Thread to talk about the actor Tom Hiddleston
>>941 Oh, the Celebitchy commentators were busy defending the reality of the Summer of Terror during it, IIRC!
>>943 That first DM review read as if the writer had to be restrained from including Tayto and the Shirt of Shame yet again. The second review was more professional, though they singled out Zawe as the best of the three: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-6808407/Tom-Hiddleston-powerful-presence-Betrayal-Zawe-Ashton-steals-show.html
>>947 thank you! Good to see he’s out and about again, in his element.
Tom interviews film composer Nicholas Britell, composer of If Beale Street Could Talk and the HBO show Succession, on the Only Artists program on BBC Radio 4. Tom is in his cerebral element. And of course he mentions The Last of the Mohicans soundtrack, and he quotes his lines from Othello. Tom needs to improve his classical musical references, though. We all love Debussy Claire de Lune, but enough of that, already. It was mentioned in the teeny bopper film, Twilight.
>950 He was probably too busy perfecting his dance moves (in his misspent youth in the '90s) to have spent much time on the classics!
Clip from another BBC interview, this time with Tom and Zawe about Betrayal: https://twitterDOTcom/BBCFrontRow/status/1108431700512698369
The full program is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003d97
Tom Hiddleston is a racist, communist, fascist, white bastard that raped his mother and sister, mutilated and ate six baby children, and is in complete support of genocide of the entire human race.
Tom’s commercial for Centrum vitamins is linked below. Um. Hmm. Ew?! I’m not a fan of this commercial. But I hope that Tom was paid well, and that the commercial is well received in China. That’s all.
>>954 And the gentle teasing about Tom's Centrum Vitamin commercial commences.
"Through the transitive property of A equals Tom Hiddleston and B equals Centrum, A plus B means Centrum is now an aphrodisiac. That’s just math."
>>954 I can't stop snickering about this! I'm with you - it's so cheesy, and then a little creepy when the very young woman appears at the end.... But the comments I've seen from people familiar with Chinese ads say that this one is typical, and cute; plus his Mandarin pronunciation is apparently perfect.
Tom's feelings about this might have leaked out in the little skip he does just before opening the door at the end, and the "I'm done with stage door tonight, thanx bye!" wave on his way out. So let's hope he was paid very well.
>>955 The comments on that piece are a hoot!
More gentle coverage and comments: https://www.themarysue.com/are-we-dating-tom-hiddleston/
Some coverage of fan reactions to the A: Endgame Loki poster that Marvel dropped yesterday:
https://www.pedestrian.tv/film-tv/marvel-avengers-endgame-loki-tom-hiddleston-poster-alive/
https://www.buzzfeed.com/eleanorbate/avengers-endgame-poster-loki-theory
I Best comment in this one: “This is the creepiest commercial I have ever seen, and I am including Matthew McConaughey’s “Driving Lincolns While Stoned” anthology.” https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/tom-hiddleston-vitamin-ad/?amp
What has this world come to? A gossip columnist sticking up for Tom and The Commercial? And it's not an April Fool's joke! https://www.laineygossip.com/defending-tom-hiddleston-and-his-centrum-vitamin-commercial/52335
>>960 I hadn't gotten to the comments on that piece - too funny. (And see - we're not the only ones who wear tinfoil hats when needed!)
963 Tom looked good at the Olivier Awards today: http://www.justjared.com/2019/04/07/tom-hiddleston-looks-handsome-at-laurence-olivier-awards-2019/
Whoever styled him did a much better job than the person who claimed credit for him at Zawe Ashton's book premiere. Today, he was wearing something other than his blue peacoat, the beard is closely trimmed, and his hair looks clean!
No streamed or recorded Betrayal: On Twitter: /JamieLloydCo/status/1115252013464522752
Tom and his Betrayal costars, out at a play together. I Wonder what play it was.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwXdUG0A30J/
The only thing I've come across recently, besides stage door pictures and Loki (Endgame complaints, series speculation:
https://www.thestage.co.uk/advice/2019/dear-west-end-producer-what-are-the-key-skills-become-a-successful-actor/
If you can't get past the paywall (try stopping the page from loading as soon as you see the article), here's the relevant bit: "Thirdly – if you decide to go to drama school, go to one that has “royal” or “academy” in its title: these are considered the best. They are supported by well-known ex-graduates, and have the nicest facilities due to posh people donating lots of money (in return for getting limited edition tickets to see Tom Hiddleston performing in absolutely anything). You will undoubtedly leave one of these schools with an agent, a lover, and the prospect of a career that pays above Equity minimum."
Thor 4 with Tom, Jeff Goldblum, Cumberbatch, and Cate Blanchett directed by Taika! I'm excited and yet fearful that Tom will never escape Marvel.
>>967 Apologies for the delayed reply. That's a good find, though it seems rather speculative to me. Even if it pans out (and I'm with you in having mixed feelings about that), it may not be for some time. Taika seems to have a lot lined up for the near future: https://deadline.com/2019/06/taika-waititi-flash-gordon-animated-movie-thor-ragnarok-jojo-rabbit-fox-disney-1202637059/
The good news is that Tom's been getting some nice coverage for the China/BAFTA trip, as I'm sure you've seen. And he trimmed the beard and hair AND wore more than one outfit! (Damn, that man was born to wear a double-breasted tux!) He looks so much more relaxed in those photos than he has at an event in a long time.
>>969 Also, while I don't doubt Tom's sincerity as a BAFTA ambassador, I think it's a clever move on someone's part to have him maintain a public presence in China. Their film market is only going to continue to grow, and his popularity there might help to persuade producers to hire him, even if he's not a major box office draw in the West.
Tom is making his Broadway debut along with Charlie and Zawe in Betrayal! Yay! Tom’s first Tony nomination could be on the horizon! We shall see. Here we go!
>>971 I know - that's such great news! I hope this will include a good profile interview or two (about something in addition to Loki).
Lots of pictures of Tom with the Cumberbatchs at today's Wimbledon men's finals on torilla's page: https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23Tom+Hiddleston%23&from=default (hope the link works - I have trouble with weibo links)
Hope he was comfortable in that suit for the 5-hour match!
Tom's in NYC for Betrayal and it posted on the Gram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz-9uFqglus/
This is Tom’s new Sirius radio interview about his arrival in NYC, his Pinter play Betrayal, Shakespeare, his Broadway debut, etc.
https://m.weibo.cn/u/1846858632#&video
Forbes article that includes Betrayal sales - looks like mixed results so far: https://www.forbes.com/sites/leeseymour/2019/09/09/tom-hiddleston-is-selling-just-fine-on-broadway-as-industry-slows/amp/
>>977 it'll go up to positive in just a few days watch!!
Anyone in the U.K. may now have access to the NT Live recording of Tom’s Coriolanus performance: http://www.playbill.com/article/national-theatre-releases-archival-production-tapes-in-new-educational-initiative
Betrayal is running a 2nd round of Meet-and-Greet package evenings (the first ones were this past Thurs. and Fri.): https://broadwayplus.com/shows/betrayal/
Wonder if these were always planned or if they need to fill orchestra seats.
From one participant's post last week, there were about 9 or 10 VIPs for the session, and they only got a total of 15 minutes with the cast. Doesn't seem like enough for the price, especially if you don't get to choose your seats.
In addition to the live performance, the Betrayal cast's appearance on Live from Here (the former Prairie Home Companion) will be broadcast live on Nov. 16th, and the video will be available until late the next day:
"Watch Live: See the show from 5:45-8 pm ET on Saturday, November 16th, via our video livestream on YouTube. The stream will then be available to view until Sunday, November 17th, at 11 pm ET.
Listen Live: Hear the show on your local public radio station from 6-8 pm ET on Saturday, November 16th. You can also find the live audio stream on our website, www.livefromhere.org."
I hope they do a skit!
A new modeling gig! http://www.hiddlesfashion.com/2019/11/bosideng-x-tom-hiddleston-2019.html?m=1
Crimson Peak is on a list of hottest movie sex scenes: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2013/09/53441/movie-sex-scenes
It's hard to find anything that hasn't already been posted on one of the tumblr blogs, but here's some final info about Betrayal's box office in NY: https://www.nytix.com/news/broadway-show-ticket-sales-analysis-chart-w-e-12-15-2019
Scroll down to the text after the week's list. The article says the show had a "modest" box office, at an average 81% of capacity. I wonder if that's because it was only six years since the last NY revival, which had greater star power with both Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, or if there were other reasons.
I don't agree with the article's take that the production split critics down the middle. I felt like more reviews were positive than not, and the ones who didn't like the show either didn't like Pinter in general or relay didn't like the staging (but still praised the cast's performances).
I did go to see it, if anyone wants to discuss....
>>988 Well, I would like to hear your personal review of the play.
>>990 You broke your promise you motherfucker!
Im gay
>>992
We know, but are you gay for Tom Hiddleston?
hiddl hiddle
A bit of non-Loki news that I haven’t seen elsewhere. Tom will be one of the readers in a new audiobook series called “Letters of Note,” which is somewhat related to the Letters Live performance he did. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/canongate-launch-audio-editions-letters-note-1193872
>>993
Uhh, are YOU?
>>998
Who isn't?