Odin

Anthony Hopkins has played a great Odin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date. He has appeared as the All-Father in two movies – Thor and Thor: The Dark World – and has conveyed a wise, experienced king to whom Thor looks up. He has, however, been criminally underutilised.

In the comic books, Odin is so powerful that galaxies have been destroyed as mere side effects of his one-on-one battles (versus Seth, for instance). He has beaten Thanos in combat and has even made Galactus work for a victory against him – and yet the movie version has barely got his hands dirty yet.

Granted, there has been talk of his past victories and he obviously must be powerful to be able to grant and strip Thor of his powers at will, but he’s also been usurped by his adoptive son Loki (who is considerably weaker than him in the comic books) and audiences would really like to see him unleash his true wrath on a hapless opponent.

Perhaps he will finally show exactly what he’s capable of in Thor: Ragnarok or even in the Infinity War movies - maybe even sacrificing his own life in the process. Either way, Odin’s true power has got to be conveyed in the MCU at some point.

What do you think? Should these characters have bigger parts to play? Which other MCU characters deserve to be utilised more? Have your say below.