A Cult Favorite MCU Character Will Reportedly Cameo In Shang-Chi

The Mandarin has been lurking within the background of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since Iron Man launched the franchise again in the summertime of 2008, with Tony Stark’s arch-nemesis originally planned to be the movie’s big bad earlier than the main focus was shifted in the direction of Obadiah Stane as a substitute.

The villainous Ten Rings group had been chargeable for Tony’s seize and deliberate ransom, however then the MCU moved on and appeared to depart them within the mud for the subsequent half a decade. In the course of the buildup in the direction of Iron Man 3, although, the entire promotional and advertising supplies made it look as if the true Mandarin was on his method in the end, just for the movie to deliver one of the most divisive moments in the entire shared superhero saga.

The Trevor Slattery twist nonetheless generates debate to today, and there’s no center floor: you both find it irresistible, otherwise you hate it. It was finally retconned in One-Shot All of the Hail the King the next 12 months, the place it was revealed the true Mandarin was on the market all alongside, and never greatest happy a couple of washed up actor utilizing his title for publicity.

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We’re now listening to from our sources – the same ones who told us the Mandarin would be revealed as the title hero’s father long before it was confirmed – that Ben Kingsley reportedly has a small cameo in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which might be completely in step with the MCU’s love of enjoying the lengthy sport.

It’s been 13 years since we had been first launched to the Ten Rings, eight since we met Trevor and 7 since we found the Mandarin actually existed, so paying that each one off with a face-to-face between Kingsley and Tony Leung in Shang-Chi can be fan service at its most interesting.