Gao's credits include Emmy-winning episode 'Pickle Rick' of adult animated sci-fi sitcom "Rick and Morty", comedy series "Silicon Valley", and computer-animated television comedy series "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness". So, there was no way I would ever try to make a show about She-Hulk and not have that in it," she explained. "That aspect is an essential, foundational part of who the character is. READ | 'She-Hulk': Tatiana Maslany, Mark Ruffalo, Jameela Jamil & more stun at series' premiere That was what really made me fall in love with this character. "In terms of the fourth wall breaking, one of John Byrne's comics is the most iconic and that's where she first started doing it. Jen/ She-Hulk breaking the fourth wall, which means addressing the viewer directly, was a "foundational" part of the character, something the writer said she couldn't imagine leaving out. Gao also carries forward the legacy of John Byrne's story titled "The Sensational She-Hulk", published in the Marvel Graphic Novel #18 in 1985. "I wanted to bring that element into the show that she would be aware of the dynamics that were happening or how the audience would be reacting because there is an inner understanding that there is someone watching all of this, probably thinking these thoughts," she added. "She would argue with the writer of the comic book, she would talk about the tropes of comic books themselves. The viewers will also see how the superhero title 'She-Hulk' sticks to Jen, much to her annoyance, and how it also gets her into trouble. The half-hour legal comedy honours the self-awareness of Jen/ She-Hulk who, Gao observed, knew she was a comic book character.
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