MCU: 10 Phase 3 Rumours That Turned Out To Be Bull
8. Hela And Thanos Will Get It On
Since Cate Blanchett’s casting as Hela in Thor: Ragnarok was
announced, fans speculated she may play a bigger role in the MCU than just a
one-off film appearance. The most prevailing theory was that Hela would morph
into Marvel’s version of Death who in the comics is Thanos’ love interest and
the motivation behind his activating the Infinity Gauntlet and destroying most
of life as we know it.
It was a pretty plausible rumour too. Blanchett gave us a great villain in Hela and it would make perfect sense for Marvel to keep her on for more than just one movie. Plus, Hela does refer to herself as the goddess of death in Thor: Ragnarok. But then again, apart from his ship showing up in a mid-credits scene there was barely a mention of Thanos in Ragnarok and there’s the not so small issue of Hela dying at the hands of Surtur during the film’s finale.
Of course, Hela could well be resurrected in the concluding part of Infinity War as Death so a Thanos-Hela romance could still be on the cards but do we really want to see Thanos become a lovestruck puppy? Nah.