We hate to make you relive this. But it's for the greater good. Remember the brutal, bloody opening of 2018's Avengers: Infinity War? It's when we lost our beloved Heimdall, Idris Elba's sturdy gatekeeper of Asgard, at the big purple hands of Thanos.
We're still mourning the loss of Heimdall. So, naturally, when we interviewed Elba for our newest edition of "Explain This"—on the occasion of his cover story with Esquire—we asked him if there's the slightest chance that the Norse hero could return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Thankfully, it seems like Elba is well aware of the new rules of the superhero game, where anything and everything can happen.
"Well, here's the thing," Elba says. "Again, anything can happen in the Marvel universe. Heimdall is a god, and hey, I would always love to bring that character back. He's one of my favorites."
There's your bit of good news for the day. Make sure you stick around for the rest of the video, where Elba talks about his brief stint on The Office, briefly addresses voicing Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and his ever-evolving music career. Not to mention, Elba discusses the Marvel vs. DC rivalry, as well as the possibility that he might play Superman one day—which we can all agree is something we'd like to be greenlit, stat.
"Listen, at this junction, I've sort of passed that moment," he says. "But that said, anything is possible in the world, that's my belief. So I'd definitely entertain the idea of playing Superman, of course."
