I have never met or worked with anyone like Terence. His mind was like a poet’s. He saw poetry everywhere: in the composition or movement of a shot; in a line reading; in the Shipping Forecast. He would often do his own rendition, in his unmistakably sonorous voice, with a twinkle in his eye: “Fair Isle / Cromarty / Forties … south-west veering west, five to seven … showers, moderate or good … with some fog banks.” Everyone laughed. Everyone loved it.

I remember once on set, while directing a scene between Rachel Weisz and I, between takes he suddenly started quoting a long passage from Little Gidding, the fourth of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets. As he recited the poem, completely by heart, he grew in passion and tears started to well in his eyes. It was almost as if Eliot’s poem was for him a key – or a chord – within which he wanted us to play the scene. The poem and his depth of feeling were our cue for the right territory and temperature. He created an atmosphere and our performances were to follow. He was a man of great passion and sensitivity.

I’ll never forget the first time I saw Distant Voices, Still Lives. I never lived in the past he evoked or recreated, but I knew instinctively that it was totally authentic. It knocked me for six. Women and men singing – unaccompanied, often to accompany themselves, in joy or in pain – alone or in the pub, simply for the pleasure of singing. He was such a close, honest observer of his own childhood, and his past.

He wasn’t trying to be anyone else. He was just him. A rare, deep artist. We will miss him.

Extract taken from the Gurdian article by Catherine Shoard, Wed 11 Oct 2023

'Whilst filming Loki season 2 we had a very energetic filming schedule Tom was in every scene every day. The workouts I designed where fast & efficient .. The sessions contained all the crucial elements to portray the character both physically and mentally. We called this the 4am club. Always proud of the work.' ~ Simon Waterson Fitness on Instagram, 7th October 2023

Incoherent screaming

I'’d like to see what it feels like to run as fast as Usain Bolt.’ ~ Tom Hiddleston (kind of) doing what he's always dreamed of during SoccerAid at Old Trafford Football Ground, 11th June 2023

He also ran the most distance of any player on the pitch... 10.8km! Shocked, I tell you (not!)

Douglas Noe ALWAYS has the sweetest things to say about Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston on Trying Something Grounded in ‘The Essex Serpent’ After Playing the Trickster ‘Loki’

Awards Circuit Podcast: Tom Hiddleston has had a busy year in TV, between "Loki" and "The Essex Serpent."

By Jenelle Riley for Variety, 28th April 2022

Apple TV+’s new series “The Essex Serpent” isn’t easy to explain in a quick pitch. The drama, led by Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes, grapples with big issues, wrapped in a story of mystery and emotion that examines love in all its forms, the battle between science and faith, and so much more.

Nonetheless, Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast asks Hiddleston to give his own synopsis, and he manages to pull it off in 35 seconds — and it’s a pretty good description that even includes the impressive phrase “Gothic opacity.”

Hiddleston spoke to the podcast about both “The Essex Serpent” and his earlier turn as the star of Disney+’s Marvel series “Loki,” as well as having a milestone birthday during the pandemic and so much more. He also took part in a quiz where the actor had to guess between the characters of Shakespeare and Marvel. Listen here!

'So happy to show you the cover for the TV tie in edition of The Essex Serpent with Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston on the cover - out in the UK from @serpentstailbooks 5th May, and in the US (very similar cover) from Mariner Books (an imprint of HarperCollins)

Sarah Perry, Author of The Essex Serpent on Instagram, 24th April 2022

'Something dark is in the depths. Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston meet for a mysterious Victorian romance.'

The Essex Serpent premieres May 13 on Apple TV+

Tom Hiddleston attends the BAFTA Gala 2022, 11th March 2022

Michael Waldron, Tom Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino's lift selfie after the Royal Television Society's Loki event, 2nd March 2022