10 MCU End Scenes That Were Scrapped

Loki's death at the start of Avengers: Infinity War made it crystal clear that Thanos was not to be messed with. The dude broke his neck like he was playing with a ragdoll, letting everybody know that he was going to be the Avengers' biggest challenge yet.

It's a brilliant scene, and it's hard to imagine it playing out in any other way, but at one point in time, it almost did play out in a different way, all because of an alternate draft of Thor: Ragnarok's ending.

In the final ending, Loki and Thor escape the destruction of Asgard and set their ship on a course for Earth, but in the alternate ending - which is mentioned in the Avengers: Endgame official artbook - Loki ditches Thor and heads to Jotunheim with the Tesseract, fleeing in a desperate attempt to hide himself from Thanos.

This would've led to a different death scene for Loki in Infinity War - for example, in this version, he and Thanos are alone in the frosty caves of Jotunheim - but either way, the outcome stays the same: the God of Mischief falls at the Mad Titan's hands.