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**WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BLACK PANTHER**

It’s hard to have regrets when you’re the filmmaker behind Black Panther— the year’s second highest-grossing movie. But director Ryan Coogler did have a small tinge of sadness as he was getting ready to release the superhero epic earlier this year.

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He was upset by his decision to kill off Ulysses Klaw, a Marvel supervillain that dates back to the 1960s.

In the film, which is available now on Blu-ray and digital, Klaw (played by Andy Serkis) is shockingly killed by Michael B. Jordan’s Erik Killmonger.

“I like Klaw,” Coogler said during an interview for Black Panther. “I was bugged by having to do that. It’s tough when you have to kill characters off and I really did love that character.”

Klaw played a small, but pivotal role in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, when he sold vibranium to the villainous Ultron. The character returned in Black Panther in another crucial role.