Avengers: Age of Ultron may be stuffed with beloved comic book characters, but at least well-known villain was left on the cutting-room floor: Loki, the bad-ass Asgardian who was played by Tom Hiddleston in 2012′s The Avengers, as well as the two Thor films.

According to MTV News, Age of Ultron writer-director Joss Whedon did shoot a scene with Hiddleston, only to leave it out of the finished film: “We did shoot something, but it didn’t play,” he said. “The movie has so much. It’s so filled. We didn’t want it to feel overstuffed. I really wanted to have Loki in it, but I understood the decision … at some point the embarrassment of riches is actually embarrassing.”

But don’t fret, Norse-lovers: Hiddleston is slated to play Loki once again, in the forthcoming Thor: Ragnarok. Alas, you’ll have to wait for 2017 to see him swing his wicked scepter — a wait that, for Marvel fans, must surely feel like an infinity.