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Summary

• The Loki team considered making He Who Remains a variant of Loki, but ultimately chose Kang to avoid making the universe feel small.
• Jonathan Majors first appeared as He Who Remains in Loki and then played Kang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
• The decision to have He Who Remains as a version of Kang was made to maintain the grand scale of the multiverse.

Loki season 1 could have had He Who Remains as the variant of another major Marvel Cinematic Universe character, not Kang the Conqueror, making Loki's wildest Kang theory true. Jonathan Majors first debuted as He Who Remains in Loki, then played Kang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, with the actor now returning as a new Kang variant — Victor Timely — as part of Loki season 2's cast. However, things could have been very different.
Speaking with Den of Geek, Loki producer Kevin Wright revealed that the team behind the series considered making He Who Remains a Loki variant. According to Wright, "there were conversations about what if Loki was He Who Remains," which would have matched a past theory that Kang was a Loki variant in the MCU. However, the producer states that "Those conversations didn’t get very far" as the choice would have made "the universe feel small." Check out the full quote below:

“We just thought [He Who Remains] would be a great title for the last man standing in the multiversal war. In the writers’ room, all ideas are on the table, and there were conversations about what if Loki was He Who Remains. Those conversations didn’t get very far; I don’t think it even got to Tom [Hiddleston] because while there is something fun about that, and there are compelling aspects to it, it makes the universe feel small. So, it was always going to be He Who Remains, always a version of Kang.”

Your browser does not support the video tag. Why He Who Remains Not Being A Loki Variant Is Better Like Wright said, making He Who Remains a Loki variant would have resulted in the universe feeling too small, especially since the MCU TV show included several Loki variants in its first season. Having He Who Remains be revealed as a Loki variant would have been somewhat underwhelming, as President Loki already served the role of a fun villain Loki for the series. That is why that idea being dropped was good.