MCU: 10 Most Paused Moments
9. Beta Ray Bill Was A Champion - Thor: Ragnarok
With Thor: Ragnarok pretty much being an all out, and regularly hilarious, attack on the senses from start to finish, you'd be forgiven for missing a few things along the way. Yet, one moment instantly left many avid Marvel comic fans double-taking the cinema screen during their first experience with Taika Waititi's vibrant flick.
As Valkyrie first pulls into the Grandmaster's rather impressive palace on Sakaar, a number of faces can be spotted on the humungous skyscraper. At a glance the identities of the various heads almost went over ours. But, if you take a moment to pause and study the architecture on show here, just as Valkyrie enters the building we catch a closer look at none other than Beta Ray Bill's unmistakable mug.
We'd later realise that these faces were in fact the manipulative Grandmaster's former champions, with Bill joining the likes of Ares, Man-Thing, the Dark-Crawler and Bi-Beast. Anyone who knows a thing or two about the history of Beta Ray Bill will know he is one of the few characters in Marvel history to have held and wielded Mjolnir and the power of Thor.
As awesome as this sculpted cameo was, though, most fans will admit that we've waited long enough to see the horse-faced icon make his official MCU debut. So, here's hoping 2022's Love and Thunder delivers the goods...