10 Insane MCU Rumours Everyone Wanted To Be True
6. Heimdall IS The Soul Stone - Avengers: Infinity War
The Rumour
One of the MCU's most agonising mysteries to date was the source of the Soul Stone, as at the time of Avengers: Infinity War it remained the only Infinity Stone which hadn't yet been identified on-screen.
Some fans believed that it resided underneath the ground in Wakanda, while others were convinced by rumours that the Soul Stone was embodied by Thor's (Chris Hemsworth) Asgardian pal Heimdall (Idris Elba).
The primary "evidence" was that Heimdall's eyes glowed orange, and in Thor: The Dark World he memorably told Thor, "From here, I can see nine realms and ten trillion souls."
That... sure sounds like somebody who could be possessed by the Soul Stone, right?
What Actually Happened
As neat an idea as this was, basically every single rumour about the Soul Stone was wrong, as it ended up being held on the remote planet of Vormir, where it was guarded by Red Skull and could only be received by sacrificing the life of a loved one.