Earlier this week, the news broke that Tom Hiddleston will return as Jonathan Pine for two more seasons of The Night Manager following an 8-year break since the spy thriller was last on our screens.
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to share the news, the actor was inevitably asked about his MCU role as Loki. The God of Mischief's Disney+ TV series ended with him taking his place at the centre of the Multiverse, powering an endless stream of timelines, but dooming himself to an eternity spent alone.
That could quite easily be the end for Loki or a means of making him a major player in the next Avengers movies. Either way, Hiddleston is standing firm by saying he doesn't know what the future holds for the villain-turned-hero.
"I don’t know," the Loki star admitted. "I really don’t know...I know that we’ve reached some sort of narrative conclusion with season two, which feels very satisfying to me."
As for whether he's surprised by the longevity the role has had, Hiddleston admitted he wasn't expecting Loki to be a 14-year-long gig when he first joined the cast of Thor in 2009.
"I had no idea, and every time someone says that [it’s been 14 years], it kind of blows my mind because when I was cast in 2009, I was 28, and I’m 43 now, and that’s a big chunk of my adult life I’ve been playing this amazing character. It’s changed the course of my life completely."
He also shared some insights into whether Loki can truly be considered a villain.
"I’m aware that he’s made some interesting choices, which could be accumulated into a picture that looks like he’s a villain, and once upon a time, he was making some misguided choices," Hiddleston explained. "You know, trying to take over New York and the Avengers having to assemble to stop him, that was a bad day in the office."
"I’d like to think that you know, 14 years later, he’s making some slightly more generous, loving and heroic choices."
We'd be shocked if Loki doesn't make a return, particularly if those Incursions lay waste to the Multiverse he helped create at the end of Loki season 2. Many fans believe he'll be used in a similar way to Molecule Man in Jonathan Hickman's Secret Wars, though that remains to be seen.
You can watch the full interview with the actor in the player below.