This is what Tom Hiddleston looks like when he wakes up. Are you into it? I’m kind of into it. I like some scruff on a man and I’ve always thought Hiddles in particular looked better with some kind of facial hair. His morning hair looks amazing/terrible too. So spiky, with no rhyme or reason. I don’t really believe he sleeps in a hoodie though.
So, why did Tommy post this just-woke-up selfie? It’s because of a new social media campaign called #WakeUpCall. #WakeUpCall supports UNICEF and Tommy is a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. This campaign is sort of like the “no makeup selfie,” only people are encouraged to not only go makeup-free, but take the selfie as soon as they wake up. People are encouraged to donate to UNICEF’s Syria Emergency Fund as well as post the #WakeUpCall selfies. Oh, and they get to nominate people too – Tommy nominated Emma Watson (shortly after he supported her UN HeForShe campaign with a selfie too), Keeley Hawes and Josie Rourke (the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse).
So it’s all for charity and good for Hiddles. He’s a good UNICEF ambassador but he’s been working so much this year, he probably hasn’t had time to make any trips on behalf of UNICEF. But selfies are good too. Maybe the next viral campaign can be #MorningWood… for, like, Rain Forest Awareness. I want to see Hiddles participate in that.
Final thought: IS THAT HIS HEADBOARD?!
#WAKEUPCALL Text SYRIA to 70007 to give £5. http://t.co/Urt3n8y6WE. Nominate @Misskeeleyhawes @EmWatson @josierourke pic.twitter.com/30a8RykcW9
— Tom Hiddleston (@twhiddleston) October 6, 2014
Photos courtesy of Tom Hiddleston’s Twitter, PR Photos.
The picture is kind of cute.
I am not into this new campaign though.
Meh. LOL
The headboard looks like it has scratches down it. Mmmmmmmmm
😀 😀 And they’re DEEP and LOONG. That must have been SOME, ahem, frolicking going on there!
It was! Those are my scratch marks. You should see his back.
😀 I bet that’s why he was such a mess when ‘P’enny and I took him and Cumberbatch for the double date.
#HeadboardToWakeUpTo lol
His headboard looks old. Like he got it from his grandmother.
Sorry to ruin the fantasy.
It’s not his headboard. 😉
You didn’t ruin anything for me. Sorry to ruin to your fantasy.
it’s called vintage, Darling! it’s the latest in shaker chic.
Isn’t he back in the US? Then it’s not his headboard, but who knows… He just doesn’t strike me as a vintage-shabby chic guy?
I didn’t have a fantasy about ruining yours. Good grief people.
Scruff or no scruff, just rolled out of bed or red carpet fab I don’t care I LOVE him. This man is hot in every carnation
Love scruffiness.
Does anyone know where he is? Is he back in Nashville? In which case, it would be the headboard in the guest room at Rodney Crowell’s.
I would imagine he is in the States. They start filming next week.
he’s at mine!
That look? it’s what he looks like by the time I’ve finished with him
“here, Hiddles..”
I swear if I ever buy a puppy, I am calling it Hiddles.
But then you would be saying (pre house training) Hiddles piddles a lot. 😉
That would be nearly worth getting a puppy. *lol* Also: “Hiddles, stop humping your teddy bear!”
Hiddles is such a cute name.
If i had a Thor doll, i could shout, “Hiddles, stop humping Thor” And, then the neighbours would lock me up.
or a Sherlock one, “Hiddles, did you just piddle on Benedict, naughty naughty boy. ? :-D”
@Isadora ROFLMAO
@’P’enny
Your puppy would be so cute
http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/21/2144/KZBCD00Z/posters/stone-lynn-m-golden-retriever-puppy-in-bucket-canis-familiaris-illinois-usa.jpg
Today, we have 3 new cast members: Vincent Stalba, Fred Parker and Charlie Talbert.
https://twitter.com/ISawTheLightFan/status/519433512206602240
I’m into it. LOL.
I’m down with the fuzzy face. Fuzzy Hiddles!
Josie Rourke responded this morning. Said it was better than an ice bucket.
And here is little Hiddles by Hashtag_Genius:
https://twitter.com/Hashtag_Genius/status/519462031305764864
Thanks for reminding me of little hiddles, I’ve just Googled it and there are loads.
And Keeley Hawes did her this morning.
Nop. Nada. Not at all.
Same with Benedict Cumberbach(sp?).
He is skinny and kinda mousy-looking,facially.
I like tall,built and darkly handsome men like Joe Manganiello(just for his body), Chris Hemsworth(with dark hair).
Strokes and folks.
That’s all perfectly fine (and CHemboy is one exceedingly pretty man, so true!) but why even compare Cumberbatch and Hiddleston physically? They’re imo two extremely different-looking (and feeling) men.
And exactly how do you know how those two feel Intro Outro if I may be bold enough to ask? 😉
Intro and I went of a double date, and got to analyse their feelings very closely.
We discovered through our empirical dinner-date research that Benedict doesn’t feel much at all, rather a wooden lump focused rather too much on having a fag, and gets grumpy if you don’t laugh at his childish napkin head jokes. Hiddles, feels too much, and cries all over the dinner table and has to be placated when Benny goes out for a fag.
LMAO ‘p’enny!! You win the internet today! 😀
Yes, ‘P’enny, you hit the jackpot! LOL!
@’p’enny, and that is precisely why they must not be brought together. Running Tom, ice water soaking wet Tom, brooding about who Shakespeare really was Tom. Conquering the world in green leather and a mullet Tom. Uncontrollably excited about the word “hippopotamus” Tom are all welcome and loved. But distraught because BC is smoking Tom is too much for anyone to handle
Oh you ladies
🙂
*sighs dramatically* They did embarrass themselves, didn’t they, ‘P’enny?
@P’enny brilliant. Perhaps Tom’s next campaign can be a “help Benny give up the fags” in which everyone has to post dressed as a Shakespeare character with a cigarette hanging from their mouth if Hiddles can manage it without shedding tears
Ben doens’t do it for me. Forever in my mind he will be the creepy guy from Atonement. On the other hand, Tom is kind of good looking and charming. I don’t know. There are thousand of good looking actors but media and people seem to be obsessed with these two.
Personally I think it’s a good sign, to be honest. Because there ARE thousands of good looking actors and a lot are way better looking than both Benedict or Tom – think of all the supermodels trying to get into acting! But people are still obsessed with these two very promising actors, so this shows me that talent and personality (even if maybe one or both don’t do it for you) go a long way and are in the end more important than sheer physical perfection.
I do hope we haven’t got excited too quickly – BBC says the casting for The Night Manager is speculation:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29519056
Lets hoping it is just dependent on a network picking it up. But it might explain why we heard nothing from Tom/Luke/Christian on Twitter.
Ouch. I hope it’s not speculation, come on, Hiddles, TV awaits you and will do you only good!
So nobody has signed yet. I do hope this works out. And I thank them for using that picture from Henry IV, part 1.
Well, f**k you too BBC. Just ruin the awesomeness of the casting announcement.
Let us hope it is only a case of getting the contracts signed from a collaborating network. Because it is very odd that is was so widely reported and not as “have been approached……” or anything like that. Could they have sort of sorted it with Tom and Hugh and are tempting the networks with those in the cast?
The Hollywood Reporter even reported it and that is a trade magazine not a gossip glossy.
If Hugh isn’t on board, I will accept Bill Nighy as a substitute. He was evil incarnate in The Constant Gardener.
Love Nighy!
yes Nighy!!! He and Tom can save the world.Tom through Unicef and Nighy through food banks
Hell yeah! Just throw Nighty in there anyhow.
The world just needs more Bill Nighy.
Or Mark Strong?
Oh no!!! 🙁 But… but.. this has to happen! Because I want!! hhnnnnng…
Having said all that, the BBC could have come out and said an outright NO on the casting but they didn’t they have just used the word speculation.
I hope the Beeb is just hedging it’s bets and it’s more of a sure thing than they’re letting on… *sigh*
Well at least no one can say he’d take anything and everything when this is a pure rumor with names thrown around 😉
One would think that but some are determined. Haters got to hate and all that.
I know Hiddles says negative energy taxes on you in the end, but I disagree. Some people get off on it.
I hope not. Jaguar and the BBC have no right to spoil our week. Shame on them
tut tut!
new tweet from Tom re Jaguar
Careful @NicholasHoult. All will be revealed in time. RT @JaguarUSA Behind every cunning plan is a brilliant mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJX3n8Z4jPo …
Hugh Laurie follows only 146 people on Twitter, the most recent addition of which was Tom, whom he followed after the story broke. That should be a good sign.
great news
Sounds very promising.
Unless he’s doing it on a “what does he know (first) that I don’t know” basis. 🙂
I hope so! I felt like BBC pulled the rug under us yesterday.
I hope so much this is happening!! But Tom didn’t follow back, right? Strange… he followed Gemma Arterton recently, though. I wonder if she will be in any of his upcoming projects..
I like the guy and think his heart is in the right place. However, I can’t get behind the whole celebrity Twitter hashtag-selfie activism thing, especially when the vast majority of the time it doesn’t necessarily raise awareness among their fan base.
He tweeted a link where you can text UNITED £5.00. You can do this in the states, too: it makes donating very easy.
I would have argued that it does raise the awareness in fan bases bit not so much elsewhere.
Bad bed haired people unite!!!! Also, he should not not be allowed to look so damn alert and cute in the mornings! I’m a morning zombie- hag
I keep my TH Ken doll dressed in his Alexander McQueen. Why can’t we have Tuxedos for Togo or something like that? Kind of TH to spend his spare time doing one thing after another for charity, even if it is the ole ‘raising awareness’.
Hot, not so much, but it is cute. LOL. I do the squinty thing when I wake up, too. The twitter pic is cracking me up, though. Look at the soulful eyes on that man. Does he know his fan base or what?
He looks happier here than in his previous selfies. He’s probably just got back from a run as he always says he more of a morning person
I’ll just hijack the thread for a moment to say The Times has just mentioned that Cumberbatch and Sam Mendes are turning Edward St Aubyn’s books into a series.
Cumberbatch has often said that he wants to play Patrick Melrose so looks like he may have got his wish. It’s a long way off but something to look forward to in a few years time. If I remember rightly as soon as Benedict mentioned he wanted to play the role Hiddleston started to say he was reading the books too which made me role my eyes. I’m glad Benedict has beaten him to it.
wooooah That is a one hell of a Benny-bomb. “out of that door, now” [ laughing] I Clear off, take your coat and don’t come back.
“I’m glad Benedict beat him to it..”
trolling girl! you’re so going to get your butt kicked.
by the way, I often read books that my friends recommend, so so what?
Have you never read a book recommended to you by a friend?
I’ve never read these books, but now I’m curious!
Saying someone is reading a book does not equate to wanting a role. I’ve read books about Joan of Arc but it doesn’t mean I want to lead an army or burn at the stake.
haha!
@ Lilacflowers
Now that is post of the day.
@jammypants and joe spider, thank you, thank you.
“Cumberbatch and Sam Mendes are turning Edward St Aubyn’s books into a series.” …”I’m glad Benedict has beaten him to it.”
My life is complete now that I Saw the Light “heavenly choir sound”
LOL
@Betsy, your favourite actor has a new job, good for you and other Cumberbatch fans. But keep that sour feeling against Tom it’s unhealthy.
Relax a little and enjoy Cumberbatch’s work
I, for one, am DELIGHTED that Tommy boy is NOT involved with this. Those novels are horrible. Not poorly written, but horrific characters who do horrific things and have horrific things done to them. Not the most enjoyable read AT ALL, and I’ve no interest in watching any sort of film made from them.
@TotallyBiased, I was toying with writing something along the same lines, but decided not to because I think it’s a worthy thing – to talk openly about that horrendous topic and to make a worthy TV series about it. Not an easy viewing for sure, but I’ll applaud the producers and Ben or whoever will be playing Patrick (and it’s got to be a much younger actor at the beginning) if they get it right.
I do agree in principle, Innie, but my real problem is less with that specific set of circumstances to which I am sure you are referring, than with my overall dislike for the characters (personalities, ethics, behavior) and distaste for events. In short, I didn’t even like the plots! It was an eye-opener to read them after hearing BC and the Hids enthuse over them, but probably good for me. A reminder that these actors are thinking, considering human beings who are NOT always going to have the opinions I expect them to have or react to things as I expect.
I haven’t read the books but they sound like something right up Benny’s alley. And it’s not a biopic! So good for him and also – in a way – good for me because I would probably have watched it if Tom was in it and I’m not sure if this is something I’d enjoy.
When actors develop projects for themselves, don’t they usually do it to stretch themselves and show what they can do? Does it really make sense for someone who is in danger of being typecast as posh, emotionally repressed man to cast himself as posh, emotionally repressed man? Is the story that fabulous?
@isadora-the books are apparently autobiographical, so it’s sort of a fictional biopic.
@lilac- mte. Just another damaged, posh, uptight role. So much for wanting to branch out and shed the posh label, eh? The only angle he’s adding to this is junkie. Which sherlock sort of is, just discreetly. So, no, nothing new. His choices frustrate me. Which is probably why my netflix queue is full of Hiddles right now.
😉
@Sigh(s), I can understand how actors get typecast because that’s how casting people see them, that is all they are offered, and they want to work. But when the actor develops a project and typecasts himself, that can be seen as an admission of his limitations and an unwillingness to move beyond a comfort zone.
Hey betsy, what say you to the fact that Cumberbatch is doing Hollow Crown 2 after Hiddleston did Hollow Crown 1? Or that he’s returning to the theatre to play Shakespeare after Hiddleston returned to the theatre to play Shakespeare? Or that Cumberbatch wore a white tee for his icebucker challenge after Hiddleston wore white tee for his icebucket challenge?
@Intro Outro nothing comes across as worthy in those books. I really struggle to finish them but there are far more worthy stories/novels that I would prefer to see.
I do think Tommy might have won me over but I doubt Benny could convince me to like the lead unless they soften him for the screen.
@Innie, it’s only Hiddles who copies and tries to outdo Batches at every turn, the bastard! 😉
@jammy, this whole Cumberbatch/Hiddleston standoff is such a ridiculous and artificial thing made up by overinvested fans that I keep telling myself to just ignore it… and always end up speaking up because I just can’t with some judgements.
You forgot Sesame Street.
and Comic Con. Didn’t Cumberbatch attempt to dance as well? Seriously, people, who cares. They’re both wonderful. I can’t with the fans of both sides, although I quite like the Dragonflies here.
@jammypants, even when Tom does it first. It is just “anticipational copying”. And don’t get them started on who does what better.
I know. I love the ones where ‘supposedly’ the begging to do the same as the other is from Tom fans *major eye roll* Sure, sure. I see it happening on both sides and even if they do, who cares? Will that actually make one better than the other? Nope. It’s fandom pettiness.
@intro Outro
For God’s sake, really?
@betsy Tom actual said he was re reading them but yes they were both angling for the lead.
Having read all 41/2 books Benny is more than welcome take the lead .There was not one character in all five books I actually liked and the lead character was the worst. They are the worst kind of upper class twits who do nothing but bitch, talk about money, boast about how witty and intellectual they and feel sorry for themselves. It was the first time I have not been able to feel sympathy for someone who was abused because he had the means and intelligence to do something about it. Instead he spends 45 yrs of his life making others miserable, abusing his body and feeling sorry for himself
One complete book was dedicated to his drug binges and I put my hand up to giving up half way through because it was just so boring.
Benny may be a better bet any way as Tom would actually make the lead guy likable and the books do not deserve it.
Thank you! You said it much better than I, and now I feel less alone in my distaste. Having said that–they are well written, just NOT enjoyable or, er, worthwhile in my view. Thus ruining my intent to promote every well-written book on the planet.
@icerose, thanks for your impressions! I haven’t read the books but I read several reviews, and a friend liked them and spoke quite a lot about them. I would have to read the books myself to form an opinion on writing and characters, but the topic itself is imo a worthy one. However, I see your point about Patrick and other characters. A lot would probably depend on how the director would decide to place accents.
I have to admit I haven’t read the books. I did read reviews and such and they sound as you describe them, icerose. I then read this horrifically long New Yorker article about the author, and despite his absolutely atrocious upbringing, which should have had me sympathizing with him, he came off as an entitled, spoiled, narcissistic douche that could see all those things in everyone around him, but not in himself.
Totally turned me off and now I don’t want to go near the books with a ten foot pole. I don’t care how well they’re written.
@Sigh I only finished them because I have this masochistic stubbornness about finishing a book or series I have started, I know nothing about the writer but what you say does not surprise me.
If they has something which actually said something positive about humanity or even something about the power of mankind to overcome tragedy etc but by the end I was slow clapping and thinking wow you might have a superior intellect but your emotional intelligence level is in the minus score and why did it have to take five books to find a pretty feeble resolution.
@TotallyBiased, icerose and sigh((s)), I see what you’re talking about, ladies. What you’re saying makes perfect sense.
Icerose-you’re obviously entitled to your opinion on the writing but I’d gently like to note that not everyone can snap recover from years of abuse. Some people never do, no matter how many years pass.
@An No one is saying that abuse is easy to get over and that some people do not carry it with them all there lives. I have worked with older people who have been abused in their childhood and most of them carried their pain with more grace and dignity than this particular character and they had to struggle with other issues such as poverty ,bereavement etc. It was not so much how long he took to get over it but the over dramatic, narcissistic ,abusive behaviour, self indulgent behaviour that ran through his life and his rejection of any sources of help. But to be fair he is not an isolated case -just one I am not particularly interested in
You roll your eyes because Tom read a book that Cumberbatch read? I bet your eyes get very sore at the end of everyday cos Tom probably does a lot of things that Cumberbatch does, read news, eat food and such. Is Cumberbatch’s fans always so insecure? Tom read a book and they immediately assume he’s snatching a role from their idol. Do they have no faith in their man holding on to his role?
Josa to be fair to Betsy Tom’s tweet about reading the books again was so close to Ben’s tweet or Redditch that he was just reading them that even I though they were both shamelessly pimping themselves especially as a few weeks later a rumour appeared that someone was trying to get the project together
@icerose, I do like to be fair, if only Cumberbatch’s fans can be fair with Tom too. If they are pimping themselves around the same time, then could it be because they both aware of such role available because they run in the same circle? Actors compete for role, the most common thing in the industry. Betsy here said Ben mentioned it and Tom then said he’s reading it too. The only real fact here is one mentioning it first then the other did, but they could have known about the role at the same time. You don’t roll your eyes at actors just because they want the same role. You roll your eyes at Tom because you think he’s up to something that you disapprove. She is disapproving because she thinks Tom is eyeing something that belongs to Benedict, or that Tom is copying Benedict, or whatever things that Tom is not supposed to do because somehow Benedict already has a claim on it. That doesn’t seem too fair to me. I mean, I said it first therefore this belongs to me? A bit childish if you ask me.
I don’t think there’s reasoning with bias. We do try though :p
@Josa you make some good points
Intro Outro:
I knew I heard Tom mentioned Bong Joon-ho´s name before, but i just couldn´t find the vídeo.
Now I found it.
Tom´s photocall in Korea( talking about korean directors and he also mentioned Snowpiercer – 4:30s) – during The Dark World tour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G2ac9IFHfE
Ah, nice one. Haven’t seen it before!
Isadora:
I guess few people watched this because the title is in korean, what made hard to track it.
Here is the part II. Don´t forget to skip the first 60 s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMAH4DZp4NA
Oh wow, thank you, Allegra!
Intro Outro: You´re welcome!
I also found this:
a. C. Hodell and Bong Joon Ho LA Film Festival
https://twitter.com/christianhodell/status/478295381529591808
b. And Nerd HQ(look moment at 46:00, when Tom said there´s Michael F´s fingerprints in some scripts he got):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En6hZfzeKPU
Is it too much coincidence, don´t you think?
Edgar wright is hot.
@Allegra, I hadn’t seen that Korean one. Thanks! It was nice and he looked amazing.
I get very cold at night and I will sleep in a hoodie, it keeps the body warmth in. Other than that, the photo is cute but his nose looks huge.
Perhaps he has a hoodie dressing gown..
I’m pretty sure it’s his hoodie from the Elle UK running video.
Btw, I bet he sleeps naked. 😉 So he probably put something on for the photo. Bummer!
Maybe he dresses to sleep at other people’s houses after his experience with the assistant director walking in on his naked, just showered in cold water and can’t find a towel self when he was living in the Archipelago house?
Or he could have woken up, pulled on running clothes he left next to the bed, then snapped the picture?
Yes, I think it’s his “running hoodie”, so it could very well be that he snapped it before doing his daily seven miles.
Not sure if the Archipelago assistant director walking in on him really changed his sleeping habits. There is this tidbit from someone working at the hotel when they shot The Avengers and it sounds rather different: “Every morning for him began with a grotesquely healthy smoothie made from pulverized romaine lettuce and green apples. The only thing disconcerting about him was his inability to answer the door wearing anything more than a towel.” (source: http://halfdollarrebel.blogspot.co.at/2012/05/we-went-to-see-avengers-on-opening-day.html) Not sure if it’s true, but it could very well be. But maybe he is more inclined to wear clothes when staying with someone instead of a hotel. 😉
we shall never know-I would like to think he was hiding his hickies but the chest suggests not-maybe he was wearing his Spock ears and was feeling a tad sheepish
I’m glad he didn’t post without cloth. Saw some men’s wake up pics in this campaign, not flattering. I’m not used to seeing people took bare chest selfie. Hugh Grant’s one is good, wonder how he put that face on.
Ah, maybe that explains it.
I hadn’t been able to properly assess whether or not he looks sexy in this because I was too distracted thinking “He sleeps in a hoodie?”
@From North of Boston: It’s also possible that he didn’t go running, took the picture shortly after waking up, and tossed on the hoodie to tone down a righteous case of bedhead. My hair is only a bit less curly than his, and my hair is very…creative…when I’ve just woken up.
@Isadora: I’ve read that story before, but thank you of reminding me of that lovely mental image.
Cute cute and too cute!!! Love the scruff.
Double cute. It actually made me laugh out loud.
Cute picture of Tom.
Does anyone know if he smokes?
If certain people participated, I bet MorningWood for the rainforest would probably raise more money than the ice bucket challenge. Haha.
oh my!
As for the smoking, I’ve only ever seen him do it on screen so…not sure?
Oakley and Freddy Page characters were smokers, maybe his Churchhill character too but they seemed to be just waving the cigarette around instead of smoking. No evidence of smoking or smoking materials on him out of character.
Thats nice to hear. Thanks!
and F Scott Fitzgerald
Did anyone catch TH smoking a cigarette at a tennis match, or while on vacation for instance? Are there pap photos of him with a cigarette? (Pictures or it didn’t happen, people.) He would never take a random cigarette on the red carpet, and has said he has no cigarettes when asked in an interview, but is he smoking in private? Is there a SECRET CIGARETTE!?
According to somebady smoking CIGARETTES is the least of his vices. 🙂
The Secret Cigarette! *lol* Good one, browniecakes!
@browniecakes – you’ve just made me do a spit-take at my desk! Your comment goes in my Celebitchy comment Hall of Fame. Your statue is in the mail.
@Tara that’s a good question. Some people say he does although there is no evidence of him been seen or photographed with a cigarette or cigarette packets when he’s not working on a film, Others say that he once said in an interview that he doesn’t like smoking. I’m inclined to believe he doesn’t because of the latter fact he’s never been seen to or holding a pack.
That’s not his headboard because he’s living with that country singer man.
Little Hiddles and Lego loki do it again. I’ve heard the creater of LL say she couldn’t do the shoe selfies due to it being too tricky.
Anybody know why Hiddles threads are closing quicker? Some weren’t even that long and we’ve all been good.
I don’t know. Maybe the post count gets too high and stops after 250ish?
“Anybody know why Hiddles threads are closing quicker? Some weren’t even that long and we’ve all been good.”
I know , it’s weird u_u
It’s bullying xD
They’ve been closing them right before opening another.
I think you´re right Lilac.
I tried to post 3 comments yesterday but it didn´t work. Then they open a new one today.
But Lego Loki did post a shoe selfie so someone must have done one for her. The conversation about how Lego Loki couldn’t take his shoes off was hilarious
@browniecakes, but he doesn’t love the secret cigarette. He cheats on the secret cigarette with pipes and cigars and chewing tobacco and nicotine gum. He’s just stringing secret cigarette along until he is ready to settle down. Then, he’ll find a nice nicotine patch that he’ll bring home to mom and bring to red carpets to get approval from fans.
PMSL @LiliacFlowers. Girl you’re on fire in this thread.
Although I want to add that Hiddles would never cheat with a bong or a similar special cigarette
And just as it should be secret cigarette is a smoky, nicotine drenched butt who thinks that she is superior to all the other cigars and pipes. But you have forgotten all the buts who hang out in the ashtray in his local café. They will all have to go along with the bubble pipe and Gauloise’s as well.
Will the nicotine patch be coloured or will he stick with the neutral variety ans will he still be allowed the odd puff on Nicorette inhaler.
Owwwww! Owwwww! Owwww!
You people are KILLING me here! My ribs are splitting, and the snickering is gonna get me in trouble for sure.
and PUFF quoth the pipe!
Looking at the photo again it looks like Hiddles has been playing with the filter again. He’s also zoomed and cropped, mind you he does have long arms.
Sexy. Definitely! 😉
This is real or a joke?
“…Kudos 2 Mr. Hiddleston! He made US national news this am for his #WAKEUPCALL”
https://twitter.com/ninjakitty009/status/519461795497803776
LL Cool Tweeted that? HahahahHh. The Hiddles has landed!
U guys kill me. Love the pic of him tho it’s a bit inappropriate as I am old enough to be his mama. Anybody know where and when Skull Island is filming?
@tigerlily
I’m practically old enough to be his grandmother but there’s no age limits on fantasies. 😉
As long as we oldies aren’t too hard on BCoop and the other age gap romances that some posters find so gross…
I am old enough to be his mother and grandmother and because the dear boy is so cold that he needs a hoody, I think so we should all sit and knit him a scarf and some warmers for those bits that need that extra bit of cover.
Haha, and if he wants a change I can always crochet a …..cosy for him 🙂
Maybe you could be his secret grandmothers, icerose and spidey…
@icerose, I can’t knit so I’ll just slide right next to him, wrap my limbs around him, and shared body warmth.
I’m a certified hypothermia expert. Just sayin…
@Anne Tommy I like it, Can we be grannies with hot water bottle benefits- in which case @Lilacflowers we can lie him on his side and warm him like a sandwich after I have made him some toe cosies because I don’t know about you but I am 12 inches to short to cover his length,
He’s 5 years older than me and no way I’d ever actually have a chance, but it’s fun to daydream.
Awww hell, no one told me I had to consider age-appropriateness before crushing on a celebrity. If that’s the case, do I then also have to exclude anyone with an inconvenient sexual orientation, gender, or marital status? This is madness (madness!) but let’s put it to the test.
*Quickly consults list of crushes* …well that thinned out the contenders considerably. I’ve had to jettison Lee Pace and/or Richard Armitage, George Clooney (married?!?), Ben Affleck, James McAvoy, Ewan MacGregor, Kevin Spacey, Helen Mirren, Patrick Stewart, Daniel Radcliffe (although to be fair, he was on the bubble due to a self-imposed height minimum), Natalie Dormer, Channing Tatum, Mark Strong, Bruce Willis and so many others. How about a pulse? Do my crushes need to technically be “alive” (madness!) – because Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe and Fred Astaire all need to call me.
Maybe we could work out a compromise, those under consideration are allowed 2 out of 5 exceptions, but any more than that and they’re off-limits. Seems fair – but that sadly still scratches Patrick Swayze from my list. Sorry Patrick, it was fun while it lasted. On the bright side, Chris Evans and Tom Hiddleston are still “crush-able” which should do quite nicely…unless either one are in a committed relationship. No – don’t tell me, I don’t want to know!
That is quite the list. I’m secretly married to Chris but don’t let that impede you. We’re trying to keep the secret. Let your fantasies soar. The only age restriction is objects of crushes should be adults.
@Lilac – I have quite the active and varied imagination. That list barely scratched the surface! 😍
I hope you and your secret husband are very happy together. He’s a Boston boy isn’t he? That makes it convenient for you two to keep things under the radar. Now all his trips home to “visit family” make sense.
Yes, Dara, he is local. And his apartment is 5 blocks from my office. Very convenient.
Uh oh… with these restrictions it’s also difficult with crushing on the younger self of person, right? Because I totally have the hots for young(ish) Alain Delon, but not so much nowadays (sorry, Alain).
I’m lucky with Hiddles, though, he is totally “age appropriate” (whatever that’s supposed to be). So I’ll better marry him. Just for this reason, of course. *whistling*
@Isadora – I feel the same way about D.B. Sweeney. Can I have the 80’s-90’s D.B.? The years have not been kind, or he said “screw it” and let himself go – it makes me sad, and I’m afraid that Hiddles will have the same rotten luck with Father Time.
Adorable!
Totally off topic, but we did mention Bill Nighy so here is a bit of news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29536370
Sounds intriguing!
Are you in the US or UK lilac flowers? Because Dad’s Army was a series that ran for years in the UK and was very funny. Think he will make a marvellous Wilson.
the cast is amazing Mark Gatis, Micheal Gambon, Tom Courtney ,Toby Jones, Catherine Zeta Jones, Sarah Lancashire and my favourite who lives on the same street as a cousin in law Daniel Mayes.
Is Gatiss in everything? The Sherlock fans are moaning about new episodes because Benny isn’t free but Gatiss seems to have an even heavier schedule and isn’t he one of the writers?
yes he is one of the writers. i think his parts in films etc seem to be more supporting roles so not so time consuming
Ladies:
Goods news!
Principal photography begins on the final series of BBC 1 Wallander :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/wallander-final
Brill I love surly ken in Wallander, however I’m disappointed highly unlikely to be a Magnus cameo cause Hiddles won’t be available,
I don’t know if it’s already been discussed but has anyone noticed his eyes and hair is Darker in the selfie?
yes -I think it could be Hank preparation
Hmmm…I just put it down to heavy-handed filtering, but you could be right.
Tom makes Hello magazine’s top 10 hottest celebrity bachelors coming 2nd after Prince Harry. The list also includes Leo, Nicholas Hoult, Zac Efron, David Gandy (looking very dapper). Orlando Bloom and god forbid Harry Styles but the cucumber fails to register.
http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2014101021295/10-hottest-celebrity-bachelors/
and all you USA residents I SAW THE LIGHT is short of young extras for party scenes 18-25 as well as more audience for a country festival scene on 10/11.Where are al the fans when you need them??
http://www.projectcasting.com/casting-calls-and-auditions/hank-williams-biopic-i-saw-the-light-starring-tom-hiddleston-casting-call-for-party-scenes/
It was that warning to piss off if you weren’t an actual local resident–scared away the waves of fangurrls who’d planned pilgrimage to Shreveport. Just think–we could have had a sort of Canterbury goes Country Tales! 😀
what warning
@Icerose
Every place I’ve seen the casting notice, it has included a line of text (often in red and large type) that says “You must be a local resident.” Also, extras who are cast must bring copies of their driver’s license and voter registration cards.
The fans are trying to get information from cast members :
https://twitter.com/vincent_stalba/status/520486687538184193
Wow, @Allegra
That seems like a serious firewall, if he can’t even answer WHEN it starts shooting! Not exactly a piercing interrogation there!
Wonder if it is the producers who have set (pardon the pun) the rules or Tom has asked them to do it so he can get some peace?
this is probably a dumb question but in the call for more extras they said they were not getting the usual response and it crossed my mind it could be a backlash against Tom playing Hank.
@ icerose, I would be a bit surprised if that was the case to be honest.
I wonder what happened because just 3 days before, he was willing to share some information from the set of the film with fans:
https://twitter.com/vincent_stalba/status/519446606979297280
I think it lacked planning.
And the production announced most of the cast only last week.
I’m starting to get worried …
Does anyone else think Vincent looks like he could play a young Hank.
Perhaps they are trying to stop certain fans trashing it before it even comes out or Tom wants total focus on his acting this time around. Although I have wondered at times if one of the reasons Tom is willing to sign when filming is that he finds it refreshing especially if the film is very intense.
Did they announce who will play Hank’s mother?
Just discovered (aren’t I sad?) that Paul Lacovara is the stunt co-ordinator on ISTL. He is Tom’s stunt double for Loki.
well Tom will be happy to have a friendly face on board
That’s pretty awesome! I’d gotten the impression they were actually friends, if not superclose ones. More than acquaintances, anyway.
Hank Williams did stunts?
More cast news:
https://twitter.com/ISTLTheFilm/status/521918655131443200
And not sure hapenned here:
https://twitter.com/agentnoir29/status/521498908644503554
She’s the one who wanted to hand him a Gene Wilder script isn’t she? 🙄
@Allegra–thanks for the updates!
@joe spider–whatever you do, don’t read her twitter feed. It will make you sad. I understand having a dream and persuing it…but the self-delusion is strong in this one.
That said, if she would put a TENTH of that energy into shopping the script through, say, an agent, who knows what she might have accomplished by now! IF the script is any good, of course.
Why she thinks he would WANT to play Gene Wilder in a biopic, I don’t know. He doesn’t exactly seem to select his roles based on how CLOSE to his real self they are!
Thanks TB I most certainly won’t.
I think though that she may have got the ideas from something Tom once said about looking like Gene Wilder because of his curly hair.
He’s said several things about Gene Wilder, and he likes singing Willy Wonka songs. I’m sure there’s an affinity there, just don’t see where it is stretching himself or ‘playing all the keys on the piano’ for him to take that role. Not to mention (and SO much more important) the legal risk for any well-known/high profile actor to accept a script from a stranger. She could sue him if he EVER decided to do a GW biopic at ANY point, whether there was really any connection to her script or not, and have some chance of winning. Supposedly at some point someone else tried to give him a script (maybe in Toronto?) and he said he couldn’t accept it for legal reasons. That would be why — I’m sure his lawyer has so advised him.
You haven’t been reading THAT site have you TB? 😉
I look at it every now and then! But tbh, this had come up before. I certainly don’t get my legal advice from that which shall not be named. 🙂
I have friends who are, in fact, screenwriters. Yes, it’s tough getting your script into the right hands until your first one is optioned. THEN you’re golden. One friend spent several years getting her agent. And once you actually have a script become a movie, if your name is still on it (yes, the opposite can happen) and the movie isn’t a total failure, you will never have trouble getting meetings again.
They make it very hard, but they are desperate for GOOD scripts.
Thanks for that Teebee (can I call you that?)
You can’t believe the woman wouldn’t know that before she traipsed all that way over to try to see him.
TotallyBiased :
You´re welcome! I really hope that this girl find her way!
Now, let´s talk about something more cheerfull, like Tom´s new pics. To me, he looks more thin and a bit of tired. What a love about these pics is the smile of Tom´s fans.
And these comments on tumblr are just hilarious:
“Tom always looks as if he’s posing with the inhabitants of Middle Earth. except for that occasional guy who’s almost as…”
“… Tom’s tour of American chain restaurants continues….”
Hopefully he will have finished filming by Christmas and can go home and put the weight back on!!
He’s certainly not a food snob, Allegra!
Though he must be running like crazy to stay thin while dining at all these not-entirely healthy chain restaurants. That said, I’ve enjoyed a meal or five at Longhorns!
@Joe — I prefer Teebee to TB! I was starting to feel like a contagious lung disease there. 😉
Haha, that is what I thought after I first posted it!!
Yes, i agree with you . He is not a picky person.
I wonder if running like a madman was the only way that the production and Tom found to lose weight quickly.
Why not hired a nutritionist and a personal trainer?
Dine in a restaurant chain is neither healthy nor will it help you lose the pounds he needs.
I wouldn’t be surprised if she gets a restraining order for her troubles and Gene Wilder still lives. A Gene Wilder biopic might encounter some resistance there.
Well, today the cast of ISTL is adding David Krumholtz, Josh Pais, James DuMont and Wrenn Schmidt:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hank-williams-biopic-i-saw-739662
I’m pretty pleased with the balance of casting. David Krumholtz is a better actor than most Bernard the Head Elf fans would ever know! He’s not the hottie he was on Numbers, but he won’t let Tom walk all over him–he’ll return the strong serves for a good rally. 😀
They save the best for last!
Hiddleston Daily has a new set of photos with Tom:
https://twitter.com/hiddlesdaily/status/522407613628428288
From Rodney C another pic with Tom:
“With @twhiddleston just before inducting @gretchenpeters into the Songwriting Hall of Fame. ”
https://twitter.com/RodneyJCrowell/status/522477632991289344
He looks happy 🙂
Yeah, they both really do, don’t they? 😀
The HiddlestonDaily pics were evidently swiped prematurely–but the photographer (A.Gotts) is okay with fans posting them around and enjoying them. He just wants them to have a proper credit line when they’re posted.
What a relief!
But I find this whole situation very sad.
I found this:
“Tom is standing between those trailers. I managed to sneak a pic”
https://twitter.com/hiddlenun/status/522768335398649856
The crazy fan stalking has begun in earnest . Will they begin descending in swarms now?
That whole tweet says it all.
🙄
GET A LIFE comes to mind.
Wow, before were just two. Now, we have a group?
Poor Tom!
Oy! Is it wrong of me to hope he hides for a good long time and doesn’t meet & greet the fans? The production could probably use the PR, but it’s too early. The resulting Twitter/Instagram swirl would only encourage more eagers to show up which creates more headaches than the word of mouth would be worth. He’s there for another couple of months.
Someone send this to my twitter feed, so i´m sharing with you. This lady met Tom in September at Gatwick airport. He helped her with her suitcase:
“That last rt from @twhiddleston confirms the impression I had 14 years ago when he heaved my suitcase up a flight of stairs – great guy”
https://twitter.com/jen725/status/514667550974963712
She talking about Emma W´s #heforshe campaign.
“I should point out my suitcase @twhiddleston was carrying was dripping orange juice all down his jeans. He was still utterly gracious.”
https://twitter.com/jen725/status/514669839160733696
14 years ago, he was 19 and hadn’t done anything. How did she know who he was?
She met him at Pembroke College Cambridge I think
Here another one:
“@twhiddleston thanks for making my daughter smile sometimes you can have an impact on someone more than you realize.”
https://twitter.com/ClintPierce/status/513104338940854273
Tom is such a nice guy!
@Allegra
Thanks for finding all the great stuff! The positive tweets go a long way to balance out the crazies….
TotallyBiased:
Glad that you enjoyed! You know the only work I had was copy and paste the messages here.
Check this one article . It has some information about his accent, singing style, security on the
set and more:
http://www.4ye.co.uk/2014/10/17/i-saw-the-light-rounds-out-their-cast-for-hiddleston-led-biopic/
And this one too:
“@twhiddleston sounds a lot like @joshhenderson when he talks in his Hank accent”
https://twitter.com/ang5826/status/523230184942870528
This reporter is a member of a Hiddleston fan group, and it shows! 🙂
But that’s okay. Still a cute little article.
I’ve learned to ignore the crazies.
Here is a part of interview with actress Andrea Riseborough when she talked about theater and
a little about Tom:
“…doing “Ivanov” in the West End in London and Tom Hiddleston very kindly…”
@twhiddleston
https://twitter.com/SkullislandFans/status/523400526373724160
@Allegra Don’t know if that specific warmup activity is really common in theater but The “Big Booty” exercise cracked me up! All I can do now is imagine him shaking his cute little booty all over that stage 😀
Me too!
Looks like Cherry Jones was added to the cast of ISTL. I assume she’ll be playing Hank Williams’ mother.
Denise Gossett was added too:
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/hank-williams-movie-cast-i-saw-the-light-20141016
To be honest I don´t konw these ladies.
Cherry Jones is a great actress, especially in Doubt, for which she won a Tony. She also won an Emmy for 24.
Tom has 2 movies in this list: Crimson Peak and High Rise.
http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-50-films-we-cant-wait-to-see-in-2015