Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo has responded to comments made by Boris Johnson in which he compared leaving the EU to the Hulk breaking free of Bruce Banner’s ‘manacles’.

Mark, who plays Hulk in the Marvel’s Avengers films, questioned the comparison and said the prime minister ‘forgets that the Hulk only fights for the good of the whole’.

The PM told the Mail on Sunday that he will break the UK out of the EU’s ‘manacles’ with or without a deal like fictional scientist Bruce Banner, who transforms into the green giant when angered.

The American actor suggested Mr Johnson’s metaphor was ill-conceived.

Last night he tweeted: ‘Mad and strong can also be dense and destructive.

‘The Hulk works best when he is in unison with a team, and is a disaster when he is alone.

‘Plus… he’s always got Dr Banner with science and reason.’

Mark, who has played the Hulk since 2012, joined a number who suggested the PM lacked understanding of the comic book character when he made the comparison.

Labour MP Jess Phillips tweeted: ‘This is the kind of thing my kids would say aside from they would never make such glaring errors about The Hulk, I’ve raised them properly.’

Call The Midwife actor Stephen McGann added: ‘I also note, with reference to the Hulk, that Theresa May’s “red, white and blue Brexit” has morphed effortlessly into a “green, violent and emotionally unstable” Brexit. Righto.’

But Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay praised Mr Johnson’s novel metaphor and even revived another recent favourite of the Conservative Party – an assertion that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is a ‘chicken’ for not voting for an early general election.

He told Sky News: ‘The Hulk was a winner and was extremely popular and I’d rather be backing a character and a leader who is The Hulk, rather than one who is on the “chicken run”, as Jeremy Corbyn is.’

European Parliament Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt described the prime minister’s Incredible Hulk comparison as ‘infantile’ even when compared with the rhetoric of US President Donald Trump.

He tweeted on Sunday: ‘Even to Trumpian standards the Hulk comparison is infantile.

‘Is the EU supposed to be scared by this? The British public impressed?

‘Is this Boris Johnson whistling in the dark?’

Today, Mr Johnson will meet with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels where he is expected to tell him he will not accept any further delay to Brexit beyond 31 October.

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