Listen Tom. There is literally NOTHING ordinary about you!
I actually do appreciate his point (though he’s intending to be humble, whereas I’m here to sing his praises.)
Tom truly disappears into Loki— which is interesting to me particularly because he’s such a notable actor at this point (which for me can make it more difficult to see the character first.) Yes, he has different hair and a distinctive costume which adjusts his appearance quite a bit, but what I find most interesting is that Loki’s face is incredibly exposed and open.
There’s no hair or beard or even much makeup to hide behind— and yet, to me, Loki’s face appears so incredibly different from Tom’s, even when Tom is clean shaven.
It’s Loki’s bearing, his mannerisms and expressions that do the bulk of the lifting. Seeing Tom in Loki’s wig and costume when he’s out of character straight up looks like cosplay to me.
I think that’s why when I picture Loki as I’m reading fanfiction, or when I attempt to draw him, I don’t necessarily envision him as looking exactly like Hiddleston— Tom has made Loki into such a distinct entity of his own that, ironically, I think of Tom more as inspiration for the idea of Loki rather than the literal embodiment.
So, good job Tom. You’re too good at acting and now you’ve made yourself redundant. You shatteringly ordinary fellow.
Damn straight Tom Hiddleston would win on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” He can sing, dance, act, do comedy, and make any item of clothing look good.
Thank you, Tom, for reminding us of Loki’s emotional complexity. And pointing out that the fact that he was lied to all his life and found out a world-shattering truth in an abrupt, traumatic fashion does still make a difference in the way he behaves.
so……he might not die? that’s all i care about
Not in the first 5 minutes – that seems assured, given how much press Tom has been doing. In the film? Everyone is being extremely uninformative, and I think I favor the theory that just about everyone is going to die in IW and Doctor Strange is going to have to pull some shit with the Time Stone to save the world (and the Avengers). So even if Loki dies in IW, he might still show up in Avengers 4. I kind of suspect that, unlike many of our heroes, he will not survive Avengers 4. But who knows?
Thank you, Tom, for reminding us of Loki’s emotional complexity. And pointing out that the fact that he was lied to all his life and found out a world-shattering truth in an abrupt, traumatic fashion does still make a difference in the way he behaves.
That’s a nice change from CH and TW going “pfffft Shakespeare’s stoopid, why you take this so serious Tom, what we need is more anus jokes”. I love that RDJ specifically told Tom what a great job he did in the more Shakespearean version of MCU.
I do too! They were apologizing on RDJ’s IG post because of the mess with performers. And Marvel certainly seemed to try to work around this – I understand not just our Tom, but also RDJ went out for a walk yesterday? A way to meet with fans in some way.
Also, this Twitter post is pure. This image needs to become a meme stat.
It reminds me of that Benedict Cumberbatch photoshoot…
Tom Hiddleston, Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Russo Brothers backstage of Infinity War press conference. From RDJ’s Facebook live.
Anthony Russo: “I saw Tom in the hotel gym this morning, working out. You can see the marvelous effects of it here.” I.e., his ass, apparently.
I love how Hiddleston is dressed to the nines in a well-pressed suit with a tie and sharp dress shoes while everyone else looks like they just rolled in off the street. Anthony Russo and RDJ are wearing track jackets, Mark Ruffalo says his dresser forgot to set aside an outfit, Tom Holland admits he’s wearing his only clean clothes…
I’m amused that RDJ commented on how high the chairs are for all those short people, except Hiddleston. TH1 is the only one whose feet touch the ground, and he looks weirdly cramped when he puts his feet on the bar across the chair legs.
Not exactly video-related, but: the fact that Hiddleston is doing all this press for Infinity War strongly suggests that Loki will not die in the first 5 minutes. I find this immensely comforting.
Loki is the Philosopher King 