Top Ten Most Underutilized Marvel Cinematic Universe Characters
This is different than the Most Underrated McU Characters list, as it focuses on characters who weren't utilized very well, either due to constraints on the actors or otherwise. These characters aren't underrated per se, but they are not popular because they aren't given enough screen-time or development.
He was literally only in one movie, Age of Ultron, unfortunately dying without much development other than his super speed and experimentation, not to mention being with Ultron. I was sad to see an Avenger actually die in the movie, especially a new one. Even though Wanda lives on for more movies, it was really bad to see her brother go.
Sif is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted commonly in association with the superhero Thor. Based on the Norse goddess Sif, she was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Journey Into Mystery #102 (March 1964)... read more Oh Sif, you really should have been more utilized in the Thor movies. Just a supporting role in the first two movies and never appearing in Ragnarok at all. Maybe Loki, posing as Odin between movies, exiled her, but this prevented her from being in that movie regardless. Then it was confirmed that Thanos's snap killed her offscreen.
Yeah, it would have been awesome for Sif and other Asgardian characters to get more attention.
Just like Sif, these three guys never got utilized much at all, despite minor roles in the first two Thor movies. What's worse is that they are pretty much immediately killed by Hela in Ragnarok. Hogun at least had an entire army helping him, but she single-handedly slaughters everyone. Fandral gets it worst.
Benicio del Toro plays a rather enigmatic role, but his roles have always been minor, with his best being a Thor: The Dark World mid-credits scene and a more interesting role in Guardians of the Galaxy. He's supposed to be a villain too. We don't even know what happens to him in Infinity War. Whether or not he was killed by Thanos is hard to tell.
Am I one of the only ones who wishes there was a second Hulk movie? He gets barely any screen time in the Edward Norton movie, showing only shades of villainy which we never see again for the rest of the MCU. I hope there's a new movie for the Hulk with this guy as the antagonist.
He could have been an interesting villain. Despite being somewhat cliché, he had that villainous tone, even letting Loki be his underling. The next time we see him in Guardians of the Galaxy, Ronan kills him in an argument in Thanos's throne room. Really lame.
The comics make him out to be one of Captain America's main adversaries. His double-agent stunt in Winter Soldier is fine, but it's a minor role. Much like other characters, in a sequel movie (Civil War in this case), he's basically the starter villain, killed in the first part of the movie.
Heimdall is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is based on the Norse deity Heimdallr. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he is portrayed by Idris Elba. Naturally, Heimdall has been rather underutilized throughout the series. It kind of sucks for Idris Elba not to get much of the screen time his character deserved. At least he was the best character in Ragnarok, sending the Asgardians to safety and protecting them while Hela took over. Still, his underutilization cannot be ignored.
Another Hydra villain without a lot of screen time. He's responsible for the test subjects Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, as depicted in Winter Soldier's post-credits scene. He has a slightly bigger role in Age of Ultron, but is unceremoniously killed off by Ultron later on.
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Played by Ralphie from A Christmas Story, he is a scientist formerly employed by Stark before defecting to join Quentin Beck. He worked well with Beck's drones and illusions. It was William who relayed Beck's last message before Beck died, revealing Spider-Man's identity. This is very interesting for such a minor character.
Pepper Potts is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she is portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow.We'll see if Korath gets more development in Captain Marvel, since he and Ronan are in that movie, even though he gets killed in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Hopefully, he will become a good Marvel villain.
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Just recently watched this movie. They were trying to find a cure for her when the snap happened. She was interesting.
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