Although early rumours had suggested that Karl Urban’s Skurge the Executioner would be a henchman of Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster, as we saw in the Comic-Con trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, the classic Thor villain appears to be aligned with Cate Blanchett’s Hela, the Goddess of Death.
Speaking to IGN at Comic-Con, Urban revealed some details about his character and his role in the film, stating that: “When we find Skurge, he’s operating the Bifrost because Heimdall is missing in action, and then pretty soon after that Hela shows up. Skurge sees the writing on the wall and has to make a decision whether to die or join her, so his instincts of self-preservation take over.”
Urban went on to reveal that his signature battle axe is present in the movie, which he described as “quite zany and eclectic and fun, and I think it’s going to come out of left field in a lot of different ways.”
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In Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Ragnarok,” Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok—the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization—at the hands of an all-powerful threat, the ruthless Hela. But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avenger—the Incredible Hulk.
Thor: Ragnarok is being directed by Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows) and features Marvel veterans Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Idris Elba as Heimdall and Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk alongside Cate Blanchett as Hela, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster, Karl Urban as Skurge, Taika Waititi as Korg, Clancy Brown as Surtur and Sam Neill and Rachel House in as-yet-unrevealed roles. It is set for release on October 27th in the UK and November 3rd in the States.
Originally published July 27, 2017. Updated November 30, 2022.
