The production on Thor: The Dark World continues to add new actors and new characters, though they’ll be of varying degrees of involvement. The feature has just landed a new actor to its roster in the form of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. He’ll be taking on a role of a villain, technically a dual role as there’s a bit of a split personality there, with Algrim the Strong and Kurse. Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s name isn’t well known but he’s been in several features such as G.I. Joe, The Bourne Identity and TV shows such as Lost and Oz.
In the comics, Algrim the Strong was the most powerful of a race of Dark Elves, who is coerced by Malekith to fight Thor. After he’s betrayed by Malekith and injured during a battle, Algrim is healed and transformed into a much more powerful being called Kurse, who is twice as a strong as Thor.
Plot Concept: Chris Hemsworth will again don the armor as the Norse god, with Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Jaimie Alexander, Stellan Skarsgard, Rene Russo and Kat Dennings reprising their roles. Christopher Eccleston will play primary villain Malekith the Accursed, the ruler of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim.
[Source: Variety]
