Tom Hiddleston (14) (1000)

1 Name: Whatsinaname : 2016-09-28 17:52 ID:agI/SFA7

Thread to talk about the actor Tom Hiddleston.

801 Name: Anonon : 2017-02-15 23:23 ID:9XOTNeyP

You'd think he'd learn not to drunk tweet after that fateful New Year.
Continuing on the 'is he slightly unhinged' train, some feedback from the Norton taping;

Also I am hyper aware I was very visible to red sofa guests where I was sat and Tom Hiddleston needs some serious PR coaching.

should I be prepared to cringe..like how bad was it😂

depends how much they edit out, I imagine they'll cut quite a bit đŸ˜”

802 Name: Anonon : 2017-02-15 23:25 ID:9XOTNeyP

>>800 Jinx!
I have my cringe face on the ready for this upcoming press tour.

803 Name: Anon : 2017-02-15 23:30 ID:1IVzbkeo

>>800,801

Tom the Piddle Puppy is back. When he sees you, he runs in circles barking shrilly; he looks cute until all of a sudden he deposits a turd at your feet.

804 Name: Anonon : 2017-02-15 23:35 ID:9XOTNeyP

>>803 Haha, a perfect metaphor. Let's hope he learns to polish his turds

805 Name: Anon. : 2017-02-15 23:49 ID:d73iXPdW

http://imgur.com/zN6ut76

But he's not nearly as cute. More shrill as Anon said.

806 Name: Anon. : 2017-02-15 23:53 ID:d73iXPdW

>>802 You know they're going to have to edit a lot out to make him 'not cringey.' Maybe they'll just superimpose a pretty picture over TH. When he talks, they'll distort it so that he sounds like the adult characters in the Charlie Brown cartoons.

Wawa wa wa wa wa waaa waaa. Translation: Taylor and I were very happy and REAL. The shirt was a joke. That's the truth. Please love me.

807 Name: Whatsinaname : 2017-02-16 01:06 ID:agI/SFA7

>>801 some tweets are coming through on tumblr about the GNS - only the complimentary ones. I haven't seen anything describing cringe-worthy behavior yet.

Ask me how surprised I am.

I'll look on some of the jaded blogs.

808 Name: Whatsinaname : 2017-02-16 01:33 ID:agI/SFA7

From the GNS: TH plus guests

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQjFG1uFdwz/

809 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-16 01:46 ID:vHSFHHHc

>>808 Young Hamish's eyebrow's are even more puppy-doggish than TH's!

810 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-16 02:28 ID:vHSFHHHc

>>798 And at the very bottom of the online article, it says that the print title will be "“We ♄ T.H.” Even if the writer wasn't dragging him, the copy editor was.

811 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-16 07:34 ID:Heaven

Oh Lord, it's impressions or gushing about TS, or an impression of TS! Please don't cut that out!!!

The level of cringe is, I'm afraid, personal, I found his MTV movie award speech cringe worthy, as when he started dancing at the Chatty Man or when he insisted on singing ISTL during the ISTL promo tour. His previous GNS was awkward, but not embarrassing. Of course all of this was pre-Tayto.

812 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-16 07:40 ID:Heaven

>>798 I get the intention, but what he said was all wrong and I wonder now how much more Taffy cut out.

I still don't understand the GQ's cover title for this profile. What the US got to do with the content, do we have to assume this profile was supposed to re-establish his image in the US?

>>799 you might be right about those sources.

813 Name: Sosorry : 2017-02-16 09:28 ID:bbgAObmX

>>812 Tom has been on the cover a of UK GQ a couple of times. I can imagine that addressing the summer in significant way was part of the deal for his getting the US GQ cover, and Tom's ambition got the best of him. But why would Tom do it in that way? Did the Kong producers encourage he had to to secure the cover? It should have just been a profile of his family, upbringing, love of Shakespeare, etc. And then Tom could have laughed off the t-shirt with a brief comment by saying it was joke among friends and he knew he looked like a jerk, but luckily he loves Tony Stark and T.S. Elliott. But summer was a long time ago, and they had both moved on. He could even have even said that there was a steep learning curve that he still had to learn about PR and that he was naive about the machinery of gossip magazines, and that a choice to step out into the limelight continuously(which he had no prior experience with), for better or worse invoked those to comment. Sad Romeo/blaming the media was a weird choice. Or, Tom should have just shut up like JG and not taken the cover. Jake didn't address his fauxmance with TS for years, and his career is pretty good. But some are buying Tom's BS, b/c if he was could pretend to be so naive about PR aspect of associating with Swift, then he couldn't have been driving the PR game himself. Odd.

814 Name: Anon. : 2017-02-16 12:08 ID:go7wHOFN

>>811 probably just a continuation of the manic behavior from earlier in the day. Did he personally thank everyone in the audience? Did he get too excited and wet himself per Anon? He could be so far gone that he asked DanRan for a PR spell.

Also what asinine outfit will Yours Truly put him in?

815 Name: Anon. : 2017-02-16 12:51 ID:KFNwZeLC

>>813 Some are, yes: Those who will buy anything from him are buying this. Others, the media, people with brains or common sense aren't. They will continue to see Tayto, the article and those tweets for what they are - the shrill barks of a puppy about to shit on your carpet.

816 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-16 16:58 ID:t7rozFwZ

It just keeps coming. The Guardian has a Kong article today, showing in my search results with the blurb "Apologies for the shirtlessness," says Tom Hiddleston. "I didn't want to show off." The full article explains (sorry, am on phone so can't link) but it feels as if the universe has it in for TH right now.

Captcha - lo

817 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-16 17:11 ID:Heaven

>>816 It has nothing to do with the tshirt of authentic love.
It's an interview that happened on set while he was filming Kong in Hawaii (although the article was clearly written after the Golden Globes win).
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/16/welcome-to-skull-island-on-set-with-tom-hiddleston-and-the-biggest-king-kong-ever

There's nothing really that interesting in this article, but boy this film must have cost so much.

818 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-16 17:27 ID:t7rozFwZ

>>817 Oh I know it wasn't about that T shirt. It just struck me as funny that the blurb makes it sound like he was in "extra" mode again. (Not to mention exhibitionist mode, which I do think he's a little prone to also.)

819 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-16 17:30 ID:Heaven

>>818 my bad :)

820 Name: Anon : 2017-02-16 18:41 ID:1IVzbkeo

Came here to post a link to the Guardian article but Couch has done her thang and it is already up!

Anyone else notice the anecdote about 30 takes - of a talking scene? Sign of an inexperienced director I'd say.

821 Name: Anon. : 2017-02-16 18:52 ID:GMywF1Ry

>>818 'a little prone to?' Little? Mr. Couldn't this scene benefit from my naked body?

>>820 Surprised he didn't hurry it along so he could get back to the waiting prozzies and whip cream at the hotel.

822 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-16 19:02 ID:t7rozFwZ

>>821 Heh. When I watched a bunch of his work back-to-back this summer, I wondered if he has a standard contractual clause that lets him choose to show off some portion of his anatomy even if the script in no way calls for it! I love how Del Toro roasts him for suggesting that for CP.

823 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-16 19:07 ID:Heaven

>>820 It reminded me of ISTL's director doing a million takes. Samuel L Jackson being bored with it made me laugh. As his mention of TH's fans.

>>821,822 He was doing it for EO, this was surely pre laser tag night! - dear old THEO speculations, such fun we had.

824 Name: Anon : 2017-02-16 19:10 ID:1IVzbkeo

He does have a beautiful body. Let us not forget the beauteous high res photo of him in a sun lounger in High Rise.

I'd always rather look at his arse than hear him talk out of it....

825 Name: Whatsinaname : 2017-02-16 19:29 ID:agI/SFA7

>>822, >>824 He does have a gorgeous body, every inch of it. It never occurred to me that he might have a contractual agreement in many productions to show part of it off.

826 Name: Anon. : 2017-02-16 19:41 ID:1fLtY8S0

OMG! I see on Dlisted that it's EO's birthday. Let's speculate over whether they exchanged birthday texts, calls or gifts.

She did call him but only to whisper the word 'Tayto' and cackle like a hyena. She sent him a big cowboy hat just like Hank's so he could hide his face and shame under it.

He called her. It was frosty to start because he blames her for Tayto - if only she'd agreed to take THEO public! Then he caved in and offered to take her out for bolognese when he's in LA. She agreed but plans to take the biggest purse and scarf she owns because she's wise to his games now.

>>823 RIP THEO (2014ish-2015ish...maybe)

827 Name: Anon : 2017-02-16 19:45 ID:1IVzbkeo

>>825 He sits at home, wearing his Gucci slippers and a smoking jacket, sipping a pink gin and leafing through scripts looking for the nude scenes. "Luke? Luke!! I'm not doing this, it has me fully clothed throughout. What do you mean, I have to wear a space suit in space?" [hangs up]

828 Name: Sosorry : 2017-02-16 22:59 ID:bbgAObmX

Samantha Bee video rips faux Hiddleswift:

“Watching Ryan play moral watchdog was like watching Taylor Swift pretend to be surprised at an awards show — bland and fake, but weirdly compelling,” she joked.

“Take another cue from Taylor Swift, Mr. Speaker,” Bee added, comparing Trump to TOM HIDDLESTON. “Know when to dump the guy you’ve only been pretending to like to help your career. It’s kind of hurting your ‘moral compass of the party’ brand.”

http://ew.com/tv/2017/02/16/samantha-bee-paul-ryan-taylor-swift/

829 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-17 00:11 ID:vHSFHHHc

Well, the first cringe-able leak from the GNS taping - TH re-used the story about him peeing on Tom Hollander's jellyfish sting. (multiple outlets)

Captcha: reuse

830 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-17 00:16 ID:vHSFHHHc

"Submit Q's now for #kongskullisland's @twhiddleston using the hashtag #KongAskTom, and join us tomorrow for a LIVE Q&A!" Well, that should be festive! (on Twitter at /kongskullisland/status/832322812920557568/photo/1)

Nice pix of him, though.

831 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-17 07:12 ID:Heaven

>>828 Well, his fans kept saying dating TS raised his profile in the US, if looked at upside down a down curve can be seen as raising.

832 Name: Sosorry : 2017-02-17 09:01 ID:bbgAObmX

The mirror states that the tank top did not ruin Tom's style credibility since he got the Gucci campaign. Clickbait with Swift pics as well. Summer summer go away...More projects, less gossip.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/style/celebrity-fashion/tom-hiddleston-lost-style-credentials-9823234

833 Name: Anonon : 2017-02-17 09:13 ID:9XOTNeyP

>>831 Ha! I'm loving that his most 'insane' fans who staunchly defended any damage to his reputation are now shitting themselves that he has no other projects announced. No, it's not normal. Not at all.
The GQ cover, while marginally increasing his US profile, was obviously negotiated in exchange for an exclusive on TayTo.
There's a lot riding on Shit Island.

This, according to an ONTD user, is a summary of early SI screener reviews:

'It's apparently is like Jurassic World. Big on Kong vs Island creatures fighting, and low as hell on script/plot. 75% of the film is Goodman vs. Jackson, Brie is the damsel Kong falls in love with but it's only a call back and not as heavily prevalent like in the original film and she has minimal screen time. Hiddleston is apparently hilarious because he can't even pretend to feel peril by CGI monsters and his facial reactions are hilarious.

From what I've gathered, it's pretty bad but 'it's covered up by 2 hours of big creatures beating each other up and is only here to set up for Godzilla vs Kong.'

'..it's a mess..'

834 Name: NewAnon : 2017-02-17 09:27 ID:CE/5pgoT

>>832 Lord...severe eyeroll at that Mirror article. That one smacks of Luke Windsor trying to do damage control but failing miserably. They just to let that disaster go and move on, like they did for Graham Norton Show.

>>833 Doesn't he have that cyborg Frank Miller comic, Hard Boiled with Ben Wheatley lined up? Or is that just in initial talks and hasn't been greenlit yet? So far the SI trailers and TV spots are underwhelming. I can wait til it comes on Netflix. Maybe Tom will end up having to do theater and TV for a year or two after Shit Island bombs and he realizes that maybe character acting is his forte than trying to be leading man. Leading man days were a thing of the 80s and 90s, the concept is pretty much non existent nowadays.

835 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 09:32 ID:1IVzbkeo

Many a true word spoken in jest.

I called TH a piddle puppy yesterday. On Graham Norton he told the following anecdote: ‘Very soon after I arrived I got the nickname “Piddle” and the boys made up the rhyme, “Hiddle Piddle did a widdle in the middle of the night.”

836 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 09:34 ID:1IVzbkeo

837 Name: Anonon : 2017-02-17 09:43 ID:9XOTNeyP

>>835 I am convinced you are psychic. Pray tell, what do you foresee in Pid's near future?
>>834 He does seem to be quite solidly attached to that project but the project is still in the script development stage so anything could happen. He could be dumped/ the whole project could be scrapped/ we could all die of global warming waiting for it to eventuate.

838 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 09:45 ID:1IVzbkeo

>>833,834

I think I know to whom you refer, Anonon. I can't be bothered to scroll back though her page though.

I am interested that you say that it's not normal to have no projects announced.it is the great stan cliché that he must be VERY BUSY behind the scenes reading plays and preparing new projects - as if that actually took as much time as a proper day job and didn't leave loads of time for loafing around! And as if it were somehow bad for him to take a break anyway...

I wonder if he recognises that after filming or promoting since January 14 with barely a break, he needs a rest. Since end '13 he has done: Coriolanus, CP, HR, ISTL, [shortish break of maybe 2 months], TNM, TIFF promo, Kong, ISTL promo [shortish break in May 16 but not really as loads of appearances], THE SUMMER OF LOVE, Thor. He has had a bit of a break since Thor finished and I think this is the longest since at least January 15 when he finished ISTL and hadn't started TNM. He will then have what I am sure will be a fairly punishing press tour for SI - it is being heavily promoted in the Far East so I am sure there will be more China trips.

I think the Hard Boiled thing is only in development. I am sure TH will do it and I am sure he has attached his name to it early to help Ben Wheatley get funding. But it seems unlikely to be a project for the back end of his year, for example.

839 Name: Sosorry : 2017-02-17 09:52 ID:bbgAObmX

This is an itunes podcast with a rather long response to the GQ article on Dirtcast Episode 2, and some clips of Tom's voice. They surmised that Tom's wounded Bambi act was either an award winning performance for PR, or that in truth, Tom hasn't realized that the mainstream attention had subsided since the summer, following the split. Thus, Tom remains literally a wounded Bambi b/c he is tormented by his own misteps with the fauxmance and the misguided GG awards speech. Whereas Tom used to only have to contend with a small coterie of tumblr fans and critics, who are usually in his professional corner, Tom's first foray into the world spotlight lead the world to see him as a conman and a liar. And that emotional judgement, although accurate, is just too much to bear for a man who wants to be liked so much. Truth.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dirtcast/id1200894796?mt=2

840 Name: Anonon : 2017-02-17 10:09 ID:9XOTNeyP

>>838 Yes, he has minions in his agency scouring scripts for him. Only a handful end up in his hands. It's such a myth all he does is read scripts and knock them back.
I won't begrudge him a break, he has been working relentlessly (especially if you include the SUMMER OF LOVE in his work schedule ;)). He does however, as we have all acknowledged, need to repair his image. Perhaps he plans to disappear for a while after Kong promo a la his prominent ex but nothing fixes shit like a blockbuster or an academy award and you have to work to get those. I honestly can't see SI leading to either accolade.
It's possible his future is also tied up in the success of SI; if it is a success, he can take a guilt free break, if it is a flop he will (insert opinion).

My personal opinion is that he needs to keep working. He needs a breakthrough quality project while he still has hair (although looking at the SI trailers I think they fixed his hairline). He's a confessed workaholic and I truly believe if the quality projects were flooding in he would be grasping them by the balls and announcing them from the hilltops

841 Name: Sosorry : 2017-02-17 10:11 ID:bbgAObmX

>>833>>834>>838 I think it was Ari on HBO Entourage who told Vince you always book the next job, before your last movie opens, just in case. Hopefully Kong will make a killing, abroad. The only box-office proof leading men left are Leo and Denzel. Tom can always do theater, or the BBC Spy Who Came in From the Cold adaptation, if the writing is good. I think that Tom should conquer Broadway. A Tony award would fuel his ego, and I'd love to see him perform live.

842 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 10:13 ID:1IVzbkeo

>>837 I hate to say this, but my main prediction if he doesn't step back is a nervous breakdown.

I think he is a fairly fragile personality - a people pleaser, highly ambitious even for this business, thin-skinned and overly concerned wth his online rep (checking his twitter tag and so on).

Since Tayto he has been under enormous pressure. His projects have received a mixed reaction, he has a lot riding on Thor/SI, he is getting older, he has been mocked in a way that he had not experienced before, and that has had a hangover so that small silly things like the GG speech get a disproportionately unkind reaction. (I am not interested in assigning ultimate blame for this, or saying "oh it's his fault for fauxmancing" - I am just saying that we are where we are and he is currently the press's whipping boy, despite the fact that there are a lot more unattractive characters floating around (cf the Mel Gibson rehabilitation)).

So he is under a lot of strain, probably exacerbated by the poor counsel he is receiving from whoever thought that the underpants shot was a good thing, and either thought a fauxmance was ok or failed to manage a real relationship in the press.

I think he needs a proper break - for himself primarily and secondarily to let the press forget about him as a target. He had such a (semi compulsory) break in 2012-13 and I heard rumours of some kind of breakdown at that time. I think a long rest is on the cards, probably followed by a return via the theatre (as previously).

843 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 10:22 ID:1IVzbkeo

>>840 Yes I totally agree that if he had a quality project he would have taken it.

He did say he had some theatre project on the books which he was supposed to be announcing as long ago as May. Wonder what happened to that? If he is worried about gaps, I have been mystified why he hasn't gone to the Donmar or wherever and said he wants to do more theatre. They would be bound to say yes as his fame does mean he sells out theatres (smaller venues plus I suppose the added draw of seeing him in the flesh). And a good theatre project with a possible West End transfer is intellectually and critically respectable. A good way to win back the critics, a return to something he does very well, and an opportunity to live at home for a while.

I have a horrible feeling that his American PR has told him it is movies or nothing. Not the right call in my view - par for the course with them.

844 Name: Anonon : 2017-02-17 10:29 ID:9XOTNeyP

>>842 Certainly if he is having any kind of breakdown he must take time off and I hope there are people close to him looking out for his mental wellbeing. I guess my point is, if his mental faculties are firing all pistons, the boy needs to go back to work. Pronto.
He can have a stress- free promo if he keeps TayTo on lockdown. Now that the 'expose' is out in the open there needn't be more questions. If Shit Island can turn into Polished Turd Island all may be forgotten.
>>843 His US PR would have a valid point; theatre ain't got nothin on long form drama. So far his greatest success has been TV- I would advise him to look in that direction

845 Name: Sosorry : 2017-02-17 10:40 ID:bbgAObmX

>>842 When and what were the breakdown rumors? Nervous breakdown? Exhaustion? Cookoo's Nest? How unfortunate. Tom looks quite skinny. Feeling lean seems to give him confidence, but it kind of shows in his face and neck. He needs a war time consigliere PR guru to guide him in this recovery period and slowly plan a new strategy moving forwards. Tom should probably take time off. But if the movie does well, he'll want to try to book a leading gig. And if Kong does poorly, he'll still try to fight for a leading part. Even the Frank Capa film had him as the lead. Not sure 8 nights a week on the boards be good for his health, unless it was a supporting role in a comedy.

846 Name: Sosorry : 2017-02-17 10:58 ID:bbgAObmX

>>844 There's a brand new Howards End adaptation being made by the BBC with Hayley Atwell and Tracey Ullman. Is Tom still age appropriate to play Leonard Bast? Not sure if its prestigious enough for him. Spy Who Came in From the Cold, LeCarre would work. FYI, if the US PR team allowed to Tom to do Tayto, they need to be ditched, ASAP. The London theatre critics seem to be reluctant to reward Tom for his work. They seem to prefer Rory Kinnear and Ben Whishaw (amazing actors, btw.) Unless Tom finds a truly unique play with a killer role (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time unique and astounding), I'm not sure he'd get his due. Maybe if Tom killed in Much Ado About Nothing, as Benedict? But he'd need a real sparring partner for Beatrice, and even then I think the Olivier awards might slight him and reward his leading lady!

847 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 11:52 ID:1IVzbkeo

>>845,>>846

I can't recall exactly what the rumours were or where I got them. Possibly from this board which started in I think early 13. Have a read back of boards 1 and 2.

I think perhaps you mean 8 performances rather than a Beatles-esque 8 days a week! I hear what you say but going home to your own bed at night is hard to beat even if you are working late.

I think he would be great as Benedick. He never does comic roles but he has good timing and does the comic scenes in straight roles very well (as when interrupted while having sex with Sienna Miller in HR: "I thought we were doing this...?"). He's far too old for Leonard Bast, who was in his 20s and married to a much older woman IIRC. Anyway, I really think that sounds like a dud. Another case of why remake perfection?

848 Name: Anon. : 2017-02-17 13:10 ID:tesOZ1K8

>>842 I half joked about pulling off the highway before Britney Head Shave junction but that business a few days ago with the sad birthday tweet followed by the manic 3am cries for love and attention - it's not the behavior of someone fully happy, healthy and 'in a good place.' We said as much here and we're fairly good at assessing situations.

Whatever he decides to do, I think we can all agree, it will probably backfire on him. That seems to be the track the universe has him on at the moment.

Captcha - joux. Not sure what that means but the captcha never lies....

849 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-17 13:19 ID:Heaven

>>833 They have finally stopped saying that it's because he'll be busy with The Avengers IW? They have finally noticed that the rest of the actors involved has already announced stuff? Tough times for them.

Shitty Island was a prescient and fitting name.

850 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-17 13:19 ID:Heaven

>>833,834,838 Guys, you're all forgetting the voice acting work! Don't make me call veranda woman to do some scolding!

>>835 Piddle! He told this story before, this past year in fact, but I don't remember when. Repeating it again in TV is truly masochistic.

>>847 I only ever read of TH saying in an interview that he passed out from too much work and had to rest for a couple of weeks, that his plans for the New Year (2012) was to find some balance.

851 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-17 13:25 ID:Heaven

>>842,844,848 Working or not I don't think it will matter, from what he said in the GQ interview, he clearly thinks there was nothing wrong with TayTo and it'll someone else's fault. Which speaks of little self-awareness and immaturity.

852 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-17 15:21 ID:Heaven

"celebrity sightings: tom hiddleston (fucjfjdj)"
https://twitter.
com/lmfaolouise/status/832526176774021120

Piddles has landed in LA. I repeat, Piddle has landed.

853 Name: Anon. : 2017-02-17 16:42 ID:IIgPrGrB

>>852 EO is putting on her scarf and getting her giant purse ready. The media is getting ready to be...exhausted by his extra. Swifties are getting ready to mention that she is in LA too. Luke or Beardy is ready with the tranquilizer darts. The veranda is getting ready to ooooh and awww. Karma and the universe is surely getting ready to take him down yet another peg.

It's all going to be just fine...none of it is going to be fine. On we go.

Hubby and I are going out for a real date night for the first time since the arrival arrived so no GNS for me. I'm going to need those who watch it to give me a cringe rating out of 10 or a number of fingers to watch through suggestion.

Have a great weekend, everyone. Americans, enjoy Monday and think of Washington taking names and kicking redcoat ass at Yorktown. Brits, it's probably just as well - you still have Canada, eh.

854 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-17 16:45 ID:Heaven

Here's a clip of Kong vs Skull Crawler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Nfk_86_3A

CG seems bad to me, Kong looks out of proportion (I'm no expert though) but this clip already tells me the film is stupid. Why do people running away from a monster turn around, was it selfie time?

And why would one need a tracker to track giant animals? Wouldn't the huge footprints be a dead give away?

855 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-17 16:49 ID:Heaven

>>853 Hahaha, let's do a prayer circle that he'll be seen near TS's place and with EO, that should crash the veranda.

Have a great time!

856 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 18:51 ID:HXT3myJl

>>853 Enjoy date night!

I shall down a glass (bottle) of Chablis and then watch GNS. I may "live tweet" it on here for anyone who fancies a laugh, whether at me drunk and waspish, or at him, I don't mind!!

857 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-17 18:51 ID:vtbcFT5r

>>833 I doubt the GQ cover did anything for him in the US, especially with the sickly-smile picture they used. Vanity Fair might have been better.

>>834, 837, 838 I agree about Hard Boiled's status. Also, does it feel to anyone else as if he must have gotten a multi-picture deal from WB when he signed for and/or stayed with SI, and this is the bone they've thrown him? Why else would WB want to do a pix with a director and actor whose last collaboration flopped as badly as HR did?

>>838 - 850 Wasn't "overwork/exhaustion" floated as the reason he stopped doing the stage door meets & greets for Coriolanus? And someone (his agency?) was quoted early in the summer as saying that TH was down about Brexit and the HR and ISTL reviews, and "just wants to have some fun" rather than doing theatre as the agency suggested.

858 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 18:53 ID:HXT3myJl

>>853

PS I and everyone else I know on this side of the pond watched the press conference yesterday. I think it's safe to say that we are now at peace with no longer being associated with the Republic.

859 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-17 18:57 ID:vtbcFT5r

>>839 I thought the two podcasters ended up with opposite conclusions about the article. The guy thought TH was totally just doing it for the PR, but the woman seemed genuinely a bit worried about TH (as are we).

About the Bambi reference - one of the first reactions I had to Tayto this summer was "Bambi vs. Godzilla": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s3UogfAGg0 -- and I was NOT head-casting him as Godzilla....

>>840, 844 He seems so! much! happier! when he's working!!

Captcha: spapation (maybe he needs a spa-cation)

860 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-17 19:08 ID:vtbcFT5r

>>843 - 847 A theatre project would still take some time to pull together; I used to be in the business and even a small theatre plans well in advance. So let's hope that's being actively worked on by TH & co.

About the American agents: I think TH is the one who's pushing hard for film. Though I admit that here, theatre can be seen more as a temporary prestige project for film actors. There's a lot of good limited-series TV happening, though, with A-list casts, so that could be a good fit for him.

From following this board this summer, I got a strong feeling that the US agents actually were the ones who finally read TH the riot act about Tayto (probably that he was losing roles to it). The x-romance went really, really quiet just after those meetings.

About Much Ado: On this side of the pond, eons ago, Benedick was Sam Waterston's break-through role when the production moved to Broadway. The actress didn't get nearly the attention; Beatrice isn't as showy a role, I think.

>>845, >>847 8 nights a week in theatre should be fine for his health if the role isn't as emotionally and physically demanding as Coriolanus apparently was. AND if he's not overextending himself on lots of other projects besides the role. (And, of course, if his performance and the production are well received. I think he'd float out of the theatre every night from a good interpretation of Much Ado.)

861 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-17 19:11 ID:vtbcFT5r

(last post for now, I promise!) >>854 That pretty much was the very first reply to TH's tweet of "Who or what am I tracking?" -- "A giant ape?" D'oh!

>>856 Oh yes, please live "tweet" GNS here!

862 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 20:12 ID:HXT3myJl

Tom posts an insta of the plane trip for the press junket - complete with pissed off looking man at right hand side who thinks there shouldn't be any toddlers in first class.

https://instagram.com/p/BQn46_VFRES/

863 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 20:20 ID:HXT3myJl

864 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 22:38 ID:HXT3myJl

Right. In position and ready to go. BBC starting late...!

865 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 22:42 ID:1IVzbkeo

Tiny, Ricky, Ruth and TH on the sofa at the same time....carnage possibilities are rife!

866 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 22:45 ID:1IVzbkeo

Shade from the producers "they're in my ear saying tell him to shut up" (says GN)

867 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 22:58 ID:1IVzbkeo

He is actually playing it quite straight....

868 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 23:01 ID:1IVzbkeo

Apparently Tiny Tempeh has a stuffed giraffe at home ("it died of the flu"). There is competition for most cringeworthy story at least.

869 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 23:06 ID:1IVzbkeo

Actually a funny anecdote about Coriolanus!

870 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 23:08 ID:1IVzbkeo

Repeats the Redmayne elephant story. He seems strangely subdued actually.

871 Name: Whatsinaname : 2017-02-17 23:27 ID:agI/SFA7

No mention of the tv show he did with Ruth Wilson? I can't remember the name...

872 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 23:35 ID:1IVzbkeo

That was it. I am amazed. Unless I missed something through boredom the pee story was cut out. He really was not extra. He looked quite the reverse - subdued and nervous. He didn't interrupt at all and when there was general chat he spoke pretty quietly. It's a bit sad - is there no mid point between dancing bear and being totally down? Well, I suppose it is not surprising after the last 8 months that he has lost that unselfconscious joie de vivre.

RG didn't I think mention Tayto at all. He and RW seemed a bit protective if anything (nothing they said specifically). I slightly get the impression RG didn't want to kick a man when he's down.

873 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 23:36 ID:1IVzbkeo

>>871 They did - Suburban Shootout - but no long stories. It was just a bit of intro really.

874 Name: Anon : 2017-02-17 23:48 ID:1IVzbkeo

BTW I saw those twitter pics of him at the airport and it reminded me of something. A friend who used to work at Heathrow told me that there is a super first class lounge for VVIPS like Posh and Becks. It is a separate check in in a private room with its own security lane. It also has its own lounge and when the plane is called they are taken on last and not the through the gate either. They come in through that door down the stairs near the tunnel entrance that is never open. When they get off they have a special immigration lane as well and their luggage is fetched for them. Basically you get it by paying even more on top of your first class ticket.

This is interesting as it means that TH is definitely not travelling in the superstar class even if he is travelling first class. He wouldn't have been photographed walking away from check in, and fans wouldn't see him in the security queue, or collecting his bags at the other end. Also, if other airlines have the same arrangements as BA do, then it means the photos of Tayto leaving the US and arriving in Australia were quite avoidable.

875 Name: Whatsinaname : 2017-02-18 00:22 ID:agI/SFA7

>>872 I'm happy it wasn't a cringefest and he wasn't the butt of jokes. It's not fun to watch.

A lot of posts here today, and it'll take forever to reply to each so I'll just say this because it's on my mind:
I remember reading about a 'breakdown' that was mainly an exhaustion break after he filmed The Hollow Crown, due to the sheer volume of script he had to perform. That was filmed in the winter/spring of 2011-2012. What was the timeline on the rumors you heard, Anon? Was it before or after the Avengers premiere (May 2012)?

876 Name: Anonon : 2017-02-18 00:25 ID:9XOTNeyP

>>872 He really must've made a mess of the pee story for it to be cut. It had traction in the press. Sounds like everyone is treading on eggshells around him and cleaning up his piddle puddles.
>>874 I recall everybody on this board agreed TayTo stunted through the LA airport. I think the fanfair of their arrival in Oz was an obvious conclusion from fanfairing their departure in LA but I wouldn't go so far as to say it was avoidable. I doubt Brisbane airport has a VVIP escape hatch.
I did note that for a short while after the TayTo disaster he wasn't spotted inside airports. I guess he splurged for a while and now he's back to budget. It must've been a hard nose- dive returning to first class after luxuriating on private planes. Poor thing.

877 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-18 00:56 ID:vHSFHHHc

The link has several short vids from his #kongasktom twitter live chat a couple of hourse ago. Also rather subdued; he only seemed to warm up to the questions about what he's reading and what 3 things he'd take to a lonely island. On twitter at
/hashtag/kongasktom?f=videos&vertical=default&src=hash

His hair is too funny.

878 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-18 02:38 ID:vHSFHHHc

Just saw a SI trailer for the 1st time on US tv - at the half hour point during "Shark Tank." Interesting placement; wonder what audience they were targeting. It was a short trailer. TH in it mostly for a "who or what ... tracking" and one big facial reaction to something unseen. Meh.

879 Name: Whatsinaname : 2017-02-18 04:43 ID:agI/SFA7

>>878 I've seen the SI trailer during many different (mainly) evening programs. Action-Dramas mostly, like Agents of SHIELD, 24:Legacy, Taboo. 18-35 or 18-50?

880 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-18 08:00 ID:Heaven

So first things first, here's the full episode of TGN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs6FZOPzO1k

881 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-18 08:05 ID:Heaven

>>872 Thanks for the commentary, I tend to agree with Anonon, if they cut a story that has already appeared in the press they probably didn't want to give cause for more critics.

>>876 Maybe Brisbane doesn't have a VVIPS, but when they left for LA again there was no fanfare, so there was a way of not turning it into a show.

882 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-18 08:08 ID:Heaven

If you go here you can find all the short videos of his kong q&a (I don't really care enough to watch)
http://hiddlestonredalert.tumblr.com/

883 Name: Anon : 2017-02-18 08:19 ID:eMBt+3oB

Hey Anonon, you're not the only person who noticed that they fixed his hair: http://quoting-shakespeare-to-ducks.tumblr.com/post/157385439446/quoting-shakespeare-to-ducks-lolawashere-tom

884 Name: Sosorry : 2017-02-18 09:18 ID:bbgAObmX

>>876 Everything was avoidable. When Kimye exposed Taylor, she hired a private plane to take she and Tom in them dead of night, through Hawaii to refuel, and then to the private Burbank airport. And a pap at Burbank was hired to photograph her smiling and holding Tom's hand to show that she wasn't affected by the scandal. Taylor's plane flew to Australia during the 1989 tour. They could have flown into Burbank from the July 4th party, and continued on to Hawaii to refuel, and arrived at a private airport in Australia w/o fanfare if they privacy. They wanted to create a public spectacle so they created one. If Tom and TS had actually dated for real and wanted privacy, she also could have asked the photographer she hired to take pics for people magazine not to take Tom's picture! And Tom could have not run down to a public beach, where he had papped before while stunt kissing TS! A story was told b/c a story was sold by her publicist. Tom played himself by wanting fame, by not researching her PR past, and also by not researching what alternative motivations Taylor may have had besides those that she presented to him in NYC.

885 Name: Sosorry : 2017-02-18 09:34 ID:bbgAObmX

>>883>>877 I feel that Tom thinks he looks better with shorter hair, and doesn't want to go with the old Gene Wilder curls (which I found darling, and quite lovely.) However, Tom keeps his hair way too short on the sides, which emphasizes how the sides of his hair are thinning out, and, his running regime keeps him very lean and narrow in the face which matures him a bit. I don't appreciate when men are vain. And I love that Tom re-wears his clothes all of the time. But if Tom is esp sensitive about his hair and his forehead scar from Coriolanus, Tom could just grow his hair out a bit, see a dermatologist and wear sunblock. Tom's got a few more tall and dashing parts left. Not quite time for the remake of Goodbye Mr. Chips : ) And eating some more cake can't hurt.

886 Name: Anonon : 2017-02-18 14:26 ID:9XOTNeyP

>>883 I've had access to a free bar tonight so I'm beyond tipsy but my job is hair on film (well one of my jobs). Either they fixed it with a hairpiece (most likely) or as that still you linked to exemplifies, they photoshopped the shit out of his hairline for the publicity stills. It also looks like they sprayed his baby hairline darker (hello a product shamefully called "Good Looking Hair Spray". There are other sprays on the market, and that one is mostly used for spraying dirt effects, but occasionally we actually use it to cover bald spots.
Looking at his appearances of late, his hairline is noticeably not noticeable. Aside from the GQ shoot (which is odd- usually in fashion shoots they photoshop extra hair, especially for the cover), he has looked decidedly different. His hairline is finally 'fixed' in my opinion, whether it be with temporary glue- in plug or a permanent weave.

888 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-18 16:36 ID:vHSFHHHc

>>879 Hard to say what age range the ads are targeting from those shows. The first two feel 18-35 to me, but Taboo and Shark Tank could go 18-50.

>>881 About the cut story, it seems to have helped; search results today are bringing up the Eddie Redmayne/elephant story, not the pee one.

>>882 Really nothing to see in the Q&A vids except his silly hair. He only really answered four questions, and looked a little out of it.

>>883 - >>887 In looking at the pix from yesterday (Twitter chat, press tour), it seems he may have done something to fill in the "V"s on either side. But he's always had a high forehead, and that can't easily be changed without it being too obvious, I think. And there are a few other shots from Kong (the sepia ones on http://hiddlestonredalert.tumblr.com/ ) that still show the V. So maybe they only filled them in for indoor shots and/or closeups, or only photoshopped some of the stills. I loved the old Renaissance cherubim curls, but TH probably thinks they'd make him look too young/BBC costume drama/silly at this point. (Wait, a good decision?)

889 Name: Sosorry : 2017-02-19 08:44 ID:bbgAObmX

890 Name: Anon : 2017-02-19 09:55 ID:1IVzbkeo

891 Name: Anon. : 2017-02-19 15:26 ID:7H4IcTJJ

Good morning!

>>883, 888 Hair: That pic looks fiddled with, i.e., they shortened the U-bend his hair takes on top. They did this with some of TNM shots too. In the film pics from Shit Island, the U-bend is more pronounced. Opinion: digital 'hairpiece' for promo pics, not for filming. Ain't no hairpiece going on here, right? https://www.instagram.com/p/BQsQiuDBdzR/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BQr-mtElRWB/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BQrM-6sAYM1/ When his hair isn't styled it always looks fuller from the front because he hasn't glued back the small front pieces so they come forward and hide some of the MPB.

Maybe we should have seen Tayto coming based on his hair choices. 'No man who makes bad hair choices can avoid bad life choices' - actual quote from an auntie who had a very hard time finding a husband in the 70s and early 80s.

>>890 Out of five I'm assuming. Not too bad I guess.

So I can watch GNS...and not through my fingers or with the sound down? I wonder if he's honestly gun shy because of all the backlash and realizes that it's better to stay quiet with someone like RG because people now have ammunition to use against him - or if this is a continuation of the GQ lie/rehabilitation of post-Tayto TH. Most recently his public persona was that of a heartbroken man drowning his sorrows in pasta sauce, so he needs to play it subdued because that's what brokenhearted, bolognese-covered people are like. (I dislike that I always look for ulterior motives in everything he does now...and that I find them...easily.)

892 Name: Anon : 2017-02-19 17:20 ID:1IVzbkeo

>>891 Yes, 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Best stan comment so far: "Remember it is just one person's opinion!"

As opposed to all those reviews in the Guardian, NYT etc which are written by committee....

893 Name: Anon : 2017-02-19 17:33 ID:1IVzbkeo

>>891 Ricky Gervais is a nasty piece of work and I would keep quiet around him. TH was indeed probably petrified RG would say something cunty about Tayto - but even if Tayto hadn't happened he might still have found a way to say something unpleasant.

Of course the show was heavily edited and they did cut out the jellyfish story and the Hiddle Piddle story. Those sound more like TH on his usual form.

However the infamous Robert de Niro episode was clearly incapable of editing so as to include footage of TH looking subdued and not interrupting every 2 seconds. Broadly therefore I think he was subdued. I really don't think he was trying to convey a "heartbroken" impression. He looked like someone who is aware that his every move will be dissected by the press and is trying to be there and provide good value without saying anything of note whatsoever.

894 Name: Anon : 2017-02-19 22:27 ID:1IVzbkeo

Finally the admission - he is taking a long break. We have known this for moneths: http://insanely-smart.tumblr.com/post/157452645963/nepalesruben-just-interviewed-tom-hiddleston-who

895 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-19 23:03 ID:vHSFHHHc

He said he's "enjoying" a long break, which doesn't say if he chose to take a break or had one imposed upon him by the market. My guess is, it's a little of both.

The interviewer teased that his upcoming article may answer the question of what TH has coming up next: on twitter at /nepalesruben/status/833430468963885056

896 Name: Heynon : 2017-02-19 23:15 ID:vHSFHHHc

>>891, >>893 On the GNS, he seemed truly subdued. He was holding his hands tightly together during his segment, and his face in this still looks a bit forced and wary: http://www.justjared.com/2017/02/17/tom-hiddleston-once-played-eddie-redmaynes-elephant-in-school-play-video/

It took him until about half way through the show to laugh fully. And he didn't jump in with anything about Shakespeare during the R & G Are Dead segment.

897 Name: Anonon : 2017-02-19 23:57 ID:9XOTNeyP

>>891 Your poor aunt, that was a bad era for hair.
I like the description of this as being his 'bolognese phase'
>>892 I think the stans are coming around to preparing for the worst. That review does not excite me in the least. If I see this film I'll have to do it stoned and covered in whipped cream in the red light district.
>>895 Those photos are painful. Thats what I call an unhappy smile. I'm positive he would end that break for an incredible project so it must be a combination of both. Also, he has to take a long break to coincide with Tay Tay's long break whom some Swiftie crazies are convinced he is secretly dating again. We need to gift them some tinfoil.
>>893,896 Maybe they finally did tranquilize him for GNS, his pupils were a bit dilated.

898 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-20 07:24 ID:Heaven

There are videos of interview both always at http://hiddlestonredalert.tumblr.com/

I'm posting this one because it talks of Thor3, as in he talks of Thor. https://twitter.
com/ErikDavis/status/833360198551085056/video/1

899 Name: Couch Potato : 2017-02-20 07:51 ID:Heaven

>>898 both, always, I need coffee.

>>894,895,897 I agree, if he had a good offer he'd probably take it, he doesn't so he is enjoying the (now long) break. That mysterious theatre thing he talked about back in April/May probably vanished too or he would have talked about it by now.

900 Name: Anon : 2017-02-20 07:57 ID:1IVzbkeo

Interview with Raw: https://youtu.be/pVTHfsWj964

Again, he seems a bit low.

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