In a recent interview with Inverse, Sophia Di Matino, the Loki star aka %u2013 Lady Loki or the female variant of Loki Sylvie Laufeydottir %u2013 has said that there is much more to the character of Sylvie than just being a variant. “This isn’t the story of Loki being reborn as a Lady Loki,” said Sophia.
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“That’s not the specific story we’re telling. I think the story we’re telling isn’t necessarily about gender fluidity, but that Sylvie is a variant of Loki, but she’s Sylvie, a character and a person in her own right,” she added.
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Thankfully, Sylvie%u2019s character won%u2019t be a complete enigma for long as a recent Twitter featurette for the series shows previously unseen footage of what looks to be Sylvie%u2019s backstory, including a young version of herself. When asked about Sophia’s reaction ti this featurette Sophia said that it helped her understand the character of Sylvie in a much better way.
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%u201CIt really helped me because you can’t really understand a person deeply until you know their story and what they’ve been through. It was super important for me to know exactly what’s happened, why she’s so angry, and what this mission that she has is all about. I’m excited for you to learn a little bit more about that too,%u201D said Sophia.
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Sylvie, previously known as %u201CLady Loki%u201D or %u201Cthe Variant,%u201D isn%u2019t the purely evil serial killer Agent Mobius made her out to be. In turn, Sylvie tells Loki that the Time Variance Authority%u2019s agents aren%u2019t what they say %u2014 they%u2019re timeline-breaking variants like her who were arrested and enslaved by the TVA.
