Tom Hiddleston, who has played the character of Loki for over a decade and in six movies, including ‘Thor’, ‘The Avengers’, ‘Thor: The Dark World’, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, and ‘Avengers: Endgame’, says that playing the character was a combination of delight and surprise. However, he added that when he was first approached for the role, he had nothing to do but scratch his head.

In an interview before the premiere of the highly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe show ‘Loki’,  he was asked about his first reaction when the show was pitched to him. He said, “It was a combination of delight and surprise, I think it’s probably the accurate way of describing it. I was so excited by the idea. And also, I had to scratch my head, because that scene in Avengers: Infinity War (where Thanos kills Loki) had felt so final and conclusive. I knew that Avengers: Endgame was coming around the corner. In a scene in that film, Loki picks up the Tesseract and disappears in a puff of smoke. But where does he go? When does he go? How does he get there?

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“…. There were so many places we could go. So many possibilities to think about. And then everybody jumped on (the project), had so many brilliant ideas and created this new show, which I think is really exciting. And I’m happy to be doing it.”

Many actors will be making their entry into the MCU with the show, for example Owen Wilson, British actress Gugu Mbatha Raw and Wunmi Mosaku.

‘Loki’ also stars Sophia Di Martino, Sasha Lane and Eugene Cordero in pivotal roles. It is currently streaming on Disney+ Hotstar Premium.