With the advent of Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in 2011’s “Thor,” lovers met one of the vital MCU’s biggest villains, and one of the crucial enduringly fashionable characters in all of the narrative. In sharp distinction, with 2013’s “Thor: The Darkish International,” audiences meet Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), one of the crucial disappointing antagonists within the MCU.
Fans and critics alike complained that the Darkish Elf villain used to be underdeveloped, unremarkable, and that the performances of 2 in a different way very good actors — Eccleston and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje who performs the powerhouse Kurse — have been buried underneath layers of CGI and make-up. For those causes and others, “The Darkish International” is typically ranked some of the worst MCU entries.
For his phase, Eccleston does not appear to disagree very strongly with lovers and, in accordance to him, has much more causes to be indignant in regards to the movie than maximum. On a 2017 episode of “The Graham Norton Display” (by way of Virtual Secret agent), Eccleston claimed Surprise used to be cheating with him in regards to the many hours it could take for him to get into make-up each day. The next 12 months, talking to the Dad or mum, the actor when compared running on “The Darkish International” to having “a gun on your mouth.”