Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-8960031-20130430174429/@comment-2054358-20140116024152

By the person who played Odin and is tired of the job and not in charge of the films. And Peter's return is also confirmed in interviews, so this is similar. The return of Peter Parker was confirmed by the same guy writing Superior Spider-Man, while Odin's death was "confirmed" by a guy hired to play Odin in the Thor films who was tired of playing the part and said it with uncertainty with the words "maybe" and "dunno". Riddle me this, who would you ask about Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe or J.K. Rowling? I'd ask Rowling because she wrote out the Harry Potter universe while Radcliffe just portrayed a character Rowling created. The writers are more credible about the story than the actors. The writers and directors have all the ideas while the actor does what the director tells him to do. They can improvise a little as long as the director agrees to it, like when Harrison Ford in Empire Strikes Back said "I know" instead of "I love you too" in response to Carrie Fisher's "I love you." But if Anthony Hopkins just dropped dead on the set when that wasn't supposed to happen, the director would force everyone to redp the scene and Anthony could get in trouble. Anthony could request a death scene but the director and producers have to agree to it. So Odin's death is in no way confirmed. Even if you think it might be likely the producers would fulfill Anthony's wishes, it's less confirmed than Parker's return.