BEFORE THOR
When Tom Hiddleston auditioned to become part of the Marvel universe, he initially tried out for the role of Thor.
‘It had been six or seven weeks since my final audition [for Thor], and in that time, I had been made aware of [director] Kenneth Branagh's vision, and the scope, and the epic nature of the story. So, I understood that Loki was going to be a very significant role and a thrilling antagonist, and apart from anything else, a really complex character with a huge amount to explore and investigate and represent. Those things made me feel really excited because I loved his complexity and contradiction.
‘My first response [to finding out I was Loki] was one of just delight and excitement. I couldn't wait to get started. It was very quick. It was very shortly after that that Chris [Hemsworth] and I met together with Natalie Portman and Kenneth Branagh for some early rehearsals. Chris and I had a very immediate rapport. It was a fast and firm friendship formed in an afternoon. I saw exactly how the dynamic was going to work. We both felt like we'd won the lottery. We couldn't believe
