10 Marvel Villains GUARANTEED To Join MCU

10. The Mandarin

The Mandarin is one of a few guaranteed villains set to appear in an MCU movie, as it has been confirmed that Tony Leung will be playing him in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. A character calling himself the Mandarin already appeared in Iron Man 3, but that was a farce.

This Mandarin will be the real deal, and he is set to be the leader of the Ten Rings terrorist organization, which is the group that debuted in the first Iron Man film. In the comics, the Mandarin is Iron Man's arch-nemesis, but with Tony Stark dead in the MCU, it's going to be Shang-Chi standing in for ole' shell head.

Casting the character presented some issues for director Destin Daniel Cretton, due to the original way the Mandarin was portrayed, which touched on a number of negative Asian stereotypes:

"I think [Leung] brings a humanity that we need for that character. We are not looking to contribute any more to the Asian stereotypes that we have seen both in cinema and pop culture... [Leung] is such an incredible actor, and I'm excited to have him help us break some of those stereotypes."

Leung will be playing the Mandarin opposite to Simu Liu's Shang-Chi when the film is released in May of 2021.