I’ve always enjoyed ghost stories, but I’m not great with horror myself, as an audience member. As a child, I loved ghost stories in literature. I think if you’re lucky, you get one of those great English teachers who opens your imagination.” [Tom] recalls one particular teacher “who knew none of us were going to pay attention on a Friday afternoon, because we were all thinking about cake and conkers and running about”, so he would read ghost stories by M.R. James aloud instead. “I remember very powerfully connecting to them and it’s something I’ve never forgotten.
Tom Hiddleston on ghost stories (2015)