13 Great Actors Completely Wasted In MCU Movies

The Role: Skurge

Karl Urban is by no means a bad actor: he is capable of both simmering intensity (see Dredd), likeable gruffness (see Lord of The Rings) and comedic excellence (see Star Trek), so it's utterly baffling that a character who required a marriage of all three turned out to be such a let-down.

Skurge was always going to be an interesting character in Ragnarok as his arc had some moral depth to it (and would mirror Loki's flipping allegiances nicely), but it wasn't entirely necessary and it definitely wasn't necessary to make him flat-out comic relief right up until his moment of redemption.

Worst of all, Urban was saddled with the requirement to put on a silly accent that made absolutely no sense. Everyone else in Asgard - including the supposedly "lesser" community members (a slight misnomer given Asgard's progressive nature) - spoke with perfect diction, but for some reason he was introduced as a Cockney wide-boy. And he simply couldn't do the accent.

The only time he's any good comes when he decides to make a stand and sacrifices himself at the end, as it means we get to see some actual acting and not just mugging. It comes too late, though.