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At Marvel Studios ’ D23 jury , Tim Blake Nelson ’s The Leader – who has n’t been control since he acquired great power at the end ofThe Incredible Hulk – will appear as the master antagonist inCaptain America : New World Order . In an audience withScreen Rant , film director Julius Onah key out the new villain as a “ bright genius . ”
But not all MCU villain are evil for the sake of being malevolent ; some of them have a personal vendetta against the Hero of Alexandria . Justin Hammer was jealous of Tony Stark , Wenwu resented Shang - Chi for running away from home as a stripling , and Gorr the God Butcher held a score against all god – including Thor .
Aldrich Killian
In the opening aspect ofIron Man 3 , fix on New Year ’s Eve , Aldrich Killian draw close a untested Tony Starkand offers to pitch him his newfangled theme . Tony does n’t show up for the sales pitch , setting the stage for a decades - tenacious grudge .
In the present , Killian has developed the Extremis virus , infect an army of regenerative henchman , and formed a terrorist cadre that the world is afraid of – all to get back at Tony .
Taskmaster
Until the third number ofBlack Widow , the identicalness of the Taskmaster is sustain a mystery . When Natasha Romanoff confronts the nefarious General Dreykov , she in the end finds out who ’s been hiding under the mask and trying to toss off her .
As it turns out , the Taskmaster is Dreykov ’s daughter Antonia , who was severely injured and assume dead in Nat ’s first S.H.I.E.L.D. operation with Clint Barton .
Hela
At the starting time ofThor : Ragnarok , just before Odin evanesce away , he tell Thor and Loki that he has an vicious girl they did n’t know about . He ’s been keeping Hela lag for years , but after he dies , she ’ll be complimentary . Lo and behold , second after Odin dies , Hela point up and crushes Mjolnir with her bare hand .
Naturally , Hela holds some bitterness toward Thor and Loki for being the Kid that Odin resolve to raise instead of her .
Justin Hammer
Killian was far from the first Iron Man scoundrel in the MCU to hold a personal grudge against Tony Stark . The scoundrel inIron world 2 , Whiplash , resents Tony for how Stark Industries deal his father , and the villain bankroll that villain , Justin Hammer , just wants to be Tony .
Like Stark , Hammer is a billionaire weapons manufacturer . But unlike Stark , he has no stylus . That can be seen when he tries to dance onto the stage at his own exposition .
Killmonger
In the early scenes ofBlack Panther , it was unclear why Erik Killmonger held a personal vendetta against Wakanda . But when he got there , he give away that he was T’Challa ’s cousin , whose forefather was killed by his in the movie ’s cold open .
The Apocalypse that Killmonger is T’Challa ’s cousin-german is comparable to the iconic disclosure that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker ’s founding father inThe Empire Strikes Back .
Baron Zemo
After the Avengers had defeated an foreign army and an omnipotent android , the enemy that finish up tearing the squad apart inCaptain America : Civil Warwas just a regular bozo . Helmut Zemo wanted to bring down Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes in retaliation for the confirmative death of his category in the Battle of Sokovia .
Zemo explain to T’Challa , “ I knew I could n’t vote out them . More powerful valet than me have judge . But if I could get them to obliterate each other … ”
Gorr The God Butcher
In the surprisingly obscure opening night scene of Taika Waititi’sThor : Love and Thunder , Gorr ’s girl die in his arms , he stumbles upon a witching garden , and finds that the deity he ’s worshipped his whole life does n’t care about him . After his god laughs in his face , Gorr seizes the Necrosword , kills him , and pledges to slaughter all gods .
Not only does Gorr have a grievance against the God of Thunder ; he has a grievance against every individual idol in existence , blaming them for all the tragedy that have befallen regular people .
Obadiah Stane
Before Justin Hammer and Aldrich Killian go in into feud with Tony Stark , he was betrayed by his own father number in the originalIron Manmovie . Obadiah Stane took Tony under his wing after his real father died , apparently as a mentor , but he just call on out to want to usurp him as CEO of Stark Industries .
Tony thought he could trust Obadiah , but he could n’t have been more incorrect ; Obadiah hired terrorist to kidnap and down Tony in Afghanistan . And if he did n’t have a box seat of scraps and a will to survive , they would ’ve succeeded .
Wenwu
Nearly a decennary afterthe let down fake - out inIron Man 3 , Marvel Studios finally introduced the real Mandarin , Wenwu , inShang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings . Wenwu renounced his life of evil after falling in love life with Shang - Chi ’s female parent , then resumed it right on after she died .
In the second act of the moving picture , Wenwu lure Shang - Chi into a trap . He resent his son for running away from home as a teenager .
Ego
InGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 , Peter Quill in the end meet his biological father , Ego the Living Planet , and is ab initio enamored with him . When Ego feel the time is right , he explain his howling plan to Quill – to reshape the world in his own image – and await Quill to be onboard with it .
When Quill turn down to get onboard , Ego quickly turns against him : “ Who the hell do you guess you are ? You really need to acquire up ! ”
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