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An Exclusive Interview with Loki Series Head Writer Michael Waldron The Sun Section: Lifestyle Ad Value: RM 48,041 11-Jun-2021 Size : 1,872cm2 PR Value: RM 144,124 Burdened with Glorious Purpose ; The inside Scoop - an exclusive interview with Loki series head writer Michael Waldron » The cast and crew of Marvel new Disney+ series /_OK/reveals the labour of love to bring everyone's favourite God of Mischief to the small screen ■ BY ADELINE LEONG have a premise that allowed for a new story "My pitch was to that doesn't undo everything the audience do something nobody [EN Tom Hiddleston played have known and loved about the journey expects and with every Loki in Marvel Studios' Thor a Loki has been on. episode let's blow decade ago, the character In the films, Loki's story is always tied to what people think quickly won over fans with his his connection with his brother, Thor, and his show is and charm and charisma. Everyone thought it family. British actor Tom Hiddleston, who something totally was the end of Loki when he was killed by also serves as an executive producer on the different. It was always Thanos at the beginning of Avengers: show, knew that Loki needed to evolve and about doing Infinity War. Love him or hate him, thus, posited questions of his own during something awesome the Marvel Cinematic Universe meetings with Marvel Studios filmmakers: and totally would have been a poorer place? ■ "Where do we go now? What have we not unexpected with this without its resident trickster ■ done? What's new? What's original?" character,“ he added. So, when Kate Herron got wind thatt . "That was the most in 叩i ring Marvel Studios' a Loki series was going to be made, she conversation," recalls Hiddleston. "I Loki is currently literally pestered her agent to get her in remember leaving it thinking, this is available on Disney+ the director's chair. She even went as going to be very, very new because Hotstar. Catch new far to create an elaborate pitch and L' the character has got so much episodes premiering utilised a whole wall to put forth her breadth and so much depth. That's every Wednesday. vision. been the gift to me as an actor, Loki "I remember leaving that firstt is almost this endlessly meeting with Kate feeling like this fascinating box of tricks is a person who understands the where the moment you spirit of what we would love to ; think you know him he achieve, and she wasn't just reveals something else." going to execute those ideas but I Knowing that was going to push them even Hiddleston is a treasure further/ said co-executive trove of information producer Kevin Wri▼gh t. regarding Loki's place in the "She had an extensive visual pitch MCU and his relationship with that was unlike anything I had©the other characters, Herron seen. She left no scene unturned jumped at the chance to draw and had a complete vision of how out this knowledge for the to translate this series to screen and 乜 benefit of all the cast and crew, create something wholly unique to ■ The so-called 'Loki Lecture' by the MCU7 Hiddleston helped make sure Herron shared that she was ・ everyone was on the same immediately drawn to the story when ・ page and working from she read Michael Waldron's script. the same angle. The *'What I really loved about the story ”lectures also helped when I first got the script was that it Owen Wlson to bond was this really big, ambitious sci-fi " with Hiddleston and bring story,“ said Herron. his character Mobius up to "But, in disguise, really, it had another ■ s peed regarding Loki's story going on. That's definitely what drew ■ (c haracter. me in. [Loki] had one of the best arcs, I ■ For head writer Michael think, across the MCU, and we've seen ■ WI aldron and his team, it him change so much over a decade. The was an exciting challenge exciting thing as a storyteller was to go . to run with all these back to where we see the Avengers' " crazy ideas and to show Loki, and he's a completely different guy to another side of Loki. the person that we have seen in the recent “It was obviously a big, movies. What really excited me was that he crazy thing with a lot to figure still has all this road to travel." out. It was like, how do we Although Loki only appeared in the films take that character and for less than two hours over the course of ten everything we love about him, years, he has become a fan favourite and tell a whole new story? character to everyone's surprise including “The big idea from Marvel Tom Hiddleston. was the Time Variance Knowing how much fans love Loki, Marvel Authority. I was like this is the Studios filmmakers knew they didn't want to craziest thing in the world, invalidate Loki's death and sacrifice at the but it was really exciting," said hands of Thanos. It was really important to Waldron. The Inside Scoop - an exclusive interview with Loki series head writer Mid MARVEL STUDIOS' Loki sees the return Will this version of Loki reunite with that's also something fans are curious of. "His relationship with Thor is very Can you give any 上 of the God of Mischief who gets Thor on good terms, or at least This is obviously the 2012 Loki that different from the Loki who reconciled 'bigger threat* that apprehended and recruited by the Time remember their bond? picked up the Tesseract and disappeared with Thor in Ragnarok and then lost his apprehend? Variance Authority to help stop a bigger "I'm curious about it myself and I think with the space stone. life in Infinity War. "Only that it's a thr( threat. BUZZ'S Adeline Leong had the "It's exciting to get to tell a totally uniquely suited to face opportunity to get a bit more info from different story of Lold wondering if those that means is that the ( the head writer of the series, Michael two will ever reunite again." have to tune in to find o Waldron. Does Loki get to see the future threats What are the influenct What's the overarching theme of the to come when he's with the Time to writing for the show Loki series? Variance Authority (TVA)? “The team was inspirec "Great question. Fm still trying to figure "I think that question is exactly why the shows and films. R that out myself. The best TV stories, it's TVA is an interesting organisation to put [Waldron won an Em about somebody getting a reckoning of Loki up against because they have so writing and producing s identity with who they are and who 由ey much power. animated series], Blade want to be. "So when Loki looks at them and Zodiac, Maniac on Net "Loki encounters an incredibly realises: *Oh man, if I had access to what great bits of sci-fi powerful organisation [in charge over] all these guys have access to, imagine what I detective stories like ( of time. They're uniquely suited to hold can do with that information.' Can" up a mirror to him and make him ask 'And that will be bad news and so himself who he really is. And that's that's why he's drawn to them in our What can the audience something thematically that myself and show and that's what makes an Loki series? the writing staff are excited to explore.,1. interesting partnership；' "I think they shot The Sun Section: Lifestyle Ad Value: RM 48,041 11-Jun-2021 Size : 1,872cm2 PR Value: RM 144,124 Burdened with Glorious Purpose ; The inside Scoop - an exclusive interview with Loki series head writer Michael Waldron Livinz la Vida Loki... (top row, from left)Tom Hiddleston； Owen Wilson； Gugu Mbatha-Raw; and Wunmi Mosaku bring the Marvel trickster's new adventures to life. The new series follows the alternate timeline Loki (left) as he navigates an existance coloured by the actions of his late counterpart, starting from the theft of the Tesseract in 2011 's Thor (right). iael Waldron lints about the unexpected (laughs). Like Loki himself, up in the future? 'Loki has to they should expect a show that's a little “Like that cool comic panel that bit of a shapeshifter. We try and do a lot. everybody is sharing? (laughs) That will 3at that Loki is "It's just when you think you know be cool. You're gonna have to talk to off against What where the show is going and you really whoever is writing the new Dr Strange “ ludience will just try to change direction and surprise oh wait! It's been fortunate to write now people and it is first and foremost a for all of those three characters. thriller and a sci-fi crime thriller. "They're all amazing, all played by is when it comes "People should expect to hopefuUy be three great actors. I think it's exciting ? on the edge of their seat as they watch it." what the future holds for all three of them 1 by a lot of other for sure." ick and Morty There's a rumour saying we get to see a my last year for female Loki and a kid Loki, is that true? Are there any fan favourite characters >eason4ofthehit "Where does this stuff come from? making a surprise cameo in the series? -Runner was one, (laughs) I can neither confirm nor deny, "Wouldn't you love to know? Tell flix, and different except to say that the TVA has access to everybody here right now.
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