Tom Hiddleston praises ‘Avengers’ script, Joss Whedon and the shoot
Loki returns in “The Avengers” and actor Tom Hiddleston continues to offer up praises for director Joss Whedon and the production experience.
EN Movies reports Friday from the UK premiere as Hiddleston spoke to Cover Media that Whedon may have had it easy.
“I should say that the thing that was most impressive to me initially about Joss was the incredible screen play that he wrote. That’s an achievement in itself as a filmmaker – his script was simply phenomenal. All of us weren’t sure what to expect and it was the most extraordinary answer to, ‘How do you get all these superheroes in one film?’ And I take my hat off to him for that because I think that was probably his hardest job. It must have made directing it seem like a walk in the park – maybe not a walk in the park, maybe a light jog.”
Hiddleston explains that Whedon allowed the actor to have input in Loki and Loki’s actions.
“[Joss] was incredibly open and that’s really all you want as an actor, to collaborate. Everyone at this table has a degree of ownership about the characters that they play and he’s very respectful of that possession. He’s very respectful that we’ve all lived under the skins of our characters for some time. He was constantly asking, ‘Does this feel right? Does this feel true to you? Is this in your voice?’ But most of the time I was just turning up and saying my very brilliant lines that he’d written on my behalf.”
Hiddleston returns as Loki, appearing in last summer’s “Thor”, joining Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Chris Evans as Captain America. Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner and Scarlet Johansson round out the team.
“The Avengers” opens May 4, 2012.
