Tom Hiddleston as Edward Knighton in Archipelago (2010)
Is there one past role that comes up for you most, in building this character? That you think back on, like, I’m so glad I played this character.
I suppose one of them - and it’s a sort of technical thing - is about silence. Trying to explore a character’s internal world, without words. Which I think has helped explore these long silences.
Tom Hiddleston on filming Archipelago:
‘I think the hardest scene in the film that’s there was the scene in the restaurant where the partridge is sent back because it’s undercooked. Because I think, as a person, as Tom, I would never be as quiet as that. Probably to my own sisters, I would say, ‘Just eat the partridge and shut up.’ Like, ‘Get with the programme!’ I would probably be a bit more confrontational myself. And Joanna had instructed me before the scene, she said, “Whatever happens, you are not allowed to say anything, you have to let it happen. No matter how uncomfortable it gets, you literally have to sit there and take it.” And as an actor, I found it excruciating just to even be in the room.’
Tom Hiddleston on filming Archipelago:
‘I think the hardest scene in the film that’s there was the scene in the restaurant where the partridge is sent back because it’s undercooked. Because I think, as a person, as Tom, I would never be as quiet as that. Probably to my own sisters, I would say, ‘Just eat the partridge and shut up.’ Like, ‘Get with the programme!’ I would probably be a bit more confrontational myself. And Joanna had instructed me before the scene, she said, “Whatever happens, you are not allowed to say anything, you have to let it happen. No matter how uncomfortable it gets, you literally have to sit there and take it.” And as an actor, I found it excruciating just to even be in the room.’
Is there one past role that comes up for you most, in building this character? That you think back on, like, I’m so glad I played this character.
I suppose one of them - and it’s a sort of technical thing - is about silence. Trying to explore a character’s internal world, without words. Which I think has helped explore these long silences.
Humm’s Birthday Countdown 2020: My Favourite Hiddles
13. Edward Knighton from Archipelago. Because Edward deserves your love. All he ever wanted was a hug… 💓
I didn't have time to make something this year because of all the Loki edits, so please enjoy this regurgitated countdown of nonsense 😙
Nosy Edward, Archipelago (2010)
Dir. Joanna Hogg
Joanna Hogg and Tom Hiddleston on Archipelago:
‘Edward, desperately wants to break out of that mould that’s been created for him, and he’s created himself in a way… Edward is indecisive, he knows what he wants on the one hand but he’s not allowed to do those things. He’s at the opposite spectrum from Cynthia, but I think, in all of us exists contradictions.’
Humm’s Birthday Countdown 2020: My Favourite Hiddles
13. Edward Knighton from Archipelago. Because Edward deserves your love. All he ever wanted was a hug… 💓
Is there one past role that comes up for you most, in building this character? That you think back on, like, I’m so glad I played this character.
I suppose one of them - and it’s a sort of technical thing - is about silence. Trying to explore a character’s internal world, without words. Which I think has helped explore these long silences.
Tom Hiddleston as Edward Knighton in Archipelago (2010)
Joanna Hogg and Tom Hiddleston on Archipelago:
‘Edward, desperately wants to break out of that mould that’s been created for him, and he’s created himself in a way… Edward is indecisive, he knows what he wants on the one hand but he’s not allowed to do those things. He’s at the opposite spectrum from Cynthia, but I think, in all of us exists contradictions.’
‘I was doing a small, British independent film called Archipelago, and it was set on an island off the coast of Cornwall, and all the actors playing the characters in this very suffocating family were staying in the actual house. It was a sort of extreme submersion into the life of the film. Whenever we were filming there, the crew had to switch the boiler off downstairs because the sound of the water heating up would interfere with the microphones. We would routinely forget to turn the boiler back on so we could have a hot shower in the morning. Basically, the first assistant director would always come up to say hello - just to knock on - in the morning, to say “We’re coming in - the crew are coming in”. It was a strange sort of Big Brother scenario sometimes, you’d feel like you didn’t actually have a house to live in, it you were just living on the set.’
Edward and his PJ’s and Toe Fidgets
Tom Hiddleston on filming Archipelago:
‘I think the hardest scene in the film that’s there was the scene in the restaurant where the partridge is sent back because it’s undercooked. Because I think, as a person, as Tom, I would never be as quiet as that. Probably to my own sisters, I would say, ‘Just eat the partridge and shut up.’ Like, ‘Get with the programme!’ I would probably be a bit more confrontational myself. And Joanna had instructed me before the scene, she said, “Whatever happens, you are not allowed to say anything, you have to let it happen. No matter how uncomfortable it gets, you literally have to sit there and take it.” And as an actor, I found it excruciating just to even be in the room.’
Precious happy Edward unknowingly about to encounter The Holiday From Hell™