Following his
previous interview, where Tom Hiddleston speaks highly on Loki's presence in Marvel's forthcoming
The Avengers,
Cinema Bland have unveiled their interview with the
Thor actor. Speaking more on secrecy, the character's psychology, and the evolution of his motives, check it out below.
How do you handle not being able to tell people details about what you’re doing?
[laughs] I quite simply don’t tell anyone. It’s very hard, because it’s just so exciting, and especially when you’re right in the middle of it. Exactly a year ago we’d finished – the main shoot for Thor was January to May 2010 – and I went back to London and I hadn’t seen my friends for six months. And they were like, “So how was it?” And I would say, “I can’t tell you other than the fact that it was awesome!”
Well, now with The Avengers you have even more time with that level of secrecy. I know they started production last week, but have you been called down yet?
Yeah, yeah. I’ve started my own preparation. I’ve read the shooting script and it’s absolutely wonderful. So much fun, and there’s a lot of juice to Loki as well – flavors we haven’t seen of him as well.
Do you think that he was born with the mischief aspect of his personality or was that part of his nurturing as well?
You never know, I guess. I think mischief, in a way, I think a reason for it… I’m positive the reason for it, was that he has less responsibility. He’s the second son and like a lot of second, third, fourth children, they have a greater freedom. The first born has to carry the responsibility of inheriting the father and mum’s value system, and that’s Thor. Thor inherits Odin’s value system, and Loki is just a bit freer. He also - I haven’t got biceps the size of Chris Hemsworth’s biceps. There’s something about siblings as well, like, whatever your brother can do, your sibling can do, you want to define yourself in opposition to them. That’s what sibling rivalry is about. You’re really good at tennis, I am going to go and be really good at painting; and you can’t draw, and I can draw. So I think that’s how you get differences in values.
By the end of Thor you do really get the sense that everything is building and building, so will we get to see the result of that evolution in The Avengers?
I think his motivations change. I think he cares less about… how do I say this without being assassinated? [laughs] I think he’s not so concerned with beating his brother anymore. I think he has bigger plans than just being bigger than his brother, I would say. And because his plans get bigger, the necessaries needed to defeat him, I think, need to be bigger.
Look for Hiddleston's praised performance in
Thor May 6, this Friday; and his return in
Marvel's The Avengers May 4, next year!
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