<Li> Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje as Algrim / Kurse : A Dark Elf , and Malekith 's trusted and loyal lieutenant , who is transformed into a monstrous creature in order to destroy Thor . Akinnuoye - Agbaje described Kurse as `` an amalgamation of a bull and a lava - like creature . He has very animalistic tendencies but with this insatiable and unstoppable power . As an actor , that 's one of the hardest things to embody . You have to realize you are probably the most powerful thing you could imagine . And you have to be that . You ca n't pretend , so that when you face Thor , it 's real . '' Akinnuoye - Agbaje stated the role required three hours of make - up a day and had to put on heavy duty prosthetics explaining , `` The outfit weighed about 40 pounds . I 'm sure there will be a certain amount of CGI but a good 80 % was me in that suit . '' About the character Akinnuoye - Agbaje said , `` I suppose Algrim and Kurse would be the quintessential baddies , but in reality they are what I perceive as the scorn and the victims of the story . They are the elves who have basically lost their planet and their race to another race , the Asgardians . Here is a man / alien who places a noble objective beyond his own life and I think there is something extremely inspiring about that because he looks at the bigger picture and sees himself as a means to that end . '' Akinnuoye - Agbaje added , `` I worked with director Alan Taylor in trying to maintain Algrim 's humanity all the way throughout Kurse 's transformation , so that even when you see Kurse the beast , you can still relate to him as being Algrim inside . And symbolically we did that by keeping the same piercing blue eyes throughout . '' </Li>
<Li> Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje as Algrim / Kurse : A Dark Elf , and Malekith 's trusted and loyal lieutenant , who is transformed into a monstrous creature in order to destroy Thor . Akinnuoye - Agbaje described Kurse as `` an amalgamation of a bull and a lava - like creature . He has very animalistic tendencies but with this insatiable and unstoppable power . As an actor , that 's one of the hardest things to embody . You have to realize you are probably the most powerful thing you could imagine . And you have to be that . You ca n't pretend , so that when you face Thor , it 's real . '' Akinnuoye - Agbaje stated the role required three hours of make - up a day and had to put on heavy duty prosthetics explaining , `` The outfit weighed about 40 pounds . I 'm sure there will be a certain amount of CGI but a good 80 % was me in that suit . '' About the character Akinnuoye - Agbaje said , `` I suppose Algrim and Kurse would be the quintessential baddies , but in reality they are what I perceive as the scorn and the victims of the story . They are the elves who have basically lost their planet and their race to another race , the Asgardians . Here is a man / alien who places a noble objective beyond his own life and I think there is something extremely inspiring about that because he looks at the bigger picture and sees himself as a means to that end . '' Akinnuoye - Agbaje added , `` I worked with director Alan Taylor in trying to maintain Algrim 's humanity all the way throughout Kurse 's transformation , so that even when you see Kurse the beast , you can still relate to him as being Algrim inside . And symbolically we did that by keeping the same piercing blue eyes throughout . '' </Li>
who plays the dark elf in thor 2
who plays the dark elf in thor 2
Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje
Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje