She-Hulk spoilers follow.
She-Hulk protagonist Tatiana Maslany has revealed the show almost had a very different, more "serious" ending than the one that aired on Disney+.
The Orphan Black star plays the titular superhero She-Hulk, the alter ego of attorney at law Jennifer Walters.
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In the first season finale of She-Hulk, viewers got to see a lot more of Jen in a non-traditional ending for a Marvel project. In a meta finale, Jen confronted the show's writers and K.E.V.I.N. (Knowledge Enhanced Visual Interconnectivity Nexus) to get the non-superhero ending she felt she deserved.
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In a chat with Entertainment Weekly, Maslany revealed head writer Jessica Gao had penned several finales in addition to the one that made the cut.
"[Jessica Gao] and I talked about the ending a lot, because tonally it could have gone in all kinds of different ways," Maslany said.
"Jess said that there were like 20 versions of it. I never saw 18 of those versions, but I did see two: the one that we went with and then one that we shot prior," she continued, explaining that the latter ending "was very different, a little more serious and less like Jen's version of it."
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The actress revealed that the alternate ending would have featured primarily She-Hulk, thus being more costly for Marvel.
"It was [more of] She-Hulk, so it was way too expensive, first off. And it had a different strategy to it," Maslany added.
"The thing that I love about this one is that we get back to Jen feeling like K.E.V.I.N.'s her collaborator and like an equal, and that her ideas deserve respect."
She-Hulk: Attorney At Law is streaming on Disney+, with new episodes premiering on Thursdays.
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