I’ve been thinking about this, and I’m curious as to what everyone else thinks: is there a chance that it’s not Cap who dies, but Tony? Because I think we’re all pretty set in the belief that Cap will have a heroic sacrifice, but what if it’s Tony instead? We’ve spent nearly 10 years with him, and I think it would be more of a shock to the audience if he died.
This is my tally of characters who had death fakeouts in the other movies:
- Happy
- Rhodey
- Pepper
- Loki (several times)
- Bucky
- Thor (though only for like 2 seconds in his first movie)
- Nick Fury
- T’Challa
Am I missing anyone else?
Also, it seems like it's only in the Phase 3 films that Marvel has committed to actually killing characters who aren’t villains or parents:
- Warriors 3
- Ancient One
- Peggy (though to be fair, she was incredibly elderly when she died)
- Yondu
- Zuri
So who might die for real this time (in this or Avengers 4)?
- Loki
- Heimdall
- Wong
- Vision
- Hawkeye (though he could also just retire to his family and farm)
- Pepper
- Tony and/or Cap
- Maria
- Rhodey (though he could probably come back as a cameo/smaller role for Captain Marvel since that's set in the 90s)
As for who will definitely not die, I think some characters are more likely than others to make it (due to future movies):
- Doctor Strange (though I'm not sure about Wong's survival odds)
- All of the Guardians
- T'Challa & Friends
- Black Widow
- Bucky
- Scarlet Witch
- Spider-Man
- Scott Lang
- Hank Pym
- Hope Pym
- Janet Van Dyne (if they're bringing her back for Ant-Man and the Wasp, they can't just make her disappear again)
- Captain Marvel