To be fair, there’s a good chance this Hulk isn’t Maestro at all. Maestro is usually depicted with a bald head and white beard. The Hulk in the trailer has long dark hair and a similar dark beard. If he’s not Maestro, he could be another variant of Hulk, such as the one who served as a pet to King Thanos in a different comic book arc. In another reality, Thanos basically turned Hulk into his pet dog, who would go on to lose his humanity and eat some of the Avengers. That’s also a pretty dark story to adapt to something on Disney+, but “What If…?” has delved into some sinister territory in the past, like a Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) variant destroying his entire reality.
It could also simply be Hulk with a beard. There’s no shortage of potential stories where Hulk could’ve been imprisoned or didn’t have access to a razor for a long time and has a beard in one episode of “What If…?” Season 2. That’s probably the most likely explanation, especially since this Hulk doesn’t seem substantially older than how audiences know him in the mainline MCU.
Giving heroes a beard doesn’t have to come with confusing lore. Captain America (Chris Evans) sported some facial hair in “Avengers: Infinity War,” and everyone seemed okay with that. But if Marvel Studios feels brave at some point in the future, an adaptation of the Maestro story would be pretty hardcore.
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