Man, I guess I have to give some props to ELLE UK. They milked their Tom Hiddleston exclusive for everything it was worth, and then some. The Dragonflies were in a tizzy about this exclusive: was Tommy announcing an engagement? A baby? Was he declaring his undying love for Chris Hemsworth or Josh Horowitz? Was he finally revealing his Loki Thunder in a tasteful photoshoot? Well, as it turns out, it’s just a run-of-the-mill profile, plus lots of nice photos (I really like the one they used for an alternate cover), plus a weird video. I mean, it’s all pretty great if you’re a Dragonfly, but the hype definitely exceeded the reality. Here’s what ELLE UK released:
There are many things the ELLE team would like to do to Tom Hiddleston. Styling him for a fashion shoot comes fairy high up on the list. So does getting him drunk and interviewing him for 3 hours. So does making him get all hot and sweaty.
Last month, I got to do all three. There is a god.
In ELLE’s March issue, the very obliging star of Thor, Coriolanus and Only Lovers Left Alive models casual urban-wear by Hugo Boss, Karl Lagerfeld, Dolce & Gabbana, and Giorgio Armani, and demonstrates some rather impressive parkour skills in our exclusive short film. Hiddleston has a fine looking run: “Interesting,” he says. “I feel very myself when I am running.”
He also gives an incredibly candid interview, and explains just why he is an inadvertent youtube sensation. “I have no boundaries,” he told us. “I just say yes to things.” Yes, he really does. But you probably need to read the full interview to find out more.
He talks to us about women. Wanna know about his first kiss? So did we: “First kiss 10! Yes, 10 years old, tongues and everything. [Laughs] She was a huge crush, we were in the same class, a lot of note swapping, and eventually it all went down in a cricket pavilion on an autumn night. It was very thrilling.”
His tastes have subsequently been refined: “I believe in the strength and intelligence and sensitivity of women. My mother, my sisters [they] are strong. My mum is a strong woman and I love her for it.” Just give us a second, while we pick ourselves up off the floor.
ELLE UK has gone Full Dragonfly. It’s sort of cute, though. Tommy wins everyone over in the end. He’s a kitten. A kitten with daddy issues and a need to twirl. As for Tommy’s desire to find a strong woman… we’ll see. Someone introduce him to a blonde Russian model and let’s see if he takes the bait. I’d actually love it if Tommy had a high-profile love affair (and not with Katia). Let him date some American actress and let’s see what happens.
Here’s the ELLE video. It’s just him running and being Tommy.
Photos courtesy of ELLE UK.
I am off to buy this before I get on the train 🙂
Didn’t he date Kat Dennings for a hot minute? She seems like a pretty strong lady.
Tom and Kat dated briefly while making the first Thor. It fizzled by the time the movie came out. But neither have ever said a bad word against each other. I would guess distance was what made it peter out.
He dated Kat Dennings??!
He just went up in my estimation, Kat’s hilarious.
He also dated Carey Mulligan back in 2008? Well, maybe, difficult to tell from a couple of photos alone.
Expecting more… kinda disappointing the video… 🙁
Guys in Elle were not very inspired…
The behind the scenes with some Elle employee tying his (ugly, sorry) trainers for him ruins the macho. Something about this reminds me of when RPattz said he liked Eminem. The irony. Does Tom really run in a graffittied neighborhood, empty streets? Too staged.
I find that first kiss comment to be very cute, I would have never imagined him at ten years old, French kissing a girl in a cricket field. The mental image is just adorable
Why specifically an American actress?
Because there are a lot of them? [American actresses]
I wish I was a fly on the wall when Crimson Peak starts filming, because there is defo chemistry between Jessica Chastain and Tom.
I would like to see him date Miranda Hart – he would seriously suit someone funny, and down-to-earth. And their joint interviews together would be hilarious.
OMG Yes, if only he would date Miranda Hart. She is so awesome. She said her ideal man would look like Goran Ivanišević , though. Tommy doesn’t really look like him, but at least he got the height.
JChan is already dating some Italian businessman or something like that, and she refused to date actors.
My brain is seriously malfunctioning today – I read JChan as Jackie Chan and began to wonder why I’ve never heard that he left his wife for some Italian businessman and why would you even mention this under this post. I finally saw “she” in the last part of the sentence but the idea of Tommy being romantic with Jackie Chan had already been permanently planted in my mind 😉
I read it that way too and wondered all the same things. 😀 I read it a few more times before I realized that it was Jessica and not Jackie. 😀 Probably working too much lately is getting to me 😉
Norman Bates’s Mom (omg epic name) — F.U.C.K.I.N. WIN !!!!!
Jackie + Hiddles forever!! I will forever root for them now! The new power couple!
Sorry, I was in a hurry to type. I’m glad everyone got a chuckle. JChas is what I meant to type. I must have had Jackie Chan on my mine. lol.
I really like him. He seems like a nice, stand up kinda guy. And he’s adorable.
The mental image of two 10 year olds swapping tongues is just weird to me, sorry. My inner ten year old self is horrified and gagging.
The interview is ok and he seems like a an adorable sweet guy, though they overdid it a bit. They’re so obviously painting him as this perfect flawless man, when I’m sure he isn’t.
In fact, flaws are sexy!
Not saying or doing the right thing every single time is a good thing. Having strong, not necessarily universally approved, opinions is sexy.
I mean why do they think Loki is such a hit with everyone? It isn’t because he’s sweet, adorable, polite, proper and always saying the right things. It’s the opposite really.
The more I see this totally opposite image of Tom they’re trying to sell, the more he loses his sex appeal. Damn, I need to rewatch Thor to remember why I originally found him hot.
p.s. TWO posts on Hiddles in one day, and not one on Cumby?? I feel insulted on his behalf.
TMI time!
I French-kissed a boy on the soccer field at 10 because I heard my older brother talking about how awesome French kissing was with his friends, and at 10 I was still thoroughly in that “I want to be just like my brother” phase. But my real 10 year old self was horrified and did gag, because I thought it was gross and weird. Your inner self is not far off.
I remember a girl from my class got herself a boyfriend who was 3 years older (scandalous then) and she was flaunting it all over school. We were 11, he was 14, he was the school “bad boy”. They were kissing every day on the school steps and I remember feeling sick seeing her planting her face on his and saliva dripping all around their mouths (or that’s what it looked like to me). I mean they didn’t even know what they were doing, I was thinking “why does it look so weird and awful in real life, and not romantic like in the movies?”
Man, I wouldn’t plant my mouth on a boy at that age if someone paid me big cash to do it. I was desperately in love with Jack from Titanic, but still, the thought of planting my tongue anywhere besides on an ice cream seemed revolting.
Tommy’s really progressive I guess…
I don’t think he’s trying to be perfect. He says it himself in the interview. He seems pretty self deprecating if anything. I think his image isn’t squeaky clean. It’s just not scandalous. It’s too normal if anything (compared to all the crazy celebs featured on this site).
Jammy, true, I didn’t mean he himself is trying to be perfect, I mean the media (and his PR?) are deliberately painting him in such a way.
This is pretty much what I expected. Nothing to see here. Actually, wait, lots to see here. The pictures are pretty nifty. Just not much to read about to go with them.
He doesn’t reveal that much. Which is a good thing. Gotta keep some mystery. Also, the way he scaled that wall like it was no biggie. Oh my. And as for him being so um, accommodating, this just makes me wonder how accommodating he is in the bedroom.
+1
“Also, the way he scaled that wall like it was no biggie.”
My favorite part of this whole thing 😀
I like the mystery too. The 5 shots of whiskey and still maintaining control part was pretty sexy.
I think that just the title of this post alone resulted in one huge panty drop for all Dragonflies/Hiddlestoners in a collective swoop.
lol Yep! Great sound byte there. He’s a smart one!
Come on, Elle. You have Tom Hiddleston ready and willing, and that’s the video you make??
Or he could just date an American…who lives in the Midwest…with a steady job…who wants to learn more about Shakespeare ;). Call me.
I thoroughly approve of this idea.
(Call me, though, me!)
Enchanting twee man…….excellent actor! Love me some Hiddles!
He has a tendency to talk too much and is a complete people pleaser. 2 faults right there. He also strikes me as a workaholic. That being said I am a lazy, introverted and am not afraid to say “no way” so the two of us belong together!
So my takeaway now that I’ve read the article a second time is that he’s a pleasant but somewhat tough interview because it’s hard to get him to say anything he doesn’t want to say, that he can hold his liquor better than the journalist can, and that he’ll be dirty if requested to but proper as can be otherwise. Mildly interesting, or at least more interesting than the actual quotes.
I’m making a skeptical face at him not being aware how tight his pants were, though. I don’t care if he changed in the back of a car. He presumably tried them on at some point, didn’t he?
I recall seeing pics of him arriving at Nice airport in the suit, so that anecdote about Cannes was a little exaggerated.
Is he trapped in a crawlspace? or a fireplace with recessed lighting?
Bigger news elsewhere: They’ve set the wheels in motion for Thor 3. There is no Thor without Loki. And viceversa.
He really knows what to say to get us ladies swooning, makes me wonder if he’s the same when he’s chasing a woman, does he lay on the charm just as much? Sounds very much in control of himself. Tom is quite the charmer though, has a way with words and looks yummy in the photos and the video. Hell, I’ll take him! lol
ugh a celeb man that talkes about “strong women” but fails to define what that means drops below zero in the sex appeal scale. like he just googled “what women want to hear”
+1, too much for me I hate that.
+ onboard here, too. That, and I just ugh with the essentialism. Turn-off.
I love Hiddles and all, but kind of disappointed with Elle Uk. They were making it out to be like this issue would be revolutionary. And idk *shrugs*, this just seems like an ordinary interview and photoshoot to me. Nothing special.
I might still buy it anyway so I can drool over Hiddles…but….
“Nice” how they threw in the Jane Arthy thing to stir up tumblr. Hasn’t been seen w/her in over 7 months, been emphatically single in interviews since Wimbledon…so unless he’s hiding her under his bed or in his coat pocket, that was just baity and dull.
It could’ve been the writer’s attempt to put the silly ‘gay’ gossip to rest once and for all?
Seemed like a confirmation that they are dating to me, otherwise I’d think there would have been a direct reference to him being single. Otherwise, why bring it up, and why would Luke let the implication stand if it weren’t a fact?
Am I the only person who doesn’t like his comment about ‘believing’ in the ‘strength and sensitivity’ of women? What does that even mean? Why does that have to be stated? Does it make him an excellent person to notice that women have positive qualities? I understand that his heart is in the right place but having to declare that you BELIEVE women to have good traits is just a bit weird to me.
Just realised I missed the part about him believing in my intelligence. Thank goodness for that.
Is it like with Tinkerbell, where if we stop publicly stating that we believe in the strength and intelligence of women, those traits will just whither and die?
Yeah, that quote was…weird.
You know, like some people believe in Big foot or Loch Ness monster, well he believes in the strength, intelligence and sensitivity of women. 😀
Ahahahahhahahahha, oh you ladies have a biting wit, I like it!
But you gotta admit, the women who mob and surround him on a daily basis proclaiming their love and admiration do not seem (I say SEEM, I’m sure it’s just their over-zealous instinct) that sharp, strong and sensible. So the poor man’s got nothing but faith left!
Also, he mingles with the Hollywood crowd, come on, if ever there’s a place to lose faith in women…
And that is probably very much true Kelly. 😀
+1 Borders on mansplaining. Thank you for believing I am strong, intelligent, and worthwhile, Hiddles. Don;t know what I would do without you.
Might be annoying to hear a man extol the virtues of womenkind, but this doesn’t strike me as a particularly condescending quote. It’s a bit out of context, too. Who knows what the journalist asked exactly to get this answer from him. Also, there are so many men who DON’T believe this. He probably went to school with a lot of boys who had misogynistic views on women. In the Elle interview, he strongly distances himself from the jock boys at Eton.
Right, poppyseed. And ELLE UK seems to devote space in every interview to the interview subject’s views on “strong women” or “feminism”, perhaps as a counterpoint to being a fashion magazine. The article immediately after the Hiddleston interview is an interview with Gwen Christie, Brienne from Game of Thrones, a strong woman who plays a warrior woman. Interesting because Christie and Hiddleston were once a couple.
I concur. Maybe some girl broke his hard or he has a hard time opening up in relationships. Who knows. I wasn’t fond of the quote either.
Pandering ugh. With you on that.
Love me some Hiddles, but watching the video, the running aspect bothered me. His form seemed off–like he was pantomiming running rather than actually doing so, if that makes sense. Odd thing to pick on, I know, but I can’t figure out why it irritates me so.
Ok, now you’ve got me curious: when can we get ahold of this online or in print–I’m in the states.
This?
http://torrilla.tumblr.com/post/75019262654/tom-hiddleston-a-god-among-men-elle-uk-march
YES! Thank you! 🙂
And I believe in you Tom, I believe in YOU.
He is charming, cute, smart, and sexy, but I feel like I’ve heard (and seen) it all before. I feel like he needs some rebranding, a new edge, or something, which I doubt we’ll see because the Dragonflies/Hiddlestoners just eat this stuff up.
Can a Jaguar ad change my mood?
Did anybody read the Elle article? Notice how the writer brought “JANE” up in the beginning? Not to Tom’s face of course. If he’s serious about her he’ll have to bring her out publicly at some point. I would just tell him to put up or shut up. Unless she’s scared of the publicity? Then why allow your name to be mentioned at all? The whole thing is weird.
Well given that it is everyone else who is bringing up Jane, why should Tom say anything at all?
What other publications have seriously mentioned her with regard to Tom, discounting tumbler and the internet in general? And once he starts admitting/denying relationships, where will it end? I think he is right (and entitled) to keep schtum until there is something serious to talk about.
Only questionable comment I have is the Tilda Swinton being the “most beautiful woman in the world”…..uh, yeaaahhhh….whatever floats your boat, Tom! I just don’t–get her, and I don’t know if many of us in the States “get” her, but whatever. No big deal. He’s entitled to his own opinion. 😉 It IS nice to know that he considers her a warm, nice person, because I’ve always wondered if she was a witch…I like the fact that he considers her nice. :)….And if she has good dance moves, as he’s said previously, hey, so much the better! lol The video of him running–AWESOME! I want to scale a wall like he does! Too bad I despise running….that might make things a little tricky….;).
Tilda Swinton is amazing! She’s a terrific actress and her looks are supernatural if you ask me, it’s like she’s a lost fairy or mermaid on land, whenever I see her I can’t take my eyes off her.
And in OLLA she stole the show! She was wonderful in it. I know Tom gets more exposure, but seriously, for that film, she deserves it more than him.
So I totally get what he means.
I DO want to see OLLA–her character sounds really cool in it. Maybe I just haven’t seen enough of her work. Keep meaning to check out “We have to talk about Kevin”, because that sounds REALLY interesting, and haven’t done so yet.
Did anyone feel like he was being a little too… mmm … people pleasing? Saying all the right and romantic stuff, yet not one serious, long-term relationship in sight and he is in his 30s. He is a workaholic and loves his job, sure, but so is Chris Hemsworth and the dude is already married with kids. I’m not saying Hiddleston should run to the altar, but such an amazing human being with all the right views on women would’ve been committed to boyfriendhood at the very least.
Ladies, did you feel like maybe Tom is trying to create this image of himself that doesn’t really ring true?
Not everyone, men and women, have to prescribe to what society wants of them as far as being in a relationship while being a certain age. I’m the same age of Hiddleston and I find it annoying and backwards when people use age and relationships together. It just means priorities are focus elsewhere and there is nothing wrong with it. As far as creating an image for himself. He is an actor, it’s what they do.
@ M.A.F.
Oh, I didn’t mean at all that I think something is wrong with him because he isn’t married. What I meant is that he seems almost perfect (‘almost’ because again, I’ve never met him in private) and listening to him saying all the right things makes me wonder if he is not exactly who he tries to appear.
I’m the same age as him (and you) and I constantly get asked why am I single despite my looks, personality and many good qualities. Well, I can’t tell people that while I seem to have all my priorities straight and (I hope) can be very charming, I’m actually a commitment phobe who likes her freedom more than being in a relationship. That is exactly what I feel from reading (or listening) his interviews. My guess is he is probably more interested in his craft and being a creative person myself I can relate. It’s perfectly fine. It’s just that I have a hard time believing that he is all that perfect as he sounds. TOO perfect to be true.
You make good points. And since I’m bored, and can’t find anything to do, I will join in on the conversation.
I did read the article. I did find him to be too much of a “people-pleaser.” I’m thinking that could be a good reason he hasn’t had a long-term relationship in a while. I would have such a hard time dating a man that was always trying to please everyone around me. Makes you wonder if he neglects dating relationships. Like he’s so busy pleasing those around him he forgets to try to please his girl. I think the image, for the most part, is truly him to some extent. The only reason I say that is that he does seem to have many friend, and has maintain long-term friendships, and I’m sure the bad would have come out by now.
As for Chris Hemsworth, I always found it odd, that he and his wife (her name escapes me) always seem to be together. Does she work? I know she’s an actress, but she must not work as much as he. I have noticed in more current pics that I haven’t seen her with him or I just haven’t been paying attention. It seems there could be trouble in paradise for him according to some other poster on a different board.
Back to Tom, he does seem kind of try-hard when it comes to being romantic. I wonder if maybe he scares women off if he really is as romantic as he portrays. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love when a guy is romantic, but there’s a line between cute and creepy, maybe he doesn’t know when to back off.
@Ash
You hit the nail right on the head with this! Looking at him being extremely affectionate with everyone all the time, man and women, co-workers and press, fans and, I don’t know, random babies makes me feel like there would be nothing left for the private relationship. I have a hard time imagining dating someone who is always so focused on everyone around him. That would make me feel left out and not very special.
ack, the shaming/questioning other women on how they live their lives. I think it’s a lot to expect for women to have careers, be wives, AND be mothers. We do not seem men get these questions. This woman gets criticised no matter what she does.
whoops, back to Tom. My opinion: He probably is romantic. Who knows. People just can’t believe it because common decency and extra cheerful effort put towards the female sex is not exactly common. It’s so sad the world we live in. Romance is a myth to a lot of women, which is unfortunate. There are skeevy men out there, so it’s not unexpected that we can be doubtful of “nice” Tom’s intentions, which for all we know, could just be harmless.
@jammypants I wasn’t trying to criticize anyone if that’s the way it came across. Just making observations, that was all. I respect women who can pull off having a career, a family, and be wives. Those are huge shoes to fill. I did not mean to disrespect or criticize in any way.
Relationships do not last if the only reason people are in a relationship is because they believe they are SUPPOSED to be in a relationship. The US has a divorce rate of over 50% because people get married because they believe they are SUPPOSED to be married, usually by a certain age (that statistic skyrockets for couples who marry when the bride is between 24-26). People should only be in a relationship because they really want to be with that other person.
Hahaha, just a smidge. The entire interview smells like Luke Windsor.
@Froop
It smells like… “Prince Charming” that’s what it smells like. I just couldn’t have come up with better words if I was trying to create my personal Mister Darcy. Which makes me wonder how genuine is all this.
That’s what it smells like 🙂
Hahha, Darcy would insult the interviewer half-way through that ridiculous fangirling interview
Does he manage his public image and try to emphasize a particular version of himself who he thinks fans will like? Of course. All celebrities do, except for a handful of troubled and disliked people – even the ones who people tend to praise for being honest and authentic. It’s a few steps up from the “work personality” and “family personality” and “friends personality” that most regular people shift between, but it’s not all that different. This interview doesn’t feel like the most candid thing in the world, but I don’t think it’s that atypical for the genre.
As for the rest, there’s actually nothing about any of it that suggests someone should be in long term relationship. Plenty of guys with good attitudes about women are happily, ethically single because they like it that way. Others might want to be in relationships, but have failings not related to respect issues that make things go wrong. As for the hopeless romantic bit, I’d actually say that isn’t always an asset for serious relationships. Romantic people sometimes pick partners impulsively or get hung up on exes or don’t know what to do in a relationship when the infatuation wears off. Not that any of this necessarily applies to Tom, but no, claiming these traits doesn’t suggest to me that he should have a girlfriend by now.
@lunchcoma
“I’d actually say that isn’t always an asset for serious relationships. Romantic people sometimes pick partners impulsively or get hung up on exes or don’t know what to do in a relationship when the infatuation wears off. ” – very insightful! I agree completely.
@ ItSetsYou
I totally agree that something seems off. Although, I truly believe that all actors/famous people have some sort of issue that makes them crave fame and notoriety…something they’re lacking personally or some baggage/issue(s) they have. They can’t adhere to the same “timelines” and ways of doing things that us mere mortals do 😉
His public persona has always felt like a bit of an affectation to me. Charming & likeable , though, probably much like his real personality. Many actors in his position do this to create an image. I think it’s necessary when you are selling a persona. And on the flip side, it helps to maintain a feeling of privacy.
spot on!
Have considered that, yes…..if so, he’s REALLY good at keeping down the REALLY Tommy H. That’s sad. Especially when he says he values honesty. Grf.
Or much more simply the end of the relationship with Susannah hurt him enough that now he won’t go for a relationship unless he feels as strongly or more strongly than he felt for her. When he confirmed that they broke up he was very sad about it.
As for the romantic gestures, he was always like that, there was an interview for a Russian site a few months back where he told how he liked to do romantic gestures once, but now he is more cautious. But he always said he wants to have a family so I doubt if he were to meet the right person he would hold back. It’ s “just” a matter of finding her, same as for everybody else.
I agree with you, age and relationships aside, I do think he’s a people pleaser and he reads people well and knows exactly what to say. He’s got high social intelligence skills. I doubt we’ll ever see the real him, the person who’s not trying to behave nicely and give the proper entertaining response. I mean I’d give anything for some secret video of him out drunk and high spewing his inner commentary on people, but I doubt it.
Why does everyone’s maturity has to be defined by their marital/romantic status? So what if he’s over 30 and single? I know this issue plagues single women, but I’m starting to see it creep up on modern men as well. Your marital status IN NO WAY conclusively indicates the following: your maturity, the success of your relationship with people, or your character.
God this opinion is the plague of the old world and tradition. Please excuse me for sounding annoyed. This particular issue is very grating to me. Having another person in your life does not in any way validate or invalidate you as a person. They just happen to walk beside you in life, while also living their own.
I completely agree with you @Jammypants. I’m 25, and have chosen to be single for a good portion of my adulthood thus far. I have been in two serious relationships, one as a teenager, and one as an adult. Both didn’t end well, not entirely the guys fault and not entirely mine. I was not there as I should have been, and in turn they cheated on me.
I get poked and prodded all the time about settling down, and having a family. I refuse to even go out on a date unless I know there will be more than just, “Oh that was fun,” and then never speak again. I’m thinking that maybe something similar is going on with Cumberbatch and Hiddleston since both have been single for a good portion once they really came on the scene.
I honestly don’t think either men, and considering they’re both good friends, are going to be entering into any type of serious relationship any time soon. If so, she’ll have to be incredibly special and understanding of their situations with fame, and all the other stuff that comes along with being in a relationship with a celebrity.
@Ash,
I’m 27 and already I’m getting people telling me my time is running out. Really? I have a career though! I live on my own and am really happy. Yea I was in two relationships as well, but honestly I’m genuinely so comfortable with being single. I love it in fact. I just thought today how annoying my coworker was because he bitched too much. I just can’t tolerate bitchy men and I’m surrounded by them haha
I think the exact same as you when it comes to wasting time on a “that was fun” one-off date. For me, I’d rather stay in, cook some good soup and read a book if I knew I was never going to hit it off with someone. I mean one-off dates can be fun, but if that’s all you want and they wanted more, it’s quite annoying to tell them you’re not interested (it’s a bit mean I know =p)
O, Loki. We’re over.
Ah, I’ve lost track of who commented that his running style looked odd to them. All I can say is, he runs like a rugger…..a footballer or similar sport player who started running by being sent on laps around the field, and just wants to get them done, but eventually learns to like running. Not like someone who started with a coach and or a run team at a fairly young age, and thus learned how to run efficiently and with the most pleasure.
Just my two cents! He does also look as if he could go for hours. I mean, run for hours. Yeah, that’s it.
@TotallyBiased “I’ve lost track of who commented that his running style looked odd to them.”
I noticed it too, that’s so funny! I didn’t say anything, thinking that maybe I was reading too much into things.
Maybe he’s afraid of getting into a long-term relationship because of his parents’ divorce and his (seemingly) continued struggles with that. Sounds like it hit him hard, so he’s REALLY being careful in looking for “Miss Right”.
Then again, what the hell do I know? I’ve got a headache and I’m craving chocolate. Then again, that’s a daily thing with me. 😉
I really tried not to read too much into this. Theories over here are getting interesting. One thing that i couldn’t help but notice was that his dad never gets mentioned. Even at one instance, the interview clarifies that “we” meant him and his mom. I am not saying he has daddy issues…most guys do, lets face it. But it was weird given that tye interview was supposed to be “revealing”. That would have been far better than discussing Trousergate.
Well given his mother was a stage manager and introduced him to theatre, they obviously have a lot of interests in common relating to his occupation. Given that any interests he shares with his dad are likely not to be with his profession, perhaps he, and dad, prefer to keep that more private?
I know his dad went with him to the premier of Thor because he commented on his dad meeting Antony Hopkins.
Very much enjoyed his gorgeous Coriolanus yesterday, yet do think he was much more convincing in portraying the softer side of the Shakespearean hero than the actual killing machine. Hiddleston is gifted to the extreme, and obviously has enjoyed the benefit of some excellent parenting, but yet does come across somewhat insecure and just a tiny bit too try-hard in my opinion. I kind of find it hard to believe that he is in his 30s – comes across as someone in his early or mid 20s.
Random observation, and no offense to Hiddles or his legion of CB fans, but I’ve dated two different men who talked a good game about how much they respected women because they were raised by, respectively, a single mom and a particularly strong-willed one…and they treated me by far the worst of any men I’d ever been with. They were the most misogynistic and inattentive. I’ve never heard hubs or any of my other brainy, feminist guy friends say anything like that and they walk the walk, you know?
Good point. It’s about what you do, not what you say. But it’s easy to forget that in life, people cling to the immediate and near. Which are words. And there are some very gifted persuasive intelligent people out there, who know and use the power of language brilliantly.
You make very good points GreenTurtle. I have been friends with guys that have talked a good game, and treated their girlfriends like princesses, but then I’ve known guys that are the exact opposite. Every man is different though, and only those who genuinely know Hiddles knows what he’s truly like with the ladies.
So, I read this article, and was turned off a bit about he’s belief in “the strength and intelligence and sensitivity of women,” and realized I didn’t think of the circle he is surrounded with. A good portion of actors and actresses use their looks to get by, therefore I’m pretty sure he runs into women and men that lack all those qualities. Plus, we don’t know the direct question word from word or the conversation beforehand.
Interview is a result of when the interviewEE drinks the interviewER under the table. Not gay, one way we know is DL wouldn’t mind TH posts so much! Did Elle UK owe him a puff piece for the trouble the Arthy tweet by their Editor in Chief caused? Maybe Luke pushed for that.
http://observationdeck.io9.com/the-dark-side-of-fandom-1514042157?fb_action_ids=10151845305496946&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B265665756930599%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map
Wow! Just…wow! the security guy sounds genuinely scared. THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE!