The global press conference for Loki took place yesterday, with stars Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Wunmi Mosaku all in attendance alongside director Kate Herron, Head Writer Michael Waldron, and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.
Talking about the God of Mischief's place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's history, Waldron elaborated on how the Disney+ series will deal with the God of Mischief travelling through time.
"People hear it’s a show about Loki affecting historical events," the writer started. "I think everybody maybe expects, all right, that’s gonna be Loki riding with Paul Revere. That’s the lowest-hanging fruit version of that. So we wanted to subvert those expectations and go to places that maybe people knew but didn’t know well and would just be exciting to see."
In other words, Loki is about more than just the lead character jumping through time, and Feige would go on to explain that Marvel Studios actually abandoned that idea several years ago.
"Early on, [the Loki series had], as Michael calls it, the low-hanging fruit," the producer explained. "There were ideas, as Tom [Hiddleston] will remember, for a short film, going back almost a decade, for Loki in the ’70s, running a Studio 54 in the ’70s. I think we had some concept art of him on a horse. Thankfully, thanks to Michael and [director] Kate [Herron] the show became infinitely more interesting than that. The time periods are almost secondary to the story itself."
It sounds like that was going to be the basis for a One-Shot movie, a concept that Marvel Studios sadly moved away from several years ago (many fans remain optimistic that they'll eventually return). It would have been fun to see, but we're definitely glad the spotlight is being put on Loki here instead.
Loki arrives on Disney+ tomorrow, June 9, because Wednesdays are the new Fridays.