AVENGERS: ENDGAME - Kevin Feige Teases Concept Art Of The Cap's Severed Head Sequence

We know a scene with Thanos decapitating Steve Rogers almost made its way into the theatrical cut of Avengers: Endgame, & now Kevin Feige has revealed that it may have got as far as the concept art stage.

By MarkCassidy - Aug 08, 2019 03:08 PM EST

Filed Under: Avengers: Endgame

During their Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con a few weeks ago, Avengers: Endgame writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely discussed quite a few previously unrevealed details about their original plans for the film - one of which involved Thanos travelling back in time to wipe out Earth's Mightiest Heroes and collect a rather gruesome trophy!

The scene was never actually filmed, but it sounds like it did get closer to being included in the movie than we realized.

While chatting to Empire, Kevin Feige said he thinks there "might be a piece of concept art somewhere with it," before going into a lot more detail on how the sequence would have played out.

"One of the ideas was, when they finish the time heist, they returned to a world [in 2023] that Thanos had already conquered, that involved all of that, the throne made of bones and skulls and had him tossing, like a bowling ball, Captain America's severed skull head, still in the cowl, to Captain America. And it was pretty cool, but the logic to get there defeated us."

As cool as this sounds, it's hardly surprising that the scene was abandoned. Marvel has gone to some pretty dark places in the past, but the severed head of a superhero might have been pushing it a bit! Still, with any look that concept art will show up some day.

You'll find more details on the scene below along with some of the other ideas that never made the cut. Avengers: Endgame arrives on Blu-ray on August 13.

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Smart Hulk Almost Featured In Infinity War

We'll start with a couple of Infinity War tidbits.

As many suspected, The Hulk was set to return during the final battle, but it would have been the "Smart Hulk" we were first introduced to in Endgame.

Apparently, the original idea was to have the Green Goliath burst out of the Hulkbuster armor (that explains the toy) to do battle with Cull Obsidian. Markus reveals that the sequence was abandoned because it didn't gel with the rest of the third act.

The Midgard Serpent

In Infinity War, Thor calls on Eitri the Dwarf to help him create Stormbreaker, but the writers' original concept would have featured an appearance from the Midgard Serpent.

Admitting that the idea for the storyline "sucked," McFeely explains that The God of Thunder would have had to do battle with the giant creature in order to obtain the powerful axe.

Jane Foster

It sounds like Jane Foster almost had a much bigger role in Endgame, but plans may well have changed when they couldn't convince Natalie Portman to reprise the role.

The writers outlined what sounds like a very funny scene in which Rocket has to convince Jane to allow him to remove the Aether from her body.

The Living Tribunal

Yes, The Living Tribunal almost appeared in Avengers: Endgame.

Thanos and Doctor Strange were originally going to have a rematch during the final battle, and the Sorcerer Supreme would have zapped The Mad Titan's mind into the mindscape, presenting with all his various crimes before having him judged guilty by the Tribunal.

Markus reveals that the sequence never made the cut because they felt it might be too confusing for general audiences.

Stark's Final Words

Kevin Feige and The Russos touched on this before, but during the panel Markus and McFeely revealed that they wrote multiple final words for Iron Man to leave us with before succumbing to his injuries, but Robert Downy Jr. wasn't having any of it.

Apparently, the actor felt strongly that it would hit much harder emotionally if a character like Tony Stark was silent for once just before he died.

Gamora

Yes, Gamora is still alive.

Believed by some to have been "snapped away" at the end of the film when Stark vanquished Thanos' forces, the writers confirm that she survived and most likely went on the run.

There's a very good chance he story will be explored in GOTG Vol. 3.

Pizza Party

One "terrible idea" that was considered for the final act would have seen the dusted heroes from Infinity War "blip" back into existence in the Avengers: Compound.

Spider-Man would have been the first to return, and he'd have convinced the others to have a pizza party before the final battle kicked off.

Yeah... probably best this didn't make the cut!

America's Ass Head

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Finally, we have what would have been the darkest moment in The MCU by far.

According to Markus and McFeely, they toyed with the idea of having Thanos travel to Earth before going forward in time to attack The Avengers. The Mad Titan would have massacred every member of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and took Captain America's head into the future with him before throwing at the feet of Steve Rogers.

The sequence was abandoned because it was deemed too bleak and they didn't want to traumatize children.

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tmp3 - 8/8/2019, 3:26 PM

Outside of it being a visual parallel to Thanos getting his head chopped off (and I know the Russos films have a lot of visual parallels/callbacks), I don't know what the point of this would be? Was 2014 Thanos really that petty that he'd waste time to travel to Earth and chop Cap's head off as a [frick] you? idk. Sounds like the kind of edge-lord shit I'd expect from a Zack Snyder joint, not Endgame.

NinnesMBC - 8/8/2019, 3:36 PM

I am sure one day it will be disclosed to all of us.

Comicbookart - 8/8/2019, 3:47 PM

OT: Anyone watch "The Boys" series on Amazon?

It's wildly different from the source material, but it's still great.

johnnymarr - 8/8/2019, 3:58 PM

A scene featuring Captain America's severed head is the kind of thing I would expect if Zack Snyder directed a Marvel film. I'm glad it didn't happened.

MyCoolYoung - 8/8/2019, 4:12 PM

@johnnymarr - this assessment would be correct if it didn't have a reason. We didn't get Thanos beheading anyone but he told cap he was about to enjoy killing everyone on the planet. He definitely wouldn't of cared how he killed everyone

johnnymarr - 8/8/2019, 4:25 PM

@MyCoolYoung - I like the fact that they gave some thought to the logic and internal consistency of the severed head scene. It's basically the opposite of the way Snyder structured the stupid "nightmare scene" in BvS, when a time-traveling Flash appears in the Batcave.

MyCoolYoung - 8/8/2019, 4:36 PM

@johnnymarr - I think even Snyder's scene has some thought in his overarching narrative with it connecting to the justice league 1 and 2 but the execution was off or terrible.

Feralwookiee - 8/8/2019, 8:30 PM

@MyCoolYoung - Wait...there's gonna be a Justice League 2?

Feralwookiee - 8/8/2019, 8:34 PM

@johnnymarr - But chopping off the head of a character that is a symbol of hope is sooo edgy and kewl!
RELEASE THE RUSSO CUT! 🤣

MyCoolYoung - 8/8/2019, 11:36 PM

@Feralwookiee - lmao no sorry I worded that badly. It was supposed to connect to justice league 1 and 2 in his original vision

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AVENGERS: ENDGAME - Kevin Feige Teases Concept Art Of The Cap's Severed Head Sequence

We know a scene with Thanos decapitating Steve Rogers almost made its way into the theatrical cut of Avengers: Endgame, & now Kevin Feige has revealed that it may have got as far as the concept art stage.

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