10 Movie Characters Everyone Was CONVINCED Would Die (But Didn't)

One way or another, from the moment the first trailer for Glass Onion dropped, many were absolutely convinced that Elon Musk-esque tech-bro Miles Bron (Edward Norton) would end up toast.

Prior to the film's release, Bron was widely expected to be the focal murder victim, with the marketing cleverly concealing that, in fact, it's streamer Duke Cody (Dave Bautista) who actually perishes.

All the same, once the blindingly obvious truth was confirmed, that Bron was behind every horrible event throughout the story, it seemed like Rian Johnson probably wouldn't show him the mercy that he granted to Knives Out's villain, Ransom (Chris Evans).

Given that Bron was such an obvious analogue to Musk and general avatar for greedy, immoral billionaires, it was reasonable to expect that he'd end up killed by Helen Brand (Janelle Monáe), both for killing her sister and then burning proof of her sister's contribution to Bron's success.

But instead, Helen decided to spare Bron's life but do something arguably worse - use his own volatile fuel, Klear, to destroy his mansion and burn the Mona Lisa to a crisp. This in turn leaves his reputation in tatters enough that the assembled group decides to testify against him.