BlackTree TV's Jamaal Finkley sits down with Tom Hiddleston to talk about the biblical nature of the story of Loki and Thor in The Avengers, here what Thom Hiddleston had to say.
TOM HIDDLESTON (Loki) first played the villain Loki, in what many consider his breakout role, in Marvel’s franchise hit “Thor,” directed by Kenneth Branagh. Recently, Hiddleston played F. Scott Fitzgerald in Woody Allen’s Academy Award®–winning “Midnight in Paris,” as well as starring opposite Rachel Weisz in Terence Davies’ “The Deep Blue Sea.” In December 2011, Hiddleston appeared as Captain Nicholls in the Academy Award®– nominated “War Horse,” directed by Steven Spielberg. He also starred in Joanna Hogg’s indie hit “Archipelago,” in which he played the leading role. Hiddleston had made his feature debut as an actor in Hogg’s feature debut as a director with “Unrelated.” Hiddleston has recently completed shooting three adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays for television: Richard Eyre’s “Henry IV Parts I & II,” in which he plays Prince Hal, and the title role in Thea Sharrock’s “Henry V.” Both are produced by Sam Mendes in a co-‐ production with the BBC & NBC Universal. They will air in the UK in summer 2012 as a part of the Cultural Olympiad. In 2012, Hiddleston was nominated for a BAFTA for the Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award and for the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor for his roles in “Archipelago” and “The Deep Blue Sea.” He won the British Rising Star Award at the
Hiddleston was born in London, England, and grew up in Oxford. He trained as an actor at RADA.
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