Kevin Feige Talks Debuting The Real Mandarin & The Return Of The Red Skull

In a recent interview to IGN, Kevin Feige was asked about the possible return of Red Skull, who actually didn't died in Captain America: The First Avenger, and the Mandarin, who never actually appeared in Iron Man 3.

In regards to Mandarin, Feige revealed that:

"There have been [talks]. That's one of the reasons we wanted to do the fun short that Drew Pearce wrote and directed. That was to clarify, 'Hey, just because we did this thing doesn't mean this other thing doesn't exist.' And as we were making Iron Man 3 -- and I think Drew's spoken about this -- that was always our intention, was that Aldrich Killian was perverting the notion of these things he's heard."

As for how could they introduce the character, Feige pointed out that they did drop a few hints here and there in both the One-Shot All Hail The King, and Iron Man 3. 

"There's a little bit of that when he's doing his detective work in his lab after Happy's been injured outside the Chinese Theater. He's talking about, 'Okay, the Mandarin is taken from various iconographies and mythologies from across the world.' The idea was always there was somebody like this. There had been rumors of somebody like this, and Aldrich Killian just built on that, to make his version." 

As for Red Skull returning from whatever dimension he was thrown in, Feige says:

"Well, the way we showed his 'demise' in The First Avenger was to showcase to people that he could perhaps pop up again sometime," he said. "I honestly don't know when or where that would be."

Source - IGN

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