8 MCU Villains Who Are Totally Underrated

8. Trevor Slattery

All appreciation for Trevor Slattery is usually washed away in the bitter tidal wave of scorn often poured on all of Iron Man 3. The fact the rug was pulled out from under viewers didn’t win many people over either.

No, he wasn’t accurate to the comic book Mandarin, but he wasn’t supposed to be. The movie was a little too clever for its own good, playing on the meta expectations of the existing Marvel Mandarin before revealing Guy Pierce’s Aldrich Killian was the terrorist leader all along.

However, Marvel One Shot All Hail The King revealed the real real Mandarin is still out there, so who knows what’s going on with that arc.

Judging Trevor Slattery against any idea of the Mandarin is ridiculous though; that’s not who he was ever supposed to be. Doing so does a massive disservice to Ben Kingsley’s hilarious comedic performance as the character.

He completely defied typical villain beats, bounced off Robert Downey Jnr perfectly and still managed to show great range. He’s silly, but still sells great panic, yet has a very casual air about him too; perfectly fitting his image as a chancer. A greatly under appreciated character in the grand scheme of the MCU.