Tim Blake Nelson Teases His Return as the Leader to the MCU After 16 Years

Tim Blake Nelson is back to a place he never thought he would be: The Marvel Cinematic Universe. Nelson was there from the beginning, during the debut year of the franchise in its second film, The Incredible Hulk. Nelson appeared as Samuel Sterns, who is an ally to Bruce Banner, but comic book fans know he becomes one of the Hulk’s greatest enemies, The Leader. That film teased Stern’s transformation into The Leader, but due to the mild box office performance of that film and rights to The Hulk being tied up with Universal, fans figured this would be a plot point never addressed again.