During a recent interview with the Sudbury Star in which Masalany discussed being a juror on the panel awarding the Glenn Gould Prize and what sort of music she’s listening to these days (Sophie and Kendrick amongst others), the topic of She-Hulk came up. The actor was rather frank in her assertion that she’s not set to play Jennifer Walters, despite all evidence to the contrary.
“That actually isn’t a real thing and it’s like a press release that’s gotten out of hand,” Maslany said. “It’s totally not — I’ve been connected to these things in the past and press has gotten onto it, but it’s not actually a thing, unfortunately.”
Masalany’s statement was rather peculiar given that She-Hulk showrunner Jessica Gao seemed to confirm the casting back in September when she quote tweeted the original Deadline report. In addition, Mark Ruffalo took to his Twitter page to welcome Masalany into the family. When io9 reached out to Disney this morning to suss this whole thing out, a representative said, “Unless it’s confirmed on Marvel.com it’s all just rumors.”