Earlier this month, I got the chance
to meet up with rising star Tom Hiddleston, to talk about his new movie
Thor: The Dark World as well as
future projects. I arrived at The Savoy Hotel in London and was quickly escorted to a windowless conference room. Hiddleston, already
there, was quick to greet me with a
handshake and a kiss on either
cheek. After a quick discussion and
mutual hunger, we decided to move
to the hotel’s restaurant, a more
social setting. I’m pretty sure I saw
our waitress swoon.
Throughout out interview Tom was
well spoken and polite, only refusing to answer questions he’d been
told he couldn’t. Dressed in a dark
blue shirt, shiny black shoes and
suit trousers, drinking tea, he was
the was the very image of a stereotypical British gentleman.
Favourite scene in Thor: The
Dark World?
For Thor, probably when they’re in
the middle of this epic battle and
Thor gets sucked into a portal and
ends up in a train station in Greenwich or something. That or Loki’s
backseat driving... that was a great
scene too.
“They’re an amazing
bunch of people”
when he was talking with Thor.
you think Loki is going to do
Which was your favourite scene next?
I honestly have no idea what's
of Loki’s?
My favourite scene for Loki... Prob- planned. I’ve always said that there
is no Thor without Loki and there is
ably the very beginning scene
where Loki and Odin are talking be- no Loki without Thor, and I think
fore I - sorry, Loki – was put in jail. that is especially true here. There’s
actually a whole comic devoted
We added that bit in after Comic
Con, and I think it adds to showing specifically to what would happen if
Loki got the throne. He essentially
the relationship with his parents
and how that has developed since gets everything he wants and defeats Thor but he isn’t happy bethe first film.
cause he needs competition.
What was it like filming the sceThere was an online petition held
ne with Chris Evans?
It was hilarious to set up. Chris was to make a Loki Solo film. What
are your thoughts on that?
on set anyway because he was
filming Captain America: The Win- I am flattered and amazed, really
ter Soldier so we grabbed him from and truly. It means the world that
there to do this scene. The clothes people are so heavily interested in
the character. From what I’ve been
department got me dressed up in
told there are no plans for one just
Captain America’s costume and I
yet, b ut never say never.
acted the scene the way Loki
would, then Chris got back in cos- Are you coming back to play Lotume and copied me copying him. It ki if and when Marvel decide on
was a lot of fun to do and I’m work- Thor 3?
ing my hardest to get my take on
If they want me back then I will defithe DVD Extras.
nitely be there but it all depends on
what the plot for the next film(s)
Are there any scenes that didn’t
are. I have played him 3 times now
make the final cut you wish did?
and I love re-visiting him and mix“If they want me back then ing things up a bit more. When I
first got cast as Loki I signed a conI’ll definitely be there”
Yeah. The scene where Thor is en- tract that said 6 movies – those so
far have been Thor 1, Avengers
listing Loki’s help was originally
and Thor 2 – so technically I have
longer, and it included this really
at least 3 Marvel movies left.
big emotional scream that Loki had
to do which got cut out of the final So slightly drifting away from
edit. I understand why – and as
a director I’m sure you have to
make some tough decisions
about what does and doesn’t
make it – but I think him
screaming in such a heartfelt
devastating way showed how
much he loved his mother and
made him a bit more vulnerable.
Some of the scenes were quite
emotional, were there any that
made you tear up?
Frigga’s funeral. I was already sad
when I read the script and found
out she was going to be killed but
the funeral scene was hard to
watch. Loki wasn’t in that scene so
I was allowed to watch it from behind the camera which was probably for the best because I started to
tear up at a few moments. I managed to draw on those emotions
So when we left Loki at the
when I was filming the scene where end of the film he had just
Loki found out about his mum, and seized the throne. What do