Tom Hiddleston and Cat by Charlie Gray for Short List (2015)

It’s getting a bit Lion King in that second shot.
“My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He’s from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, ‘You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You’ve been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?’”
I feel privileged and I know I’ve had an enormously pleasant life. But it also has its complexity. I’d love to round out the rosy picture with some shade that would give you some more detail, but it’s not my past. I feel like baring that in public would be ungracious. And anyway, we’re in the present. Look at what’s in front of you.
Ooh gosh

Sophia Louise Knight: Busy at work #airbrush #Thor2 #Loki @twhiddleston #jawline #cheekbones #shading #makeupartist pic.twitter.com/VYWq557pC7
‘I don’t know it’s like playing an iconic Shakesperian character or something, it’s just a privilege to be asked… to do it. And with a character like Loki, he’s got such a level of complexity, so many things to explore. Especially when he is as well written as he was in this film, by Joss. I mean, when I read it, I couldn’t believe my luck. You know, it was sort of…’