13 Characters Who Will Probably Die In 2017's Biggest Remaining Movies

1. Heimdall - Thor: Ragnarok

Played By: Idris Elba

Given how happy Idris Elba was to talk about hating working on the MCU in the past, it's a wonder he's even involved in Thor: Ragnarok, but the fact that he was introduced in Age Of Ultron as a key part of the Ragnarok nightmare made him essential for the Thor threequel.

That doesn't mean he's armour-plated though, and even if it turns out that he isn't linked to the Soul Stone (the theory suggests that's how he gets his powers), we already know he is "missing" at the start of Ragnarok when Skurge is guarding the Bifrost.

The question is, then, where he actually is. The trailer shows him seemingly in battle on a leafy planet, and it wouldn't come as too much of a surprise if he is the one to discover Hela's escape from her prison (having seen it coming to pass thanks to his special eyes) and her first victim. He needs to be moved on in order for Asgard to be vulnerable (that's how powerful he is), and killing him off is probably the only real option.

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