10 Times The MCU Totally Subverted Expectations

10. The Skrulls Not Being Villains In The Avengers

Initially, the shape-shifting creatures we’ve now seen in Captain Marvel were supposedly going to appear in The Avengers. With the first big team up between the six heroes nearing release, some rumours regarding the villains were floating around.

The Skrulls, who would eventually make their debut 7 years later, were thought to be the hordes of enemies that would bring the original six Avengers together in 2012 under Loki's evil leadership. This was in part due to tie-in toys that were released before the film, which teased alien henchmen. Fans put two and two together and came up with the Kree or the Skrulls as the answer.

The theory about Skrulls making an appearance didn't last too long as we then found from the trailers that the hordes of enemies were Chitauri (and Joss Whedon confirmed at SXW in 2012 that they weren't involved).