Lou Ferrigno’s Old-School Hulk Transformation — No CGI, Just Muscle and Makeup Lou Ferrigno turned into TV’s Hulk the hard way: years of bodybuilding, layers of green greasepaint, prosthetics, padding, hairpieces and lighting tricks — plus relentless flexing and growling on cue — to sell size and menace without any digital help. The crew often spent an hour (or more) in the makeup chair, and Ferrigno kept his physique pumped between takes so the costume and camera angles could do the rest. Fun f

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