<Li> Christopher Eccleston as Malekith : The ruler of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim . About Malekith 's motivation , Eccleston said , `` 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 . '' Eccleston continued , `` What I thought about a great deal was revenge -- there 's huge amounts of revenge . One quote is : ' When you seek revenge , be sure to dig two graves . ' I did a film called Revengers Tragedy where I played a guy called Vindici -- from the word ' vindictive ' -- and he is the distillation of revenge . So , in a way , that was what I had to think of : how revenge can make you absolutely monomaniacal -- though you 're still trying to make it recognizably motive - led . It 's just the personification of movie evil . '' However Taylor stated that a lot of scenes involving Malekith 's backstory had to be cut from the film to make it more efficient . Eccleston revealed that he speaks an invented language for the film explaining , `` The Elvish language is definitely based on European languages . I think there 's probably some Finnish in there . It does have its logic and its rhythms . It also has many syllables and it 's very difficult to do while remaining naturalistic . It 's been a particular challenge for us but hopefully it gives the film some complexity and variety . '' Eccleston also said the role required six hours of make - up and 45 minutes in wardrobe . </Li>
<Li> Christopher Eccleston as Malekith : The ruler of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim . About Malekith 's motivation , Eccleston said , `` 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 . '' Eccleston continued , `` What I thought about a great deal was revenge -- there 's huge amounts of revenge . One quote is : ' When you seek revenge , be sure to dig two graves . ' I did a film called Revengers Tragedy where I played a guy called Vindici -- from the word ' vindictive ' -- and he is the distillation of revenge . So , in a way , that was what I had to think of : how revenge can make you absolutely monomaniacal -- though you 're still trying to make it recognizably motive - led . It 's just the personification of movie evil . '' However Taylor stated that a lot of scenes involving Malekith 's backstory had to be cut from the film to make it more efficient . Eccleston revealed that he speaks an invented language for the film explaining , `` The Elvish language is definitely based on European languages . I think there 's probably some Finnish in there . It does have its logic and its rhythms . It also has many syllables and it 's very difficult to do while remaining naturalistic . It 's been a particular challenge for us but hopefully it gives the film some complexity and variety . '' Eccleston also said the role required six hours of make - up and 45 minutes in wardrobe . </Li>
who plays malekith in thor the dark world
who plays malekith in thor the dark world
Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston