. 2 #13 (August 1975) and continuing through to #26 (October 1977). During this time, a crossover with Daredevil #138 afforded her a brief return appearance in the series where she got her start. A 1978 appearance in Marvel Two-in-One would prove
1107-491: A grand jury, while Ellison helps Karen stage a press conference on the courthouse steps denouncing Fisk. The attempt fails after Fisk successfully intimidates the jurors into not indicting him. After Nadeem is subsequently murdered by Dex at his house on Vanessa's orders, his widow delivers to Foggy a video confession he'd made hours before his death listing the various crimes that Fisk had ordered him and other FBI agents to commit for him, which Karen works with Ellison to publish on
1230-515: A later conversation with Spider-Man helps Daredevil realize that the infant he's saved represents something positive that has come of the whole affair. The baby is placed for adoption to a couple in New Jersey . Before leaving, Matt names the baby after Karen and hopes that her new parents will allow the occasional visit from her "Uncle Matt". In the What If comic "What If Karen Page Had Lived?", Karen
1353-401: A loaded gun (which he procured from the head of Fisk's security detail) on the table. When Wesley admits that he has not informed Fisk about her and Ben visiting Marlene (on account of Vanessa having been hospitalized), Karen realizes that she will be off the hook if Wesley dies. When Wesley's phone rings as Fisk tries to call him from the hospital, Karen grabs the gun and shoots him to death. She
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#17328771477681476-411: A massive overdose. He initially thinks that the experiment has failed, but, when he injures himself while changing a flat tire, Banner's anger triggers his transformation into a 7-foot-1-inch-tall (2.16 m), 330-pound (150 kg) green skinned, superhumanly strong creature who is driven by rage, and has only a primitive intelligence. The creature reverts to Banner when he calms down, and, since Banner
1599-419: A night off on his birthday and when she said that she didn't want Daredevil to quit as she always felt safer knowing the vigilante was out there. After Mysterio's role in the scheme is revealed and the villain commits suicide, Matt attempts and fails to give Karen's eulogy, finding himself overwhelmed at the memory of her loss. Initially bitter at Karen dying simply so that Mysterio could feel better about himself,
1722-595: A nomination at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards . During the twelfth season of the show, Western Gazette ' s Alex Hawnkings gave Pompeo credit for carrying the show and re-iterated it was time for her to finally win an Emmy Award . Readers of O'Neil's awards website, The Envelope , included Pompeo in their 2009 nominations for Best Drama Actress in the site's Gold Derby TV Awards. On October 27, 2011, Deadline Hollywood reported that Pompeo had launched her own production company called Calamity Jane which sold its first project to ABC, an untitled show about female agents on
1845-560: A nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series at the 64th Golden Globe Awards – the program won Best Drama Series at the same ceremony. In 2007, Pompeo and the female cast and crew of Grey's Anatomy received the Women in Film Lucy Award , which honors those "whose work in television has positively influenced attitudes toward women." The same year, she starred in Life of
1968-644: A nondisclosure agreement with six months' salary attached to it. While she reluctantly signs the agreement, she is angered that the people who tried to have her killed have not been brought to justice, so she approaches Ben Urich , the New York Bulletin reporter who broke the Union Allied story, and works with him to follow the money trail. She refuses to back down even after Ben makes clear that her prior activities in Vermont will be used against her to discredit her as
2091-499: A plan to psychologically destroy Daredevil for one last scheme, disguises himself as a doctor, performs the blood test, and tells her that she is HIV positive. Devastated, Karen returns to New York and tells Matt about the diagnosis. Using another disguise, Mysterio suggests to Karen that her infection is due to an infant that Matt is currently protecting, as the child is 'really' the Antichrist, but Matt forces her to acknowledge that she
2214-514: A production company, Calamity Jane. She has been married to music producer Chris Ivery since 2007; they have three children. Pompeo was born in Everett, Massachusetts on November 10, 1969. Her father was born in Gesualdo, Italy and was of Italian, English, and Irish descent; and her mother of Irish ancestry. She was raised as a Catholic . Her mother died of an accidental painkiller overdose when she
2337-498: A radio show to debate Senator Stan Ori. This prompts Lewis to try and attack Karen in a hotel, though he is driven off by Frank, who later goads him into killing himself in a meat locker in the hotel's kitchen. Several months after the events of The Defenders , Karen is still refusing to believe that Matt is dead. To that end, she is hyperfixating on the Midland Circle collapse to a degree that Ellison begins to show concern, and she
2460-544: A scapegoat for Ray Nadeem, the FBI agent who brokered a deal to make Fisk into an informant, Karen reluctantly confides in Foggy the truth about Wesley's murder as she believes the FBI will connect her to his death. Sometime later, Matt shows up at Karen's apartment asking for her help locating Jasper Evans, an inmate that Fisk paid to shank him as part of his plan to manipulate the FBI into letting him out of prison. Although Karen initially
2583-464: A separate $ 6 million to $ 7 million annually. She was also listed as co-producer for the Grey's Anatomy spinoff titled Station 19 and received office space for Calamity Jane at Walt Disney Studios . She wrote a piece on the issue of the gender pay gap and her new contract with ABC, which was featured as the cover story for the January 2018 issue of The Hollywood Reporter . Forbes ranked Pompeo as
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#17328771477682706-470: A source. Eventually, she finds out that Union Allied has ties to Westmeyer Holt, a development company that Fisk is using to strongarm tenants into vacating tenements in Hell's Kitchen that he intends to develop into high-rise condominiums. One of these tenants, Elena Cardenas, is a client of Nelson & Murdock's. On one occasion, two Westmeyer contractors attack Karen while she is paying a visit to Elena, though she
2829-467: A story naming the "Incredible Hulk" as their killer and urges law enforcement to capture him. Believed to be dead, Banner grimly resolves to travel from place to place, assuming different identities and odd jobs to support himself and enable his search for a cure. He also finds himself feeling obliged to help the people he meets out of whatever troubles have befallen them. Inevitably, doing so puts him in perilous situations that trigger his transformations into
2952-473: A stuffed animal cat in Doc McStuffins . In January 2018, she renewed her contract for Grey's Anatomy , agreeing for two more seasons; she became the highest-paid actress in a television drama series, earning more than $ 20 million a year with the new deal. She received a sum of $ 575,000 per episode under her new contract and was promoted to the rank of producer for the series, which was estimated to earn her
3075-468: A sympathetic helper. Producer Kenneth Johnson stated: "What we were constantly doing was looking for thematic ways to touch the various ways that the Hulk sort of manifested itself in everyone. In Dr. David Banner, it happened to be anger. In someone else, it might be obsession, or it might be fear, or it might be jealousy or alcoholism! The Hulk comes in many shapes and sizes. That's what we tried to delve into in
3198-423: A television show". Because red is the color of rage, Johnson also wanted Hulk to be red instead of green, but had to give up on that one and use Hulk's color from the comics. The Hulk's strength is far more limited than in the comic book, which Johnson felt was necessary for the show to be taken seriously by viewers. The Hulk still retained a healing factor, however. For instance, in "The Harder They Fall", Banner
3321-467: A very brief shot of Kiel (as the Hulk) remains in the pilot. According to an interview with Kiel, who saw properly out of only one eye, he reacted badly to the contact lenses used for the role, and also found the green makeup difficult to remove, so he did not mind losing the part. The opening narration was provided by actor Ted Cassidy , who also provided the Hulk's voice-overs (mainly growls and roars) during
3444-422: A way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have. Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation interacts with his unique body chemistry. And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs. The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investigative reporter. [Banner]: "Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." An accidental explosion took
3567-447: Is almost killed by Colonel Schoonover, only being saved by Frank's intervention. In the second-season finale, Karen and several others that Matt has saved as Daredevil are kidnapped by the Hand as bait to lure Matt and Elektra into a trap. Matt is able to track the hostages down and rescue them with further aid from Frank after Karen convinces Turk Barrett to turn on his ankle bracelet to allow
3690-456: Is also financially strained due to paying rent for both Matt's apartment and her own. Ellison and his wife Lily also try to set Karen up for a date with his nephew Jason, with minimal success. Her belief that Matt is still alive is piqued when Ellison sends her to interview Neda Kazemi, a socialite whose father was assaulted on Fisk's orders to keep him from repurchasing a hotel he sold to one of Fisk's shell companies, and learns that Matt fought off
3813-533: Is an American actress. One of the world's highest-paid actors since 2017, she has made multiple appearances on Forbes ' year-end lists. Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Born in Everett, Massachusetts , Pompeo moved to Miami and then New York City , where a casting director discovered her and signed her for an ad campaign for L'Oreal . She made her screen debut with NBC 's legal drama Law & Order , then guest-starred in other television shows, including
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3936-443: Is being used by Wilson Fisk to launder criminal money. In response, Fisk has her framed for fatally stabbing a coworker, Daniel Fisher, in her apartment, and intends to have a lawyer on his payroll approach Karen to extort her into giving up her copy of the pension file. However, Matt and Foggy show up and agree to take Karen on as a client thanks to a tipoff from Brett Mahoney . As a result, Fisk instead tries to have Karen killed. In
4059-417: Is deeply traumatized over committing murder, drinking heavily and having nightmares in which Fisk appears in her living room and strangles her to death with his bare hands. She is further wracked with guilt when Fisk personally murders Ben in his apartment after finding out from a mole at the Bulletin about Ben and Karen's visit to Marlene. Nonetheless, Karen composes herself and helps Matt and Foggy track down
4182-475: Is forced to shoot him with the gun in his truck to keep him from killing Kevin. While driving away, Karen gets into an argument with Kevin, during which she drifts off the road and crashes into a guardrail. The car flips over several times before coming to rest on its roof, injuring Karen and killing Kevin. The local sheriff, Bernie Cohen, takes sympathy on the Page family and falsifies the accident report to say that Kevin
4305-522: Is hesitant to work with him, Foggy and Sister Maggie convince her to give Matt another chance. Matt and Karen track Evans down and decide to have him go on the record with the Bulletin regarding his part in Fisk's schemes. However, Fisk finds out about their plans as the FBI agents on his security detail are secretly corrupt and in his pocket. Deciding that Evans is a liability that needs to be eliminated, Fisk has Special Agent Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter dress up in
4428-457: Is in a serious accident that severs his spinal cord, leaving him paraplegic, but after his next transformation into the Hulk he is able to walk within minutes while in that form, and Banner's spine is completely restored by the end of the episode. In the majority of episodes, the only science-fiction element was the Hulk himself. Johnson also omitted the comic book's supporting characters, instead using original character Jack McGee. Johnson changed
4551-490: Is in fact alive and well, and living in a nursing home in upstate New York. Karen and Ben visit Marlene, who tells them about how when Fisk was 12, he beat his abusive father to death with a hammer to protect her. Marlene informs Wesley of this visit, prompting Wesley to abduct Karen as she is returning to her apartment. He takes her to a warehouse, and tries to intimidate her into backing down by threatening to have her friends and loved ones killed, emphasizing his threat by leaving
4674-463: Is incomplete without work as a lawyer, Karen founds a free drug and legal clinic, where she counsels drug addicts and Matt provides legal advice and "ghost lawyering". The clinic is destroyed during a demonic invasion of Manhattan , and Karen discovers hours later that Matt has been having an affair with Typhoid Mary . These combined blows leave her psychologically lost, and she runs away. She becomes an anti-pornography activist, assists Daredevil and
4797-611: Is infatuated with Matt Murdock from the moment they meet. When Matt introduces her to the adventuring, wisecracking aspect of his personality, in the guise of his "twin brother" Mike, she finds herself equally charmed by this side of Murdock. Dr. Paxton Page (Karen's father) fakes his own kidnapping and death in order to assume the guise of the villain Death's-Head . Karen returns to her parents' home in Fagan Corners, Vermont , to investigate her father's disappearance. Daredevil follows her. In
4920-441: Is just trying to avoid facing her own responsibility for her state. Later, during a fight between Daredevil and Bullseye , Karen is murdered by Bullseye when she moves to intercept a billy-club thrown at Daredevil's head and is impaled in the heart. Devastated by Karen's death, Matt briefly contemplates suicide but is given new strength to keep going by remembering some of their times together, such as when she convinced Matt to take
5043-493: Is killed taking a baton meant for Karen. They are forced to hide in the church's crypt afterwards as Dex and other corrupt FBI agents return to search the place for them, and are only able to escape with assistance from Sister Maggie, Foggy, Brett, and Nadeem. After Matt saves Nadeem and his family from an assassination attempt by Fisk's henchmen, he and Foggy take on Nadeem as a client and negotiate with Blake Tower to have Nadeem testify about Fisk's criminal activities in front of
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5166-411: Is left to run the diner with her father and brother. To cope with the stress and the fear that her father will drive the diner into bankruptcy without her around to do bookkeeping, she turns to drugs and hooks up with a dealer named Todd Neiman. One night, after a heated argument over dinner, Kevin stages an intervention by burning down Todd's trailer. An enraged Todd attacks him with a tire iron, and Karen
5289-659: Is narrowly saved from death when Bullseye hits her in the shoulder rather than the head. However, driven by his rage at the fear of losing her rather than his focused grief when he actually lost her, Matt beats the Kingpin to death for his part in Mysterio's scheme, and is subsequently arrested. When Matt is sentenced to 44 years in the Raft for the crime, Karen leaves town and disappears. Matt assumes that she had become severely depressed and may have killed herself. He never sees her again. However, in
5412-530: Is played over the closing credits , which usually shows Banner hitchhiking . down a lonely highway. The show's secondary theme, "The Love Theme from The Incredible Hulk", was used extensively in both the pilot episode and in the Season 2 opener Married , and it made sporadic appearances throughout the show's run. Often, Banner's inner struggle is paralleled by the dilemmas of the people he encounters, who find in Dr. Banner
5535-508: Is saved when Foggy turns up and beats the men unconscious with his softball bat. Fisk later has Elena killed in order to lure Matt into an ambush by Nobu Yoshioka, a representative of the Hand that Fisk has had a falling out with. After Fisk makes himself a public figure at the urging of his girlfriend Vanessa Marianna , Karen begins digging into his life looking for incriminating evidence against him. She finds out that contrary to Fisk's public claims that his mother Marlene died in childhood, she
5658-527: Is the beautiful secretary for the law firm of Daredevil's alter ego Matt Murdock, and the mutual love interest of both Murdock and his partner Foggy Nelson . Her relationship with Murdock hits a downward spiral when he reveals his secret identity to her in Daredevil #57 (October 1969), setting off a long break-up which concluded with her departure from the series in issue #86 (April 1972). Within these final stories, she trades her profession of secretary to become
5781-462: Is tracking the Kingpin 's forces, Karen helps Foggy determine the meaning of a key piece of evidence in a case. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe , Karen Page is portrayed by Deborah Ann Woll . Born in Fagan Corners, Vermont, Karen works as a waitress at Penny's Place, a diner run by her mother Penelope and father Paxton, with her brother Kevin running the kitchen. After Penelope dies from cancer, Karen
5904-406: Is unable to remember what occurs while in his transformed state, he goes to Marks for help. The two of them slowly piece together what happened and investigate the nature of the metamorphosis, and the possibility of a cure. Their efforts are hindered by tabloid reporter Jack McGee, who was initially investigating Banner and Marks' superhuman strength research but now suspects them of being connected to
6027-565: Is wanted for a murder he didn't commit. David Banner is believed to be dead. And he must let the world think that he is dead until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him. Prior to the beginning of the series, a different version (also provided by Cassidy) was used for the second pilot movie, The Return of the Incredible Hulk (later re-titled "Death in the Family"): Dr. David Banner—physician, scientist—searching for
6150-567: The 37th People's Choice Awards , she was nominated against Dempsey and Oh in the Favorite TV Doctor category and the next year , she received a nomination in the Favorite TV Drama Actress category, an award that she has won thrice at the 39th , 41st , and the 42nd People's Choice Awards . Pompeo has been nominated for several other awards for her performances in the show. She and the Grey's Anatomy cast won Best Ensemble in
6273-703: The Black Widow in fighting crime on separate occasions, and reluctantly begins dating Matt. At this point, she becomes a radio show host under the name " Paige Angel ". She eventually realizes that she is too dependent on Matt and that her past is a constant barrier between them. Karen leaves Matt to accept a talk show host position in Los Angeles . While in California, Karen has a routine blood test as part of an insurance policy application. The supervillain Mysterio , as part of
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#17328771477686396-504: The 2016 Grey's Anatomy episode " The Sound of Silence ". During filming, Washington took issue with Pompeo improvising dialogue to which she said "listen motherfucker, this is my show. This is my set. Who are you telling? You barely know where the bathroom is." She added that while things calmed down, "[Washington] doesn't know shit about directing TV." The story went viral and was heavily publicized with many accusing Pompeo of being disrespectful to Washington. Pompeo met Chris Ivery in
6519-440: The 29th precinct. Karen is angered when she finds out he has resumed Daredevil activities, but agrees to hide with Foggy in the 29th precinct until the Hand have been taken down. While there, she bonds with Trish Walker over their complicated relationships with Matt and Jessica Jones . When Matt is presumed killed in the destruction of Midland Circle, Karen refuses to believe Matt has died and holds out hope that he somehow survived
6642-434: The FBI by revealing that she accompanied Ben on his visit to Fisk's mother. When that fails to elicit a reaction from Fisk, Karen changes gears and reveals to him that she murdered Wesley. Fisk attempts to attack her on the spot, but is stopped by Foggy's timely intervention. Fisk vows revenge, and sends Dex to attack her as she hides out at Matt's church. Matt and Karen manage to work together to drive Dex off, but Father Lantom
6765-787: The Head of the Hulk". The Incredible Hulk was a solid ratings performer, usually winning its Friday night time slot, and even became a hit in Europe, despite superheroes generally being much less popular there than in the United States. The series led to a syndicated newspaper strip that ran from 1978 to 1982. It used the same background and origin story as the series but narrated stories outside of it. Power Records (Peter Pan records) created an LP in 1978 entitled "The Incredible Hulk: Hear Four Exciting All New Action Adventure Stories! – Black Chasm, Monster From The Deep, The Assassin & Blind Alley". In
6888-512: The Hulk for Marvel Comics , both made cameo appearances in the series. Kirby's cameo was in the season two episode "No Escape", while Lee appeared as a juror in Trial of the Incredible Hulk (the 1989 post-series TV movie). Initially, the Hulk's facial make-up was quite monstrous, but after both pilots, the first two weekly episodes and New York location shooting for the fourth, the design was toned down. The makeup process used to transform Ferrigno into
7011-458: The Hulk for television. In 1984, just two years after the cancellation of the weekly series, he made a proposal to Nicholas Hammond , who had played Peter Parker in the 1977–79 TV series The Amazing Spider-Man , to develop a new TV movie featuring both the Hulk and Spider-Man . Although nothing came of this idea, three television movies were eventually produced with Bixby and Ferrigno reprising their roles. All of these aired on NBC : Despite
7134-438: The Hulk took three hours. The hard contact lenses Ferrigno wore to simulate the Hulk's electric-green eyes had to be removed every 15 minutes because he found wearing them physically painful. The green fright wig he wore as the Hulk was made of dyed yak hair. Joe Harnell , one of Kenneth Johnson's favorite composers, composed the music for The Incredible Hulk . He was brought into the production because of his involvement with
7257-428: The Hulk, which in turn attracts the attention of McGee, who is obsessively pursuing the mysterious creature across the country, both to prevent further violence and to bring legitimacy to his story. Despite the rampages, the Hulk usually does good for the people Banner encounters in his travels. Each episode inevitably ends with Banner back on the road, fearful that the Hulk's appearances will bring unwanted scrutiny from
7380-525: The Hulk. In his travels, Banner earns money by working temporary jobs while searching for a way to either control or cure his condition. All the while, he is obsessively pursued by a tabloid newspaper reporter, Jack McGee, who is convinced that the Hulk is a deadly menace whose exposure would enhance his career. The series two-hour television pilot movie, which established the Hulk's origins, aired on November 4, 1977. The series 80 episodes were originally broadcast by CBS over five seasons from 1978 to 1982. It
7503-556: The Incredible Hulk , and The Death of the Incredible Hulk (both directed by Bill Bixby). Since its debut, The Incredible Hulk has garnered a worldwide fan base. David Banner, M.D., is a physician and scientist employed at California's Culver Institute, who is traumatized by the car accident that killed his beloved wife, Laura. Haunted by his inability to save her, Banner and his research partner, Dr. Elaina Marks, study people who were able to summon superhuman strength during moments of extreme stress . Obsessed with discovering why he
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#17328771477687626-474: The Incredible Hulk , and Revenge of the Incredible Hulk ) revealed that the film was canceled before Bixby's health began to decline, owing to disappointing ratings for Death of , and that Banner was to have been revived without the ability to change into the Hulk at all, reverting to (still non-speaking) Hulk form only in the film's final act. Universal released all 5 seasons on DVD in Region 1 from 2006 to 2008;
7749-815: The Party . In 2007, Pompeo was honored by the National Italian American Foundation for her achievement in entertainment at a black-tie gala in Washington, D.C. In the same year, show-business awards reporter Tom O'Neil commented that Pompeo was overdue for an Emmy Award nomination for her role in Grey's Anatomy . The view was echoed by later critics, including Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times who suggested that Pompeo, "who has worked very hard and against all narrative odds to make Meredith Grey an interesting character at last" should have received
7872-458: The Secretary of State's security detail. During a 2014 BuzzFeed event, she expressed a lack of interest in acting after Grey's Anatomy completes its run; she explained: "I definitely feel myself transitioning. I don't find acting terribly empowering." Since then, Pompeo has been involved in other projects as a producer and had also made her directorial debut with a Grey's Anatomy episode, from
7995-476: The apparent death of the Hulk in the 1990 film, another Hulk television movie was planned, Revenge of the Incredible Hulk . It was rumored that in this film the Hulk would be able to talk after being revived with Banner's mind, and that it was abandoned because of Bill Bixby's death from cancer in November 1993. However, Gerald Di Pego (writer/executive producer of The Trial of the Incredible Hulk , The Death of
8118-436: The assailants. When Fisk is released from prison, Ellison tries to sideline Karen, seeing as her past involvement with Fisk gives her a conflict of interest. Against Ellison's wishes, Karen investigates and discovers that Fisk secretly owns the hotel he's being kept under house arrest in, but is threatened by Fisk's fixer Felix Manning when she tries to get him on record regarding Fisk's money laundering. When Fisk frames Matt as
8241-547: The authorities and the ever-persistent McGee. The opening narration is provided by Ted Cassidy : Dr. David Banner—physician, scientist—searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have. Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry. And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs. The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investigative reporter. [Banner]: "Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." The creature
8364-564: The beginning of the comic book, it is revealed that the entire story is the speculation of the main Marvel Universe version of Brian Michael Bendis , the writer himself, who makes a cameo as narrator. In a one-off book of the Secret Wars storyline called Secret Wars: Secret Lovers , a universe that became the Battleworld domain of Limbo is shown where Matt and Karen have grown close to
8487-507: The biographical crime drama film Catch Me If You Can ; and in 2003, she appeared in Old School as Luke Wilson 's love interest. She portrayed Jim Carrey 's ex-girlfriend, Naomi, in the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . Although the scenes in which she appeared were cut from the film, she felt grateful that she had been selected by director Michel Gondry . She played
8610-473: The bodybuilder and professional wrestler Ric Drasin as the half-transformed Hulk in "Prometheus" (parts 1 and 2). Mariette Hartley won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her guest appearances as Dr. Carolyn Fields in the episode "Married" (aka "Bride of the Incredible Hulk") in season two. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , the writer and artist team who created
8733-501: The character's last showing for over seven years. Karen returned in Born Again , the award-winning storyline beginning in Daredevil #227 (February 1986) that would ultimately restore her earlier role as Daredevil's love interest. Writer Ann Nocenti gave considerably more development to their relationship, and even had Karen acting as a sidekick to Daredevil for the first time in issue #259, in which she goes undercover to help take down
8856-562: The collapse. In the first season of The Punisher , Karen is a recurring character. Caught up in her grief over losing Matt, she agrees to help Frank when he approaches her for help identifying Micro, the hacker who has been shadowing him and knows about his past activities in Kandahar. When Lewis Wilson ( Daniel Webber ) goes on a bombing spree, he delivers a manifesto to the Bulletin explicitly citing Karen's defense of Frank in her coverage. Incensed, Karen talks down to Lewis when she appears on
8979-546: The comedy Strangers with Candy , the medical drama Strong Medicine and the sitcom Friends . She made her feature film debut in 1999 with the romantic comedy Coming Soon , and went on to play minor roles in films like In the Weeds and Mambo Café but found little initial success. A turning point came in her career in 2002, when she was noticed for her role in Brad Silberling 's romantic drama Moonlight Mile . Pompeo
9102-527: The company expired again at the end of the 12th season along with the other original cast members, and she signed a new one with an increased paycheck. She held on the fourth spot in Forbes' list in 2016, bringing in $ 14 million, a 32% increase in the earnings from 2015. With the increasing popularity of the show, Pompeo garnered worldwide reputation among television viewers. Her performance has garnered her five People's Choice Award nominations, with three wins. At
9225-564: The deaths of his family. She and Matt also briefly date before Matt's double-life as Daredevil causes a falter in contributing to Frank's trial and Karen finds Elektra Natchios in Matt's bed when she tells Matt about it. When Nelson & Murdock falls apart, New York Bulletin editor-in-chief Mitchell Ellison hires Karen to work for the paper so she can write an exposé on Frank's true story, setting her up in Ben's former office. During her investigation, she
9348-609: The ensuing battle between Daredevil and Death's Head, Death's Head spills a vat of molten cobalt over Daredevil, but realizes that Karen is endangered. This brings Paxton back to his own senses, pushing Daredevil and Karen to safety. He appears to die in this act of self-sacrifice, when he is coated in the molten cobalt. After the battle with Death's Head, Daredevil's true identity is revealed to Karen. She constantly fears for Matt's safety, but Daredevil cannot give up fighting crime. Karen eventually leaves Matt and moves to California to pursue an acting career. She finds work as an actress in
9471-446: The film Mambo Café with Thalía . In 2002, Pompeo was selected by director Brad Silberling for a lead role in his film Moonlight Mile , playing Jake Gyllenhaal 's character's sympathetic love interest. While generally praising the cast, Jeff Vice of Deseret News noted Pompeo's "extremely appealing" performance. Other commentators considered her performance to be worthy of an Academy Award . Also in 2002, Pompeo appeared in
9594-403: The firm's in-house private investigator. Karen's last appearance is in the second season of The Punisher , where she shows up to help Frank escape the hospital after Pilgrim puts a bounty out on him. Karen is mentioned on several occasions in other shows, but does not appear onscreen. Ellen Pompeo Ellen Kathleen Pompeo ( / p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ oʊ / ; born November 10, 1969)
9717-461: The first attempt, Fisk's right hand man James Wesley approaches Clyde Farnum, a guard who is indebted to him, and coerces him into hanging Karen in her jail cell under the threat of having his daughter killed. Farnum tries to strangle Karen with her bedsheets, but Karen fights back, drawing blood from one of Farnum's eyes. Undeterred, Fisk sends another assassin to Karen's apartment to attack her when she sneaks out of Matt's apartment at night to retrieve
9840-629: The first season has a rating of 75% based on eight reviews, for an average rating of 6.0/10. Writing for the Tallahassee Democrat , Steve Watkins noted that Lou Ferrigno "did the strong, silent type like nobody's business", and was "natural" in the titular role. A retrospective on the TV series reported that the episodes that fans of the show most often cited as the best of the series are "The Incredible Hulk" (pilot), "Married", "Mystery Man", "Homecoming", "The Snare", "Prometheus", "The First" and "Bring Me
9963-486: The first two seasons. Cassidy died during the production of season two in January 1979. The Hulk's vocalizations for the remainder of the series were provided by actor Charles Napier , who also made two guest-starring appearances in the series. During the series' five-season run, many actors familiar to viewers, or who later became famous for their subsequent works, made appearances on the series, including: future Falcon Crest and Castle co-star Susan Sullivan in
10086-489: The hiding place of Carl Hoffman, one of the corrupt detectives who investigated her for Daniel Fisher's murder and who in the interim has been coerced by Fisk into killing his partner Christian Blake, allowing Matt to bring him in and have him give up Fisk. One year after the events of season 1, Karen comes into contact with and befriends Frank Castle when the firm takes Frank on as a client as he faces trial for murdering members of various criminal gangs that were responsible for
10209-705: The individual episodes". CBS The series first went into syndication in September 1982. It has aired as reruns on the Sci-Fi Channel and was one of the series that the channel showed at its inception in September 1992. It has also aired on Retro Television Network , and ran on Esquire Network from 2014 to 2015. Series reruns began airing on most MeTV affiliates in February 2016. The series began airing on most H&I affiliates in May 2017. El Rey Network started airing
10332-489: The internet in order to tarnish Fisk's reputation. Matt subsequently breaks into Fisk's penthouse, and after defeating Fisk in a fistfight, he coerces Fisk into agreeing to keep his knowledge of Matt's secret identity quiet and leave Karen and Foggy alone in exchange for Matt not going after Vanessa for ordering Nadeem's murder. Following Father Lantom's funeral, Matt, Karen and Foggy collectively decide to re-establish their firm as Nelson Murdock & Page, with Karen serving as
10455-408: The life of a fellow scientist—and supposedly David Banner as well. The reporter thinks the creature was responsible. [McGee]: "I gave a description to all the law enforcement agencies. They got a warrant for murder out on it!" A murder which David Banner can never prove he or the creature didn't commit. So he must let the world go on thinking that he, too, is dead, until he can find a way to control
10578-441: The name of the Hulk's comic book alter ego , Dr. Bruce Banner, to Dr. David Banner for the television series. This change was made, according to Johnson, because he did not want the series to be perceived as a comic book series, so he wanted to change what he felt was a staple of comic books, and Stan Lee's comics in particular, that major characters frequently had alliterative names. According to both Stan Lee and Lou Ferrigno, it
10701-425: The novel, Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the idea of Greek tragic hubris, and then began working to develop the Hulk comic into a TV show. Johnson made several changes from the comic book; this was partly to translate it into a live-action show that was more believable and acceptable to a wide audience, and also because he disliked comics and thus felt it best that the show be as different from
10824-519: The original pilot; Brett Cullen , also of Falcon Crest ; Kim Cattrall , of Sex and the City fame; Ray Walston , co-star of Bixby's first series, My Favorite Martian ; Brandon Cruz , co-star of The Courtship of Eddie's Father ; Lou Ferrigno, who along with starring as the Hulk, appeared in one episode ("King of the Beach") as a different character; Bixby's ex-wife Brenda Benet ; and in an uncredited role,
10947-470: The pension file, but Matt saves her and delivers the pension file and assassin to the New York Bulletin so that Union Allied's criminal dealings are publicly exposed. As a show of gratitude to Matt and Foggy for clearing her name, Karen offers to work for them as Nelson & Murdock's secretary. While Fisk orders the murders of everyone involved in the scheme and the attempts to silence Karen, he settles for buying Karen's silence by coercing her into signing
11070-434: The pilot movie, and that footage is shown at the beginning of every episode of the series. In an interview with Kenneth Johnson on the Season 2 DVD, he explains that he had also wanted the Hulk to be colored red rather than green. His reasons given for this were that red, not green, is perceived as the color of rage, and also that red is a "human color", whereas green is not. However, Stan Lee, an executive at Marvel Comics at
11193-458: The pilot. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has homaged the show twice. The first time, during the opening credits of the film The Incredible Hulk (2008), Bruce Banner 's ( Edward Norton ) experiment which serves as his origin story as the Hulk is shown as the same as in the television series. The show's opening sequence is homaged in the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022) during
11316-429: The point of living with each other. Daredevil finds himself in a battle with Typhoid Mary after having nightmares about her prior that Karen is aware of. Karen follows the two only to discover that Mary is actually Mephisto , who wants to spend the final evening before Inferno psychologically and physically torturing Matt. Karen saves Matt by cutting off Mephisto's head with Mary's sword and the two embrace one last time as
11439-468: The police to find them, but Elektra is killed in the process. As the season ends, Matt meets with Karen in the shuttered Nelson & Murdock offices and reveals to her that he's Daredevil. By the start of The Defenders , Matt and Karen are back on speaking terms, although it is clear Karen is hesitant to resume a relationship due to her own secrets. Later, when Matt believes the Hand are targeting his loved ones, he visits Karen at her office to take her to
11562-428: The protagonists of those series. In the video, the actresses note that Olivia Pope , Annalise Keating , and Meredith Grey are "brilliant" and "complex" women who fight for justice and give voice to the voiceless. Rhimes, Davis, Pompeo, and Washington each take turns speaking as they praise the presidential candidate and conclude: "Our characters are on television; the real world has Hillary Clinton." Clinton responded to
11685-583: The raging spirit that dwells within him. In early 1977, Frank Price , head of Universal Television (known today as NBCUniversal Television ), offered producer and writer Kenneth Johnson a deal to develop a television show based on any of several characters they had licensed from the Marvel Comics library. Johnson turned down the offer at first, but then, while reading the Victor Hugo novel Les Misérables , he became inspired and decided to add elements from
11808-409: The reports of a green-skinned monster roaming the area. While snooping around their laboratory, McGee unknowingly triggers a fire, and Banner rushes back into the laboratory to save Marks, only for the creature to emerge from the fire with her in his arms, dying. Mistakenly believing that Banner was killed in the fire along with Marks and that the creature was responsible for their deaths, McGee publishes
11931-513: The role of Karen Page in the 2003 film Daredevil and the next year she starred in Art Heist . Pompeo landed her first major role in 2005 on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy , created by Shonda Rhimes . She has played the title character and series' protagonist, Meredith Grey , a surgical intern at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital since the show's pilot episode . Grey's Anatomy
12054-424: The role of the Hulk, but was rejected due to his inadequate height, according to Johnson in his commentary on The Incredible Hulk – Original Television Premiere DVD release. Actor Richard Kiel was hired for the role. During filming, however, Kenneth Johnson's son pointed out that Kiel's underdeveloped physique did not resemble the Hulk's. Soon, Kiel was replaced with professional bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno , although
12177-400: The series The Bionic Woman , which Johnson had also created and produced. Some of the series' music was collected into an album titled The Incredible Hulk: Original Soundtrack Recording . The show's main theme, "The Lonely Man", is heard in two distinct arrangements, the opening credits features the piece in an up-tempo, percussive arrangement whilst a sad, melancholic solo-piano version
12300-412: The series in portrait-form in January 2017. Two episodes of the series appeared first as stand-alone television movies , but these were later re-edited into one-hour length (two-parters) for syndication . They were produced as pilots before the series officially began in 1978: After the cancellation of the television series in 1982, Bill Bixby retained an interest in producing new adventures featuring
12423-409: The series, Dr. David Banner, a widowed physician and scientist who is presumed dead, travels across the United States under assumed names and finds himself in positions where he helps others in need despite his terrible secret: Following an accident that altered his cells, in times of extreme anger or stress, he transforms into a huge, savage, incredibly strong green-skinned humanoid, who has been named
12546-500: The show's premiere in 2005, season 19 of the show marked the first time the star had a scaled back role on the television series. Pompeo was only scheduled to appear in eight episodes during that season. Pompeo will remain an executive producer on the show and continue her signature voiceovers for the show. In 2021, Pompeo told Patrick Dempsey on her podcast Tell Me with Ellen Pompeo that she remembered having an intense fight with actor Denzel Washington . Washington directed Pompeo in
12669-404: The source material as possible. In the character's origin story, rather than being exposed to gamma rays during a botched atomic testing explosion, Banner is gamma-irradiated in a more low-key laboratory mishap during a test on himself. Another change was Banner's occupation, from physicist to medical researcher/physician. Although the comic book Hulk's degree of speaking ability has varied over
12792-423: The stories he is referred to as "David Banner" and is also a name–changing drifter seeking a cure. In 1979, Ideal Toy Company released a board game called: The Incredible Hulk – Smash–Up Action Game. In the game you have to try & create a lab in order to find a cure for 'Dr. David Banner', again referencing the series. In 1979, a Hulk "video novel" in paperback form was released, with pictures and dialog from
12915-498: The third highest female and the fifth highest actor overall on its 2018 list of highest paid TV actors on television; she had estimated earnings of US$ 23.5 million. In 2019, she appeared as a guest judge on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars . More recently, her production company and ABC bought out the rights to the Paradise book trilogy. After starring full time in the medical series drama Grey's Anatomy since
13038-478: The third highest-paid female and the fifth highest-paid actor overall in 2018 with earnings of $ 23.6 million. She was also the highest-ranked actress from a drama series on the list. Pompeo's other film roles include the comedy Old School (2003), the superhero film Daredevil (2003), the caper film Art Heist (2004), and the comedy drama Life of the Party (2005). In addition to her acting career, she has directed two episodes of Grey's Anatomy and founded
13161-521: The thirteenth season. In August 2014, it was announced that Pompeo was developing two dramas with ABC Studios - an adaptation of Rachel Carey's 2013 novel Debt for ABC Family , and an untitled female police drama for ABC. Pompeo is also involved with a Spanish thriller Motivos Personales with the London-based company, New Media Vision. Pompeo appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift 's 2015 single " Bad Blood ", and two years later, she voiced
13284-466: The time, said that the Hulk's color was not something that could be changed, because of its iconic image. Stan Lee told Kenneth Plume in a June 26, 2000, interview: " The Hulk was done intelligently. It was done by Ken Johnson, who's a brilliant writer/producer/director, and he made it an intelligent, adult show that kids could enjoy. He took a comic book character and made him somewhat plausible. Women liked it and men liked it and teenagers liked it... It
13407-663: The time. She is kidnapped by three ex-stuntmen on the show, but is saved by the Thing (who is looking for his own TV show), and the Hulk (who is annoyed at having this show). Karen becomes addicted to heroin and starts making pornographic movies. In need of a fix, she sells Daredevil's secret identity to a drug dealer who in turn sells this to the Kingpin . Karen is forced to return to New York, where she meets up again with Matt. Matt helps Karen beat her addiction, and they resume their relationship and begin sharing an apartment. Realizing that Matt
13530-454: The video with a tweet, "Talk about a power lineup. Thank you for being on this team!" The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series) The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel Comics character the Hulk . The series aired on the CBS television network and starred Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner, Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk, and Jack Colvin as Jack McGee. In
13653-464: The world burns around them. Karen appears in the 2003 feature film Daredevil , portrayed by Ellen Pompeo . Most of her scenes were deleted from the final theatrical cut, but they can be seen in the Director's Cut. In the film, she is attracted to Matt, as shown when she presents two invitations to a business party and demonstrates disappointment when Foggy promptly takes the second invitation. When Matt
13776-454: The years, the television Hulk did not speak at all—he merely growled and roared. Hulk co-creator Stan Lee later recounted: "When we started the television show, Ken said to me, 'You know, Stan, I don't think the Hulk should talk'. The minute he said it, I knew he was right. [In the comics], I had the Hulk talking like this: 'Hulk crush! Hulk get him!' I could get away with it in a comic, but that would have sounded so silly if he spoke that way in
13899-413: Was a breakout hit in 2005 and was well received by television critics. When the show began, Pompeo received positive feedback for her performance, with Newsday ' s Diane Werts writing, "star Ellen Pompeo's newly-minted Dr. Grey conveys such substance that you simply can't stop watching." Pompeo signed a new contract for Grey's Anatomy in 2011 that increased her salary to US$ 200,000 per episode; she
14022-533: Was alone in the car, so that Karen does not face prison time. Karen leaves town after being disowned by her father, and bounces around before arriving in New York City and landing a job as a secretary at Union Allied Construction, a construction company rebuilding Midtown Manhattan after the Chitauri invasion of New York . In the first season of Daredevil , Karen discovers evidence that Union Allied's pension fund
14145-450: Was also changed because CBS thought the name Bruce sounded "too gay-ish", a rationale that Ferrigno thought was "the most absurd, ridiculous thing [he had] ever heard". On the DVD commentary of the pilot, Johnson says that it was a way to honor his son David. "Bruce" ultimately became the television Banner's middle name, as it had been in the comics. It is visible on Banner's tombstone at the end of
14268-706: Was approached by a casting director to appear in ads for Citibank and L'Oreal . Pompeo's early work included advertisements and small independent films. She made her television debut in 1996 by guest-starring in the NBC legal police drama Law & Order . She made her feature film debut in Coming Soon (1999), playing a small part. She made her second appearance in Law & Order in 2000, and then guest-starred on Strangers with Candy , Strong Medicine , and Friends . She then moved to Los Angeles in 2001. She participated in
14391-468: Was beautifully done. He changed it quite a bit from the comic book, but every change he made, made sense". For the role of Dr. David Banner, Kenneth Johnson cast Bill Bixby —his first choice for the role. Jack Colvin was cast as "Jack McGee", the cynical tabloid newspaper reporter—modeled after the character of Javert in Les Misérables —who pursues the Hulk. Arnold Schwarzenegger auditioned for
14514-543: Was developed and produced by Kenneth Johnson , who also wrote or directed some episodes. The series ends with David Banner continuing to search for a cure. In 1988, the filming rights were purchased from MCA/Universal by New World Television for a series of TV movies to conclude the series' storyline. The broadcast rights were, in turn, transferred to rival NBC . New World (which at one point owned Marvel) produced three television films : The Incredible Hulk Returns (directed by Nicholas J. Corea ), The Trial of
14637-514: Was four. Her father remarried soon after; he died on September 1, 2012. In 2006, Pompeo said, "I think having my mother die at such a very young age—when she was 39—[made me] appreciate life so much." She has five older siblings: three sisters and two brothers. She was nicknamed "the pencil", and " stracciatella " ( gelato flavor). She worked as a bartender in Miami when she started dating her then boyfriend. They moved to New York City in 1995, where she
14760-452: Was subsequently named the eighth highest-paid TV actress in 2012, earning $ 9 million. The contract would have her involved with the show until its 12th season. Under her renewed deal of 2013, she earned $ 350,000 per episode, with additional payment from syndication. At that point, she was ranked fourth in the list of highest-paid television actresses again in 2015, in the Forbes list, with the earnings of $ 11.5 million. Pompeo's contract with
14883-469: Was then cast in ABC 's popular medical drama Grey's Anatomy , and gained worldwide recognition for her portrayal of the title character Dr. Meredith Grey . The role on the long-running series earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award . The character became widely popular, making Pompeo one of the most renowned television actresses. In 2016, she was ranked fourth in the list of highest paid TV actresses by Forbes , with earnings of $ 14.9 million; she became
15006-422: Was unable to exhibit such super-strength under similar conditions, Banner hypothesizes that high levels of gamma radiation from sunspots contributed to the subjects' increase in strength. Impatient to test his theory, Banner conducts an unsupervised experiment in the laboratory, bombarding himself with gamma radiation. However, the radiology equipment has recently been recalibrated, and Banner unknowingly receives
15129-444: Was worried about the young girls who look up to her: "I don't want them to think I starve myself or don't eat, and that to be like me that's what they have to do." Pompeo, along with Shonda Rhimes and the leads of Rhimes' ABC Thursday line-up shows, Scandal 's Kerry Washington and How to Get Away With Murder 's Viola Davis , appeared in an ad campaign for the 2016 US election supporting Hillary Clinton , comparing her to
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