On an episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Tom Hiddleston explained how he auditioned for the first Thor movie, stating that they were looking for newer actors to add to the Marvel family. “The agreement was if you’re over six-foot and you’ve got blonde hair you can come and have a pop at it,” he said. “I never auditioned for Loki. I only ever auditioned for Thor, which is nuts.” After Fallon showed a clip to the audience, the actor added. “I think we can all agree that they cast the right actor.”
How did Hiddleston get cast as Loki then? It turns out that he and the movie’s director, Kenneth Branagh, had met before and the director had Hiddleston in mind for the role. “It had a life-changing effect on me,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “It happened quite organically, almost by accident.” Hiddleston mentioned that after working on a couple of projects with Branagh, he cast him as Loki in “Thor,” and the rest is history.
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And now Hiddleston has portrayed Loki in the MCU for more than a decade. “Rather than ownership, it’s a sense of responsibility I feel to give my best every time and do the best I can because I feel so grateful to be a part of what Marvel Studios has created,” he told Entertainment Weekly. And the British actor seems to hold no grudges against not getting cast as Thor.
