The last we’d seen of Paul Bettany’s Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in Avengers: Infinity War when Thanos ripped the Mind Stone from his head and left him for dead.

In a recent interview with WandaVision costar Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany was questioned if he assumed he would return to the MCU after the death of his character Vision.

Turns out there had been plans throughout Endgame’s production for Vision’s corpse to be revealed, thus teasing the android’s eventual return. Initially, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige decided to scrap the personnel pouch scene, and Avengers: Endgame even broke MCU tradition by not including any quite mid/post-credits tag. Bettany was called into the Marvel Studios offices to speak about WandaVision, he initially thought he was being fired since his contract was up.

Not so, perhaps in another universe, Kevin Feige decided to keep the body bag scene in Avengers: Endgame, resulting in Vision being replaced on the MCU board differently.