something that lou ferrigno could only dream of being as a child. "when i was very young, i was very introverted." born in 1951, he soon lost 75 percent of his hearing due to a series of undiagnosed ear infections as an infant. "i have a hard time hearing, i had to learn to speak phonetically by the feel of my tongue, i had to learn to socialize, talk to people. i actually had to grow up again." as a teenager he discovered body building. he became the youngest person to ever win the mr. universe competition taking home the title in back to back years in 1973 at age 23 and 1974. and a short time later, came the opportunity of a lifetime. "i moved to california in 1976 to train for the mr. olympia competition and about six weeks before the competition i received a phone call and they said we have an audition for the hulk and i was like wow. i have to play the hulk. nobody else. i went down for the audition and 24 hours, the rest is history." ferrigno had never taken acting lessons and had a lot to learn but credits bill bixby, who played the hulk's mi