She-Hulk head writer says they spoke "a lot about Fleabag" while developing the series
From the sitcom-smashing WandaVision to the metaverse-bending antics of Loki and the downright WTF weirdness of Moon Knight, the MCU’s small-screen output has taught us one thing: expect the unexpected. So back in December 2020, when Kevin Feige revealed that new Disney Plus show She-Hulk: Attorney At Law was going to be a "half-hour legal comedy", fans took it in their stride.
First appearing in Marvel Comics in 1980, She-Hulk is the green-hued alter-ego of Jennifer Walters, cousin to scientist Bruce Banner. Taking an emergency blood transfusion from him, she inherits some of his unique abilities – turning green, muscling up. But unlike Banner’s rage-fuelled Hulk, she retains her intelligence and personality when she transforms. "She’s angry in a different way!" laughs She-Hulk head writer Jessica Gao while talking to Total Film in the new issue (opens in new tab), featuring Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on the cover.
Lead director Kat Coiro adds that they were trying to find a series that felt "a little bit like Ally McBeal, but still exists within the Marvel Cinematic Universe," though the TV references ended up being a little more leftfield. "We talked a lot about Fleabag," says Gao, nodding to Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s uncompromising British show about a woman traversing her thirties. "The irreverence of [Fleabag] and the sense of humor... there’s a lot there that I can definitely see that they drew from as inspiration," says Tatiana Maslany who plays She-Hulk/Walters.
The Fleabag allusions also speak to the very core of the show. "Because the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe has already done a fantastic job of huge action, enormous stakes," notes Gao. "It’s always the fate of the universe, the fate of the
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