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Loki Wasn’t Always The Avengers’ Only Major Villain
By DEVIN MEENAN
"Avengers" writer and director Joss Whedon overhauled Loki, turning the meek sad boy from 2011's "Thor" into a wickedly charismatic megalomaniac, but he almost had an accomplice.
Original "Avengers" scribe Zak Penn told CBR in 2012 that he considered bringing back the Red Skull, the villain of "Captain America: The First Avenger," as Loki's sidekick.
Whedon's pick for a second villain was different, though: He thought Ezekiel Stane, son of Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, the villain of 2008's "Iron Man," would team up better.