The difference here is that death may soon come for more central and integral Marvel heroes during Infinity War’s story.
We’re not necessarily saying that no one has died in a Marvel film before.
It may not just be side characters who bite the dust this time around, and we’re in for an “emotional” story arc in which the stakes are unprecedently high.
In fact, before Joe Russo made his comments to MTV, Kevin Feige opened up to point out that characters like Frigga (Rene Russo), Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), and Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) have all died in the line of duty.