


It's been like seeing a game of chess play out on the silver screen. Over the past seven years, we've watched Marvel develop the Avengers from the ground up. That's the life of almost every Marvel villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Hiddleston made his Broadway debut in 2019 with "Betrayal," which he starred in with Charlie Cox (who portrayed comic-book character Daredevil in a Netflix series).This article contains major spoilers from Avengers: Age of Ultron. He also starred in 2017's "Kong: Skull Island" with MCU costars Brie Larson and Samuel L. He stole the Space Stone and used it to escape getting arrested, which paves the way for Hiddleston's upcoming Loki-centric show.Īside from his appearances in the MCU, Hiddleston starred on AMC's "The Night Manager," which earned him a Golden Globe win for best performance by an actor in a limited series or motion picture made for television. However, when the Avengers time-traveled to retrieve the Tesseract, they encountered 2012 Loki. Since "The Avengers," Hiddleston has returned as Loki for "Thor: The Dark World," "Thor: Ragnarok," "Avengers: Infinity War," and "Avengers: Endgame."Īt the start of "Endgame," Loki was killed by Thanos in front of Thor ( Chris Hemsworth). Weaving told Time Out that he "loved" playing Red Skull, but said that Marvel offered him less money than he was originally told, and it was "impossible" to negotiate. Instead, the role was portrayed by "The Walking Dead" star Ross Marquand. Red Skull had a notable return to the MCU in "Avengers: Infinity War," followed by 2019's "Avengers: Endgame." The character was revealed to be the Stonekeeper on Vormir, but Weaving didn't play the part. Weaving also starred in "Hacksaw Ridge" with Andrew Garfield (one of several actors who has portrayed Spider-Man on the big screen) and appeared on Showtime's miniseries called "Patrick Melrose," which starred Marvel's Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular character. He played the character in 2012's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and 2014's "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies." Coincidentally, those movies also starred Martin Freeman, who joined the MCU as Everett K.
