This shocker, however, was supposed to be anything but, as the original plan involved a different member of the team who didn’t make the final cut. Black Widow’s power-mimicking villain was poised to be a full member of the anti-hero team, but is shot dead by Ava Starr early on. “When I sat down to watch the first cut, one thing was totally different and shocked the hell out of me, and it was that. Originally, Taskmaster was supposed to have a running joke where Antonia, struggling with memory loss, kept attacking John Walker. Taskmaster originally had a bigger role — and a running gag — in Thunderbolts.