Avengers makers reveal Captain America almost became the Soul Stone, end Mjolnir mystery

Just over a year since release of Avengers: Endgame, which went on to become highest-grossing movie of all time and has come to be considered a worthy ending to perhaps most extravagant film franchise in history, film's makers, Vince and Anthony Russo - collectively kwn as Russo brors, have held a watch party, and answered a lot of fantastic trivia for first time. 

Some of biggest ories from Marvel Cinematic Universe and twin films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame find ir place here, and biggest of m all revolve around Captain America - specifically, his link or lack-reof to two of most powerful objects in series and its mythology - Thor's hammer Mjolnir and Soul stone.

Captain America - strongest Avenger

Captain America went through a very significant character arc over course of two last Avengers films, with conception in 2016's Captain America: Civil War, which h n also introduced Black Panr and his kingdom of Wakanda. Steve Rodgers alliance with T'Challa saw Winter Soldier get a hideout, and Cap', a place from where to monitor things as Avengers lay split apart. It was from re that he appeared in Scotland to rescue Wanda Maximoff and an overwhelmed Vision from Thas' elite minions as y came for Mind stone.

However, for almost entirety of series up to that point, whereas or characters developed various different superpowers, or ded tech upgres, Captain America h remained rar old-fashioned. By comparison, Bruce Banner donned a Hulkbuster, Iron Man's suit was embued of essentially all-purpose naparticles, and Thor became 'God Of Thunder' and me his axe Stormbreaker. neless, Captain America ended series as perhaps most powerful character we've seen in its entirety, including near deities like Odin and Thas, as he came into possession of a complete Infinity Gauntlet as well as Mjolnir at end. Here's his relation to both, as per Russos.

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Captain America picking up Mjolnir

link to Thor's hammer, which only worthy could use, h been hinted at in Avengers: of Ultron, as Cap' was only one to be able to move it, though barely, even surprising Thor. It's a different matter that just-born Vision mand to use it effectively later in film. However, moment that Captain America picks up Mjolnir and hurls it at Thas when M Titan is about to kill Thor in Endgame with his own axe is one of film's most whoop-worthy, and so clearly, of Ultron's hint wasn't unintended.

In watch party, Russos were asked when y told Chris Evans he would be using Mjolnir. Here's ir answer.

So Chris Evans was psyched just like everyone else in crew, and so came to be his fans. He went on to use hammer to almost defeat Thas, but was unsuccessful, his shield shattered, until help arrived.

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Captain America, Soul Stone?

second question regarding Captain America actually goes even deeper into mythos. Perhaps most mysterious object in entire series till end was Soul Stone. All or Infinity Stones were kwn of as of end of Thor: Ragnarok. Only Soul Stone, which even among six holds a special place hn't yet been spoken of. As it turned out, Gamora was only one who h an inkling as to its whereabouts, protected by Red Skull on Vormir, and sacrifice of a loved one required to possess it.

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Before Vormir though, numerous spots h been proposed for being its possible location. One of ories, written about on this website itself, was that it was embedded in Vibranium comet that forms foundation of Wakanda. And ar was that it lay inside Thor's hammer, aforementioned Mjolnir. However, Hela showed that latter was untrue as she destroyed Mjolnir in Ragnarok, before Thor snuck it back from past. Russos were asked about Soul Stone, and revealing a play reminiscent of Harry Potter, where boy wizard turned out to be a Horcrux himself, y said that y h thought Captain America himself could be Soul Stone, but idea was discarded.

What do you think of twin revelations? re's this and a lot more on Russos' Twitter feed.

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