Tom Hiddleston and a green screen. Oh, the possibilities…

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He’s rather lovely ain’t he.

Behind the scenes of Kong: Skull Island with Tom Hiddleston and Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Tom Hiddleston's theatre journey to Hamlet

Before we knew him from The Night Manager or as Loki in the Marvel Universe, Tom Hiddleston had humble beginnings on the London stage. As tickets for his Hamlet go on sale, we track Hiddleston’s theatre career.

He made his first foray into theatre in 1999, when he appeared at Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his student drama group. He starred in a production of Journey’s End, RC Sherriff’s First World War drama in which Hiddleston appeared as Captain Stanhope. A review in the Independent highlighted his “magnificently ferocious” performance, which “provided the emotional core of the play”. A promising start for a young actor’s career.

However, Hiddleston would not appear on stage for another six years. He was cast in the starring role in Yorgjin Oxo: The Man at Latchmere pub venue Theatre503. The bizarre piece was about a group of marshlanders and saw the audience sat on hessian sacks stuffed with hay. Again, Hiddleston shone, with The Stage hailing his “outstanding” performance.

He went on to perform in two productions at the Barbican with Cheek By Jowl. He toured Europe playing Alsemero in The Challenging, and the world when he played Posthumus Leonatus and Cloten in Cymbeline. The year was 2008, and buzz was just beginning to build around the exciting RADA graduate. In a feature interview, the Telegraph labelled him a “name to watch”, and he won the Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer in Cymbeline, but was also nominated for playing Cassio on Othello at the Donmar Warehouse.

His next project (which was part of the Donmar’s season in the West End) saw him star alongside Kenneth Branagh, who will direct Hiddleston as Hamlet at RADA. He played Lvov alongside Branagh’s Ivanov in the Chekhov classic, garnering five-star reviews from the critics.

After runs in The Children’s Monologues at the Old Vic and The Kingdom of Earth at the Criterion, Hiddleston returned to the Donmar Warehouse to take on the title role in Coriolanus. Yet again, he impressed the critics and was nominated for an Olivier, this time for Best Actor.

His next role on stage will be Hamlet, in an exclusive run at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He will be reunited with Branagh who directs the piece for three weeks only. If you’re lucky enough to hold a ticket, it’s sure to be a performance to remember.

Source: London Theatre

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“…The actor memorably captures both sides of Coriolanus’s personality. In the battle of the first act we see him in all his gory glory, drenched in blood and winning the fight single-handed. In Hiddleston’s performance he’s a lean, mean killing machine, and there is an extraordinary moment in which he takes a shower after the battle and gasps with pain as his wounds turn the water blood red.” Coriolanus, review, The Telegraph UK

Tom Hiddleston to star in Hamlet at RADA in London

The ‘Kong: Skull Island’ actor will return to his theatre roots for a production of Hamlet, which will be directed by Kenneth Branagh with the aim of raising £20 million for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

‘Hamlet presents almost limitless possibilities for interpretation. I can’t wait to explore them, with this great cast, at RADA. Kenneth Branagh and I have long talked about working on the play together, and now felt like the right time, at the right place,’ he said.

‘To be guided through it by him as a director, an expert and a friend, is our great good fortune. The performing arts exist to bring people together, not to break or keep them apart.’

Funds raised from the production, which will have a three-week run at RADA’s 160-seat Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre, London, from September 1-23 this year, will support the RADAttenborough Campaign, which is aiming to make money to regenerate the Academy’s Chenies Street premises.

Tom added: ‘I hope the funds raised by the production will help RADA continue to provide a wider field of equal opportunity to train actors, stage managers and technical theatre artists, from every background, to a standard of excellence and professionalism.

“The ‘Kong: Skull Island’ actor, not “the actor known as Loki”. This is important. Also, YAY!!!!!

voteroberts Just found this gem.  What a weird shoot. Hahaha.

Tom Hiddleston shows off his big gun(s) to Jordan Vogt-Roberts on the set of Kong: Skull Island.

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