Thor: The Dark World casting news
http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captur...ut-two-villains-as-the-dark-world-gets-bigger
You had me at "
Kat Dennings."
The absurdly plush actress was one of the comic highlights of the first "
Thor," so it was great news to hear that she's coming back for the sequel. I know there were many people who thought for sure that the sequel would lose some of the key cast of the original just because they had trouble imagining
Natalie Portman doing a comic book movie sequel.
Sounds like everyone's onboard for "
Thor: The Dark World," a title I like a lot. In general, I love how the Marvel sequels seem to be using subtitles instead of numbers. It also sounds like they're taking existing storylines from the comics and tweaking or expanding them so they fit into the continuity established by the movies. Great idea. It gets fans excited because they know generally where things are headed, but there's enough invention going on that everyone's got surprises in store for them.
[info from comics, possible spoilers below]
Today, it appears they've added Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje to the cast, and he's playing not one but two roles. Sort of. It's interesting how the casting announcements start to really spell out what we can expect from the film. By announcing that Akinnuoye-Agbaje is playing
Algrim The Strong and
Kurse, it seems clear that they're sticking somewhat to the events from Walter Simonson's run on "The Mighty Thor." Algrim is part of the same race of Dark Elves as
Malekith the Accursed, set to be played by
Christopher Eccleston, and he was sent against Thor in battle. While they were fighting, Malekith betrayed Algrim, hoping to catch Thor off-guard and destroy him. Thor survived, but Algrim was almost destroyed by the lava he fell into, losing his memory completely. The Beyonder healed him and gave him additional power, turning him into Kurse, designed to finally kill Thor in hand-to-hand combat.