MCU: What Every Major Villain ALMOST Looked Like

15. Arnim Zola - Captain America: The Winter Soldier/Ant-Man

Arnim Zola Winter Soldier Concept
Marvel Studios

When he first appeared in The First Avenger, Arnim Zola was just a "normal" Nazi scientist who looked like Toby Jones, but his return from the dead in The Winter Soldier allowed the artists the opportunity to have him look more like he did in the comics. Ultimately they chose to have him reimagined as just a face in a computer monitor.

Originally, he was supposed to appear in Ant-Man as a secondary villain, and artist Josh Nizzi turned to the comics for inspiration, coming up with these excellent designs...

Josh Nizzi Arnim Zola Concept
Marvel Studios
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