One Mind Blowing Secret From Every MCU Movie

It can't be understated just how difficult it must be to write a great Marvel screenplay. While there is the interconnectivity to the wider universe to consider, there are also often decades and decades of material to pull from, as well as countless different characters. How would you choose where to even start?

With Thor first appearing in 1962, this is true more so for him than most other characters in the MCU. For Thor: Ragnarok, with some of Thor's heaviest-hitting antagonists already having been used, Hela (Cate Blanchett) was brought in to great effect, bringing both of Odin's (Anthony Hopkins) sons, as well as Asgard itself, to their knees.

What was particularly striking about the Hela character was her ability to conjure up just about any weapon she could think of at any given time, something that, according to screenwriter Eric Pearson on a home release bonus feature, was inspired by Gorr the God Butcher's powers from the comics, thanks to the Necrosword.

This amalgamation of Hela's aesthetic, her position as Thor's sister, and Gorr's powers helped make her a standout villain of Phase Three, though there was a knock-on effect in that when Gorr (Christian Bale) himself was actually used for Thor: Love and Thunder several years later, he felt very much like a watered-down version of the character. There were many different reasons for this, and Gorr still managed to be the best part of the film, but the fact that his powers had already been given to somebody else couldn't have helped.