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TWHnewsCom on Instagram: #Regrann from @jingjing_vicky - Just interviewed #tomhiddleston, one of my favorite actors. And his answer perfectly explained how him and many other British actors & actresses are successful around the world. He said: “There’s a philosophy of artistry in British training, which is ‘we are trained to be artists, we are not trained to be famous.’ The thing that matters the most of all is our work. As an actor, you commit your whole self to doing that work, to be intellectually curious, to be physically agile and to be emotionally compassionate. The head, heart and body all working at once. Because in British theater tradition, there’s no hiding place, there’s no short cut, no fast track…There’s no digital magic can make you better. The only thing that makes you a good actor is the sharpness of your mind, the size of your heart and the commitment of you body, all working at once.” #kongskullisland #britishboy
This is so, so beautiful.
WE ARE TRAINED TO BE ARTISTS, WE ARE NOT TRAINED TO BE FAMOUS.
Perfect.
“It’s always about, somehow, finding a part of myself that is relevant, and then turning the volume up on that particular part. So, I am all of the characters I’ve ever played, and I am none of them at the same time.” — Tom Hiddleston
“Part of the reason I’m an actor is I’m interested in different shades of the truth in different parts of life and how quite often in the human race, you’re bound together by a certain unity in things. And acting and whatever you’re in is about excavating the things that make us all the same: birth, death, love, grief, loss, loneliness, gratitude, generosity, humor, solitude; and all of those things exist in every story in any time, in any place.” ~Tom Hiddleston
He’s crying. He’s. Fucking. Crying. I’ll NEVER get over it, okay?
What is amazing about this scene is that the crying is an ADLIB that Branagh decided to KEEP AGAINST SCRIPT.
So Loki is trying to taunt Thor into hating and fighting him, which would make everything so much easier to carry out his own plans, but even as he is attempting this by using the most incendiary and cruel words he can muster, pushing all the right buttons because HE KNOWS THOR BEST…his own inner emotional conflict, his own half-desire not to disown himself from his brother, broils over with tears. Because Tom Hiddleston decided it’d be cool to imply that, and performed the lines tearfully.
God bless you, Hiddles, for reinventing this character.
I beiieve this was also the scene that hooked Joss Whedon on Hiddleston’s Loki, wasn’t it?
Incredible.
Why has it been so hard for other MCU villains to match Hiddleston's performance? Pretty bummed to hear that Mads wasn't used to full potential in Doctor Strange.
Most of the time, the way the story is set up doesn’t have room for it. There isn’t space for a Tony Stark redemption arc with how much there is to untangle there and for Obadiah Stane to be a nuanced antagonist. Captain America’s fighting a super-Nazi with a skull face, you aren’t going to get much sympathy for him. A villain who’s anything but a one-note moron would be out of place in Guardians of the Galaxy. Iron Man 2 couldn’t make the potentially interesting Whiplash work because Iron Man 2 sucked real bad.
While I’d say there have been a few other notable MCU antagonists (Alexander Pierce, Ultron, and especially Zemo all worked, and I’d even say Red Skull was underrated as a solid ham bad guy), obviously Loki is the best of the lot, and a lot of that does simply come down to Hiddleston acting the hell out of it. If you go back and look, a lot of his lines as Loki are actually total schlock that he elevates to greatness through sheer force of will. For instance:
Thor: Loki, this is madness! Loki: Is it madness? Is it? IS IT? I don’t know what happened on Earth to make you so soft! Don’t tell me it was that woman?… Oh, it was. Well maybe, when we’re done here, I’ll pay her a visit myself!
That’s the B-ist of B-villain dialogue - straight up “I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!” material - that thanks to Hiddleston is absolutely fantastic, turned to Loki being unable to comprehend or accept that his shitty big brother has changed for the better on the eve of revenge, and realizing what he can say to provoke Thor into being the brute he knows. He even managed to make chunks of Dark World almost not feel like not being stabbed, and it’s definitely fair that a lot of people consider him the acting MVP of the MCU.
Just the way his character is built demands a greater degree of complexity too though. His drive is that he wants to be loved - the most sympathetic motivation of all - and his hatred of Thor in that regard is justified, because the whole first act of the movie is about what a complete asshole Thor is. By necessity he’s a more understandable and nuanced character than you get with your Abominations and Ronans, and what Hiddleston gave to him - along with a position as the villain of Avengers to ham it up for all he’s worth and secure him as a major pop culture figure - sealed the deal.
Actors in any capacity, artists of any stripe, are inspired by their curiosity, by their desire to explore all quarters of life, in light and in dark, and reflect what they find in their work. Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other’s, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility.
One lucky movie buff will rub shoulders with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with a walk-on role in the blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on 29 August 2016. The Premier said the winner would receive a walk-on-role in the movie, backstage access and a Gold Coast holiday with three friends as part of a promotion between Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) and The Today Show. “Being part of a Marvel Studios production is a unique opportunity and I am proud my Government was able to secure the filming of this blockbuster for our state,” Ms Palaszczuk said. “The winner will see the making of a Hollywood blockbuster and the brand new super stage, the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, which the Government invested in and is being used for the very first time for this movie. “This promotion and working with studios such as Marvel to ensure Thor was exclusively filmed in Queensland is a great opportunity to showcase our state and boost the economy. “There is a lot of buzz in Queensland about the growing film and television industry and the Queensland Government has backed the industry with $30 million over four years for Screen Queensland to continue to attract large-scale film and high end television,” Ms Palaszczuk said. “Productions such as Thor support jobs, tourism and new spend into our economy and I’m thrilled to announce this unique opportunity for a member of the public to be on the same set that our very own Chris Hemsworth and Cate Blanchett, Tom Hiddleston and Mark Ruffalo are working on right now,” Ms Palaszczuk said. “This multi-million dollar production is expected to spend more than $100 million in Queensland and support 850 jobs during filming,” she said. To enter, write in 25 words or less about your favourite Thor moment and explain why. The competition is open to anyone in Australia 16 years and older from Monday, 29 August to Friday, 4 September 2016. Competition entries must be submitted at www.ninenow.com.au/today. The first two films in the Thor series – Thor, released in 2011, and Thor: The Dark World, released in 2013 – earned more than $1 billion USD at the global box office. Competition details: The winner will receive the following:
- 4 x return airfares from any Australian capital city.
- 5 x nights’ accommodation (apartment style) on the Gold Coast for four people.
- Transfers to and from Village Roadshow Studios.
- 4 x backstage access on set.
- 1 x walk-on-role (extra) in Thor: Ragnarok.
How to enter
- Entries open Monday 29 August 2016 and close Friday 4 September 2016.
- Log on to www.ninenow.com/today and fill out the entry form: Tell us in 25 words or less what your favourite Thor moment is and why.
- Entrants must be 16 years and over.
- The winner will be announced on Friday 9 September 2016.
WORKING LINK: THOR COMPETITION
Tom Hiddleston comes clean on his favourite school activity on the Thor: Ragnarok set - UNICEF
“My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He’s from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, ‘You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You’ve been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?”
Tom Hiddleston
“It’s always about, somehow, finding a part of myself that is relevant, and then turning the volume up on that particular part. So, I am all of the characters I’ve ever played, and I am none of them at the same time.” — Tom Hiddleston
@cheers-mrhiddleston didn’t specify what type of crown so I let my mind roam free