Marvel has brought the heroes and villains of its comics to the small screen as they released Wandavision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier and now, Loki in 2021. Tom Hiddleston’s Loki is perhaps the most mischievous of them all.
Tom says that landing the role in 2011 “changed his life”. “I feel a huge responsibility in honouring the affection in which Loki is held by the audience,” he said at the premiere of the show. “I absolutely love playing him. He is such a fun, complex character,” he added.
Tom says that the cast and crew had to keep their “mouths tightly closed” to avoid dropping any spoilers. He reveals that this is something he’s “terrified” of doing.
“It’s best just to swallow the news and the truth and never speak of it until it’s time. The Marvel movies mean so much to so many people and the characters mean so much to so many people. I think they enjoy being surprised,” he says.
Like many movies and TV series, filming for the Disney+ series was stopped for five months due to the pandemic.
“There were many people behind the scenes who spent a great part of those months trying to create an environment which was safe, in which we could all return to work and finish this thing we started,” Tom says, adding that it’s been an “enormously difficult year” for the industry.
Tom’s career started in the theatre and he says he wouldn’t have reached Hollywood without it.
“My heart goes out to everybody who works in the theatre and in the cinema,” he says. “My great hope is that it will be back – with even more celebration and positivity. I can’t wait.”
Source: bbc.com
