Hela Almost Ended Up Being The Villain in THOR: THE DARK WORLD

Cate Blanchette is absolutely amazing in the role of Hela in Thor: Ragnarok! That was inspired casting and the villain works perfectly for the story that director Taika Waititi tells in the film, but the villain almost showed up in Thor: The Dark World.

While talking to /Film, Kevin Feige explained: 

"Blue sky ideas always started on this film with Hela. We wanted to make Hela the villain. Hela was almost the villain in Thor 2. It didn’t happen for various reasons. And thank God it didn’t because now we have Cate Blanchett and Taika doing it."

As you know, The Dark World ended up casting Christopher Eccleston in the role of the sinister villain Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves. It's hard to imagine what the story would have been like with Hela involved. It would have been a completely different movie. 

Everything worked out in the end, though for the films! I thought Eccleston was great as Malekith in The Dark World and Blanchette is going to blow the socks off fans in Ragnarok as The goddess of death! Just wait and see!