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Hulk star Lou Ferrigno meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican

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The Incredible Hulk fulfilled a childhood dream by meeting with Pope Leo XIV. Lou Ferrigno starred as the Marvel character during its 1977–1982 U.S. television run. He met with the American pope and chatted briefly with him at the end of Leo’s general audience Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square. Posing for photographers before, he mimicked the gesture that made him famous in his on-screen transformation from Bruce Banner into the superhero.

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