Contracted to keep quiet ever since production wrapped on Marvel & Kenneth Branagh's
Thor film, 'Loki' actor Tom Hiddleston has been taking full advantage of sharing his passion for the God Of Mischief, and the direction & opportunity of expanding the role in Joss Whedon's
Marvel's The Avengers. Labeling 'Loki' as Marvel's response to the DC's praised-Joker in
The Dark Knight among other things, check out what Hiddleston had to say from one of yesterday's many interviews.
Foremost, on expanding the role, Hiddleston says. . .
"I start in about 10 days, in New Mexico. It's thrilling because I feel that I've already built the character, I know who he is, and it's almost like meeting an old friend. I have to change my hair color again before I start [laughs], but aside from that it's very familiar territory. It's mad! It's also a privilege to have the opportunity to play such a favorite villain once, but to come back again -- and this time against seven superheroes -- it's wild. It's like ticking a box on our childhood wish list, to play a character like this that's never been done on this scale."
And on his passion for Loki & direction in The Avengers, Hiddleston says. . .
"I love that Loki has hugely fascistic and autocratic plans for the Universe, but at the same time.. I love those issues of the comics where he would do something like turn a sky of clouds into dragons, just for kicks. Just to see how the puny Earthlings would respond. If the Joker is DC [Comics'] 'agent of chaos' then Loki is Marvel's response... he's such a juicy character and Joss Whedon has taken him in a really fascinating and interesting direction, even fitting in the continued development of his relationship with his brother Thor. I absolutely cannot wait to get started!
Finally, on the psychology of Loki, and his presence in The Avengers, Hiddleston says. . .
The thing to remember is that Loki is one of Marvel's most intelligent characters, he's this cosmic puppet master pulling the strings behind the curtain. He has ways and methods to his madness that are beyond the fathom-ability of the Avengers heroes. At the end of Thor [Thor Spoiler Alert]we find Loki -- in a sense -- letting go of Asgard and Odin, but he's never really 'lost.' When we finally encounter him in Avengers no one knows exactly where he's been -- and we'll see that over the course of the film -- or how much more powerful he may have become. He truly is a major threat on a cosmic, universal scale not just for the superheroes confronting him but for humanity."
Marvel's The Avengers picks up when an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security. And Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Clark Gregg, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Tom Hiddleston & Stellan Skarsgård, the film releases May 4, 2012!
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