10 Characters Who Will Probably Die In 2020's Biggest Movies

by Danny Meegan

1. Dr. Emil Harting (Guy Pearce) - Bloodshot

Guy Pearce Dr. Emil Harting Bloodshot
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The first trailer for Vin Diesel's Bloodshot gave away a surprising amount of plot information, revealing that the title character - Diesel's super-soldier Ray Garrison - is being manipulated by the same people who gave him his powers, who are using him as a weapon to take down pre-selected targets.

The trailer also reveals that Garrison eventually becomes wise to this conspiracy, and from here, it's pretty easy to predict that he will turn on his creators, deciding to murder them so that they won't have control over him any longer.

So, who's the lead scientist responsible for imbuing Garrison with his powers and turning him into a merciless killing machine? Dr. Emil Harting, who will be played by Guy Pearce. And yeah, he's definitely dead. "Scientists create weapon, weapon turns on them" is one of the oldest formulas in the book, and Bloodshot looks like another predictable entry in that category.

The trailer even showed the two facing off against each other. "You can't control me forever", Garrison growls to his creator. "Are you sure about that?" retorts Harting. All that's missing is a shot of Garrison caving Harting's head in with a super-powered punch - which, let's be honest, would be great to see Diesel perform.

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!