00:02The charming, intelligent and handsome brick Tom Huddleston experienced something of a shock
00:06Hollywood breakthrough back in 2011 thanks to roles in three big-screen hits. His performance
00:11in Kenneth Branagh's Thor, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris and Steven Spielberg's War Horse put him
00:17firmly on the map. For Tom, getting to work with Spielberg was a surreal, mind-blowing experience.
00:24Growing up, watching his films, he was the architect of my imagination as a child. E.T.
00:30Jaws, Indiana Jones, all those things.
00:32Loki, Loki!
00:34These days Hiddleston is probably best known for playing Thor antagonist Loki.
00:38I am Loki of Asgard and I am burdened with glorious purpose.
00:51While most people who've seen his early projects wouldn't have pictured Tom in a comic book
00:55adaptation right away, the actor himself finds most of his previous work surprisingly similar
01:00to the Marvel project.
01:01When I first started acting, I did a lot of Shakespeare and in a way that was the best preparation
01:07for
01:08this kind of film. Shakespeare wrote lots of plays about kings and queens and princes and
01:13jealousy and anger and lost love and there's a lot of that in Thor.
01:18The role of Loki opened the gateway to much bigger things for Tom, something he'll always
01:23be grateful for.
01:24The Thor films and the character of Loki was really the first thing I did that anyone was
01:30aware of on a wider scale. And the goodwill that comes towards me as a result of that character
01:37is always so gratifying and surprising, genuinely. I never expected it to be such a success.
01:48In real life, the actor is the total opposite of his Marvel character. Extremely polite and
01:53very well spoken, interviewers often describe Tom as a gentleman with exceptional manners and
01:58grace. On top of that, he's very passionate about the art of acting.
02:01I believe very powerfully in storytelling. I think we need them as a society. The stories
02:10we tell on film, in the theatre, reflect who we are. And they help us make sense of our
02:18lives.
02:19On top of that, the actor also speaks several languages including French, Greek and Italian.
02:24So ladies, he's got their brains too.
02:27Thank you very much.
02:28Of course, all these qualities attract the ladies. Hiddleston's been linked to Hollywood
02:32beauties like Jessica Chastain and Elizabeth Olsen in the past. And there was of course
02:36the famous fling with singer Taylor Swift. After just three months of dating, the whole
02:40thing ended and Tom's now back to being a happy single. We bet it won't be too long
02:44before he finds new love though. However, when you're a celebrity, there are certain things
02:49to take into account.
02:50Most people meet and they don't know anything about each other. And then when you're more
02:56well known, you meet people for the first time and they know more about you than you
03:00know about them and so that imbalances things initially. But you just have to cut through
03:04that and eventually you get to an even keel.
03:08Yeah, we bet you'll be just fine, Tom. In 2017, another big blockbuster came for the Brit
03:13when he starred in Kong's Skull Island, a movie based on the classic King Kong. Tom had an
03:18amazing experience on set and he also learned an important message.
03:22that nature is both beautiful and brutal. And that sometimes the arrogance of man is
03:34thinking nature is in our control when in fact it's the other way around. And that perhaps
03:40we should live in greater harmony with nature.
03:44A handsome, talented and well-mannered man like Tom Hiddleston doesn't come along too often.
03:48So we're sure that he is here to stay.
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