10 Shocking Movie Twists That Nearly Happened

10. Loki Actually Dies - Thor: The Dark World

When it comes to Loki, actually dying is always a twist - so much so that fans had an exceptionally hard time believing he dies at the beginning of Infinity War. And it was that same fan backlash that caused Marvel to bring him back in Thor: The Dark World.

We all know the story: Loki turns up, turns good, turns bad, kind of helps save the day and then fakes his own death. And that is certainly the case in the second instalment of the God of Thunder's MCU quadrilogy, but it wasn't meant to be. The Dark World sees the rise of the Dark Elves, a vengeful race of pointy-eared aliens who want to destroy the Nine Realms, and so on and so forth. After initially siding with the baddies, Loki redeems himself with a late-in-the-day sacrifice, snuffing out his flame for good. What a twist!

Alas, Marvel viewers wouldn't let him be. Test screening fans went ballistic when the credits rolled and their divine trickster was still in the ground, and the Marvel money men did a swift heel-face turn. Thus, an additional stinger was filmed to tack on the end, in which, as we know, Loki is alive and well and living it large as the new King of Asgard.