Released in UK cinemas on Wednesday 30 October, Thor: The Dark World stars Eccleston as villain Malekith, alongside returning cast members Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård and Luther‘s Idris Elba.
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Eccleston described Malekith to Empire recently: “There is a kind of tragic quality to his quest, because he’s lost his wife, he’s lost his children. He’s lost everything. And he returns for revenge. And the agent for his revenge is the Aether. If he gets hold of that, he is omnipotent.”
He also hinted at the action sequences he’s involved in with Thor: “…you know, sliding up and down The Gherkin, being flown here and there, scrabbling in mid-air, trying to get to each other’s throats…”
Recalling his first day shooting, the actor joked: “It was when the Ark crashes into Asgard. Pretty good first day, destroying Asgard. That’s what it says in Malekith The Accursed’s diary: ‘Tuesday. Destroyed Asgard.'”
He also described acting his character’s costume and prosthetics as “like washing your feet with your socks on”.
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The official synopsis reads: “Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s Thor and Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.”
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