Tom Hiddleston Says He’s a ‘Temporary Torchbearer’ Playing Loki
03.03.2022 - 02:17
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K.J. Yossman Tom Hiddleston has said he sees himself as a “temporary torchbearer” when it comes to playing Marvel’s god of chaos.Hiddleston made the comments in a panel discussion about Disney Plus’ original series “Loki” on Wednesday evening hosted by the Royal Television Society. Hiddleston was joined on stage in London, U.K.
by his co-star Sophia Di Martino, who plays Sylvie, series writer Michael Waldron and director Kate Herron [who appeared via Zoom.]“I’m a temporary torchbearer,” Hiddleston said of sharing the character with Di Martino as well as Richard E. Grant and an alligator — all of whom play Loki variants — in the series. “I’ve always thought that.
It’s a great role. It’s an archetype, the trickster god, the agent of chaos. I’m just here interpreting that for the time being.
Loki has been here for centuries and will be here for centuries more and I’m just stepping into that silhouette for now.” His comments come as the first tranche of Marvel Cinematic Universe faces — including Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans — hang up their superhero suits following the release of “Avengers: Endgame” in 2019.Hiddleston, who has now been playing Loki for over a decade, explained that he was drawn to making the eponymous limited series due to the show’s themes of identity and acceptance. “This idea of somehow the [Time Variance Authority] confronting Loki with the shape-shifting nature of his identity and asking him ‘Who are you?’ I found it a new avenue to explore with this character I’ve been playing for a while,” Hiddleston said.
“It felt original. It didn’t feel like we were repeating.”“Loki,” which centers around time travel, even touches on more erudite topics such as philosophy and psychology. “Michael [Waldron]
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