One of the absolute worst moments for the Dragonflies was when Tom Hiddleston acted like an utter cheeseball at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards. The Avengers won for Best Fight and Tom won an individual award for Best Villain. And… it was bad. I still cringe when I think about it. It felt like he misread the room, it felt like he just took it all too seriously and it felt like he really, really enjoys attention. There’s a thirst there that makes me uncomfortable, I think. Like, he’s a prominent and beloved actor, he’s got a huge Tumblr fandom and he wins legitimate accolades for his performances. But he still doesn’t know how to settle down and not be so “OMG CAMERAS I MUST SPEAK.”
I bring this up because Tom appeared on The Graham Norton Show and I honestly couldn’t make it through these clips all the way because I was cringing so much. It’s not that he’s an awful person. He’s not. It’s that he’s EXTRA. There are several moments when he could have just done a quick 10-second explanation but he just goes on and on to an uncomfortable degree. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I’m about to become the #1 Enemy of the Dragonfly Army. But what is this? Is he really nervous? See, I don’t think he is. He thinks he’s being charming but he’s grating on my last nerve.
Here’s the long-ass clip of Hiddleston doing DeNiro while DeNiro is sitting right there. This bit takes FOREVER. And after all that build-up, Tom’s DeNiro impression isn’t even that great. (Also: you know it’s bad when even Graham Norton is giving you the signal to speed it up.)
Here’s the clip of Tom doing his Graham Norton impression:
Here is Tom and Kenneth Branagh talking about Thor. Also: Hiddlestoners.
Two things: Tom’s presence on the couch made Anne Hathaway much less annoying, right? It might have been like looking into a mirror for her, because all too often, she comes across the same way: EXTRA. Second thing: I can’t help but compare Tom and Benedict Cumberbatch now because Bendy is always at his best on Graham’s couch. He’s pithy, funny, self-deprecating and basically a great talk show guest all-around. Tom needs some help.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Ha! It wasn’t just me then. It wasn’t the best couch. Hathaway was fine, DeNiro was his usual self sitting back and letting others do the work and Tom Hiddleston was ingratiating and just went on and on and on. I can’t help thinking that a relaxed one on one conversation with Kenneth Branaugh would have been a far more satisfying experience.
Same- I think they tried to balance the curmudgeon DeNiro by bringing on another hyperactive theater kid (Hiddleston), but much like when Hathaway hosted the Oscars with James Franco, the huge chasm between their energy and try levels made it much more awkward. They should have had another laid back guest like Branaugh and just accepted that it was going to be a laid back, less viral/funny show.
Deniro has been on the show before, usually paired with a co-star, and those shows were great. Hiddles isnt there to compensate for anybody, he is there because he and his director, Branaugh, are pairing up for their film tour. While the fourth person on the couch is usually a local comedian, Graham sometimes scores an all star couch. Its got nothing to do with who else is booked fgs.
Also Deniro isnt curmudgeon, he is just not your typical limelight loving star. Theres nothing moody or sullen about the man, in this or his forty years of interviews. He is an introvert who doesnt throw his weight around to get out of promoting his films even though he could (like some actors of his generation) just wrap up his films and leave the marketting to co-stars. The producers think the film benefits from his promotion so he shows up, which is remarkable thing to do when you are the living legend who would rather listen and observe than be the central focus of a room.
The contrast between Hiddleston and Branagh was the thing I noticed most throughout the entire bit; doesn’t help that Branagh actually sort of specializes in collecting and telling wonderful anecdotes… in which he does not need to be the star. There were a few choice moments where I swear you could tell what Branagh was thinking while sitting back, posture contained & restrained, watching Hiddleston flap on and on – gesticulating like a cringe-worthy, slightly toasted, highly excitable party guest who can’t stop digging his own conversational grave fast enough.
I watched that clip earlier, and of all the impressions he did, De Niro was the worst one. It was embarrassing! Kenneth was the best that night; he knows how to set a scene and tell his story so efficiently with just the right amount of build-up and color to make an amusing story hilarious. Tom just doesn’t stop talking and then it turns out the end story doesn’t amount to much.
I did laugh hard when he talked about looking up to the people on the couch since he was young and Anne said, “Thank you, Tom.” Perfect timing!
Same here. I was hoping Branagh would be allowed to say more. Tom was annoying, like a puppy on speed.
You are right ..I was embarrassed for him…He is like a puppy that wants everyone to watch his latest trick!…Cute and adorable but a bit overpowering energy somehow…
I think DeNiro gets that a lot but there was a lot of forelock touching to him in that show ,so I am sure it was not all that bad !..all the guests and host were very deferential to him and his hat!!
I am also of the opinion that being a talking Hallmark archive is not in any way winsome. More cringe to the max.
But y’know…
LEGS.
Legs + ball gag. Simple prescription, but it works.
Sometimes, ball gags can be a girl’s best friend.
They silence a multitude of sins!
It is already ball gag time.
What gets me is how deeply he misread the signals. I’m thinking this happens a lot with him and for this to come from a professional actor, one who has clearly ponied up plenty of money on PR consultants, is just weird.
I can’t bring myself to watch it. My bottom is already clenched too much, just thinking about it.
I couldn’t bring myself to watch it AGAIN. Suffered through it on Friday because I had a brain fart and allowed the Sixlets control of the TV.
All the media coverage I’ve seen of Tom on the show has said he was great. So mission accomplished as far as publicity for Crimson Peak goes, which is the point of the thing. I thought he was OK.
I’m way late to this thread as per usual. Long ass, busy day and I just saw the vids. I cringed. And then I cringed some more. Lord knows I love me some Hiddles but he needs to know when to tone it down.
So yup, his main flaws seem to be verbosity and he’s way too eager to please.
Bring on the ball gags.
Wow, you know it’s bad when Hathaway looks effortlessly funny and naturally charming in comparison. Sigh. Poor Dragonflies Lord.
I think people are forgetting that guests are allowed to drink in the waiting room on this show and must of them are pretty drunk during the show.
I love graham and I watch it because it shows who these celebs really are – drunk or not.
I remember Cameron Diaz, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Aniston, Michael Fassbender were all drunk on the show and behaved appallingly during breaks between takes. Especially Cameron didn’t have any decency or class and was so hammered that the other celebs avoided her.
I’m not sure if this is in Puddletom’s defence or me having a dig at him: there’s about as much chance of Tom-guard-my-image Hiddleston getting rat-arsed in a green room, regardless of what alcohol is being served, as there is of either of the Sixlets putting their dirty clothes into the laundry basket on regular basis. Lots of them might get drunk, but not Tommy-omelette.
Shame, I think it might have helped him realx a little bit and this might have been a much better interview.
I’m with Sixer. I seriously doubt Tom was under the influence. His thrill over meeting DeNiro and need for attention drove the chattiness. It didn’t bother me since I know he can be like that sometimes and I find it a bit endearing from a long-distance.
As an introvert, he’d exhaust me to I see he needs to be binked one way or another. I have better ways than ball-gags, mind you.
I think you’re right Sixer about Tom being too guarded to drink. A couple probably would have helped him relax a bit.
My husband permanently keeps the show on our recorder with Hugh Bonneville, Bill Murray and Matt Damon, where they all are basically sh!t-faced. Nobody was guarded or worrying about images that night! And that’s the best kind of Graham Norton show.
zinjojo, that was a FABULOUS show. I need to watch it again, after seeing The Martian last night. Love me some MAttyD, even after all the Damonsplaining he’s been doing as of late.
@zinjojo, that was one of my favorite talk show episodes, of any talk show, of all time.
Didn’t he have some kind of herbal tea in front of him? That’s what I saw in the photos. I think he talked too much because he was unguaded, or too excited to worry about his images.
Our favorite Graham Norton is with Miriam Margolyes and Will.I.Am. They go from complete opposites to besties during the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4sGU_eFc40
Will even sits in the Red Chair to tease her about a story she told. So cute together.
Just watching it now. It’s fantastic! Love me some Bill Murray 🙂
Oh that’s not the alcohol. That’s him being him.
I had to fast-forward through that too. Not good.
I’m sorry but he had me at “more cow bell.”
That was his only really funny quip and it was so American most of the Brits don’t get it!
I wondered about that. I mean, did he grow up watching SNL in England or did he get into old episodes as an adult? If anyone hasn’t seen that skit, please Google it. Like a lot of SNL, it seems pointless at first, but it’s hilarious when you repeat it a thousand times to friends and family. 😉
I don’t know if it was ever on here, it’s never been on in all the time I’ve lived here so I can only imagine he discovered it later on. I love watching Jimmy Fallon crack up in that sketch!
I actually thought his impressions were cute. It was the rambling in between that was too much.
That seems to be the consensus around here, which is fine. He can come ramble to me any time. I could not be more basic in my love for quirky guys with English accents. 😉
@bettyrose, I’m just waiting for someone to roll out The Continental. I know he’s considered a creeper character now, but I still do the “Champag-nyah!” bit myself. Most people don’t get it, unfortunately. 🙁
😉 😉
See, I don’t really care about Hiddles, so I thought this was charming. He was earnest, he was fangirling, he was sweet. He was the celebrity equivalent of that woman’s mother who cried all the way back home because Anne Hathaway was nice to her.
Of course, if you’re dragonflies, I can see how you would cringe. xoxo dragonflies! matt damon fans send you love.
I think that might be part of the problem, we’re fans. Because most non fans I follow on Twitter thought the same as youyou, endearing and fan girly. But a few also thought that that might have been one impression too many.
i thought he looked nervous but other wise I enjoyed the impressions and the detail he put into them and Deniro was obviously impressed with his understanding of the script.He always does wear his heart on his sleeve and his honesty IS refreshing refreshing.At least none of them were breathing arrogance or insulting other co actors.
That’s what I thought too. I guess I am no longer a dragonfly. *sigh*
Ps: I thought it was amazing that AnnE was sitting next to TommyannE. She probably realized that’s how she is… Hahahah
The casting for that show was perfect.
I watched the whole episode and even as a fan I had to skip through the impressions.
The annoying part for me was that aside from a few minutes talking about Crimson Peak, those clips are pretty much all the speaking Tom does on the show, and I would have much rathered heard some personal anecdotes or something about his other films. Mind you, he might have talked about those things but they were edited out of the final cut.
I’m not familiar enough with his interview style to know if this “pulling out ALL my party tricks” is a one off or he just got carried away by De Niro worship. I felt embarrassed for him, but I’m American so I’m super critical of Brits doing American accents and his weren’t very good really (his facial expressions were spot on though). It was definitely one (or three) too many, but maybe he got nervous and carried away with himself?
I found it interesting to learn he auditioned for Thor. I mean, that either takes supreme self confidence or some inner crazy “I don’t care, I’m going for it” that as a former actor I kind of admire. But also makes me think he’s probably a little big headed, there was always one guy in a play who had to be the attention hog in the room, I fear his is that guy.
Everyone auditioned for Thor – they had real trouble casting the character, partly because they really hadn’t pinned down the character for the film (the Thor comics have been running so long, there’s lots of different takes on the character). Hemsworth had a bad first audition and only got called back eventually after Joss Whedon recommended him.
I kind of wish Branagh had made it clearer, Hemsworth didn’t have that physique when he auditioned and no-one knew he could get that big. His pre-working out physique was actually quite similar to Tom’s, so it wasn’t quite so crazy to consider Tom for the role at the time as it seems now.
From what I’ve read, Tom was one of the top five candidates for the role of Thor, along with both Chris and Liam Hemsworth, Alexander Skarsgard, and Charlie Hunnam. Liam was in the lead until Whedon stepped in to ask TPTB to give Chris another go.
His audition contract for Marvel said he could be cast as either Thor or Look, and Marvel are the ones who told him to go put on twenty more pounds of muscle and come back to do a Thor audition on film.
Part of what bothered me is that what actually made it onto 5he airing of the GNS seemed to be all of the ‘old news’ about playing Loki and about fandom nicknames. That Hiddlestoners/Hiddlestoners is from an interview in 2012, ferchrissake!
Stuff focusing on what he is doing and promoting now was evidently cut to show more Tom-as-eager-puppy doing impressions. Oh, well.
If you watch Cabin in the Woods you can see that Hemsworth wasn’t nearly as giant as he was in Thor. And to be honest, it’s easy to guess that level of bulk isn’t Hemswort’s normal body type considering his giant dome in Thor – my personal guess has always been that he had to get pharmaceutical help to get that big (the folks at Marvel let both Hemsworth and Evans get less bulky for the 2nd and 3rd iterations of their character)
@Bridget:
In this pic Chris posted in his Twitter account, he looks very thin:
twitter.com/LiamHemsworth/status/650182791255228416
I’m pretty sure I said he wasn’t naturally a really bulky guy?
The joy of Graham is that he always makes room for everyone in the conversation and the reason the show is so successful is because for the most part, the guests take their lead from him and do likewise. Hiddleston didn’t get that memo and a result was the least interesting person on that couch.
Nutballs that is what i felt-and i have always said that second hand embarrassment is as much of a reflection of what you fear or see in yourself.He was asked to do the impressions and he did’
If anything I thought Tom had less focus than the others I and was disappointed we did not hear more about his work.
Interesting that Brannagh said Tom and DeNiro were the two hardest working actors he had worked with and the discussions about Heat between DeNiro and Tom were really interesting
It is a live show so not sure how much the edit out.
Icerose, the show was actually filmed days before. People who were at the taping said a LOT was edited out, including Tom performing (quite well) several songs and discussing his present movies more. So the GNS had a definite focus on their editing.
As for following Graham’s lead, that was exactly what he was doing.
The compliment Ken made to Tom warmed my heart.
He has worked with the best actors in theater and movies but he recognized
Tom ´s dedication and commitment.
I’m an ADHD puppy apologist.
Maybe it’s because I use too much aspartame?
Hahahaha, hilarious comment! me too, BTW. 🙂
Eh, I thought he was fine. He’s always pretty over-eager, that just seems to be the way he is (publicly). I thought he and KB were cute. I’d rather see over eager and sweet than anything. His impression of Graham Norton was pretty good. This is going to get over analyzed to death though and I don’t think that’s fair; he’s fairly harmless on the celeb scale and it’s not a personal failing that he gets over eager. Warning: pure speculation and projection ahead;I think he’s really insecure and overcompensates for it. He really wants to be liked and funny and whatnot but can’t be convinced that he already is and this is the result. Again, total theory, he might just be a bit annoying.
I gotta disagree about Cumberbatch though. I always thought he was boring on GN’s couch.
I loved every minute. He’s adorable and funny. Those impressions were great. It wasn’t like he was droning on about how method he is. I liked Graham’s story about running into Ian McKellan at Waitrose, but I don’t have any need to hear Branaugh talk about himself.
Oh, I’m 100% with Kaiser on this one, I don’t always enjoy a Cumberbatch interview, but the ones he did with Graham were fantastic. Everything she said: the one with pine-nuts and cumberbitches had me laughing out loud, and this does not happen often with talk shows for me. The second one was also quite good.
InvaderTak, I’m with you. I think he’s terribly insecure and despite the millions of fans, still feels like the newbie, wanna-be movie star, especially when in the presence of long-established, long-admired heros. If his uncontrollable excitement and need-to-please is the worst thing people can say about him, then I think he’s doing alright. Give me that over the opposite extreme; at least you know he’s thrilled to be there and loves to entertain people.
He’s very emotional and it’s hard to focus on anything but the thing that’s making him so excited, so I have a bit of sympathy for him. Anytime emotions take over — positive or negative — it’s going to come off wrong to people.
I have to agree with InvaderTek, especially on the last points. I would add smarmy to boring.
Comments above related to Cumby who I refuse to watch on Norton because he he is comes over as insincere and I rarely find him funny.He sulked in a interview when Tom did a deNiro interview saying it was his impression as if he had ownership on it
me to and way to arrogant in interviews
Which one?
It’s icerose, so definitely Cumberbatch. Her and Lilac above hate him.
I think the problem isn’t being too extra for Tom per se but coming across as a bit unnatural. But that will work itself out with time, Tom’s been off the circuit for awhile and that plays a role (I like both and don’t have to put down one for the other)
Oh cripes yeah like that wasn’t a swipe at you either, InvaderTak (just in case)!
Benny is way to arrogant and comes over as incincere
I felt he was okay, nervous maybe, but really it’s fine some people didn’t love it. Not liking him in an interview isn’t a crime. The lengths people are going to defend what really is a harmless difference of perception and opinion on this thread is ridiculous. From Graham doesn’t like him to the editing people to oh, but this other actor murders kittens, so…
Not directed at you, InvaderTak, it’s just so OTT fangirl in here atm.
my thoughts as well -just to many people looking to wield the never ending hammer of criticism
I couldn’t watch the whole thing. just when I was starting to feel warm and indulgent towards TommyAnnE, it is time again for the ball gag. And CP hasn’t even opened yet. I agree with Sixer– I sincerely doubt that he was drinking, this is just the way he is.
Extra. Cringeworthy.
He is so much a Golden Labrador puppy made flesh, massively over enthusiastic, embarrassing, irritating, adorable and, after prolonged exposure, in danger of strangulation!
Puppies at least wear themselves out and sleep but Hiddlesbum has no off switch so a mallet might be called for.
Impressions are funny things. I think we can all hear instantly when foreigners try to do our accents, they never seem to get it right. I’m a Brit and I could hear Tom’s accent was slightly off but no harm done, he’s just a bit of a numpty that’s all.
http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/timmysessionsept20021.jpg
Mind your eyeballs!
ETA: Oh, you edited. Confess, woman! You asked if anyone had a mallet!
I DID edit because I went looking for a bloody mallet came back to link it and you beat me to it you bugger!
This will have to do instead – I suspect this is EXACTLY what he needs!
https://margethelarge.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/nun-with-ruler-300×300.jpg?w=440
HA.
He is a human retriever, isn’t he? I understand the over-explaining, I do it myself. But being an introvert hanging out with him would be fun for awhile. And then I’d have to shoot him with a tranquilizer dart.
Fun yeah, I just want to take him for a walk, wipe him down, pat him on the head and feed him- then, if I may, borrow your tranquilizer dart…
Yeah, he seems like he’s on the far end of the introvert-extrovert spectrum. He seems like a good guy, but he also seems like the type of person one takes in small doses.
I don’t know Hiddleston from a rat’s arse, but some people I like hang out here I see. So is it OK if I come in for the mayhem?
Yes, of course. We have a buffet and beverages. Pull up a comfortable chair.
Hey bluhare! You’re here/back – whatever – GOOD! I’m only hear to read the comments and add my two ‘pennorth occasionally. I noticed him about six years ago in Cranford/Wallander and he was good in The Hollow Crown but have never managed to sit through a whole Marvel film yet.
This sounds like he looks and how I wish he was for real *sigh*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvL1IjU43I0
Lilacflowers – this one made me think of you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv9dmOfem2s&index=3&list=RDAvL1IjU43I0
EDIT Hear should have read here – tsk – numpty!
LEGS aside, bluhare, Tommy the Hiddlesburp is another good reason for decamping to the Island. So I think this is the perfect place for you.
(We can take his LEGS, right?)
Blu, darling, just FYI – the one with the long appendage in the back, that’s the rat’s arse.
Phwoar, frisbee! If you close your eyes you can pretend he’s Aidan Turner in a puffy shirt . . . but as a much better reader of lovely poetry. 🙂 I don’t care, though. Aidan Turner looking overly romantic is still OK in my book!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-tW0CkvdDI
Don’t watch it if you’re sick of “Take me to Church”. I pretty much am, but I can get past it to watch Sergei Polonin writhing half naked on a plywood floor. 🙂
That reminds me of a joke about the dimwit and his speedo, j.eyre!
bluhare – Woah! A human body shouldn’t be able to do that!. Amazing dancer, I vaguely remember the uproar he caused when he walked out of the Royal Ballet. I’ve only ever seen films of Baryshnikov and Nureyev but he seems to have Baryshnikov’s weightlessness with Nureyev’s feline grace. That’s given me feels all over! Thanks so much for posting it.
As Sixer is taking Hiddlebum’s legs to the Island I vote we take the whole of Sergei. And a floor. We can multi-task him as the dancer for the Band. We can multi-task Hiddles legs as well. They can tap dance – with the floor. (This is getting bloody surreal…)
Right I’m off to You Tube to salivate over Aiden and get gobsmacked over Sergei, I might even listen to some more Tom since his voice is the best thing about him.
Agree with your take, frisbee. If I remember right, he just came in between the first couple of Russian ballet and the woman has now taken up with him. He strikes me (along with having incredible feline grace) as one of those angsty guys who might be fun to watch but not so fun to live with. But he is fun to watch. Yum.
He continues to be adorable. No cringing just enjoying the foibles of an obviously talented actor. He is aware and the others were having fun, too.
Every personality type has their downside, and for enthusiastic/ passionate people this is it: talking way way too much and not knowing when to cool it. I obviously don’t know TH personally, but he always struck me as someone who gets so into things- everything but with some pet areas of interest- that it can turn cringey. Remember when Chris Hemsworth made a video for some event promoting Thor 2 and he ended it with “Tom, try not to talk too much”? Yeah, this is that all over again I think.
I know all this because I am *regularly* told by my nearest and dearest that “yes, we know you love [blank] and are excited about [blank], but other people exist and you need to let them talk!”
So many of these people are EXTRA. They are all trying to stand out in a crowded field. Today most of them are talented; but they lack that spark that makes the world take notice. So they try make an impression.
This point exactly. I do think Tom is very talented and generally a nice guy. But he’s definitely trying to stand out and he does like an attention…and it comes across as just too much.
Oh, he knows he talks too much. But he sat there without saying anything for a really long time (the show takes a lot longer to film than we see) in front of a live audience, which always gets his adrenaline pumping, and just got a bit too keyed up.
And I reckon they put all of the impressions in and probably edited some more serious film talk out.
I read someone who was there and she said Norton took Tom’s most cringeworthy moments for the show. It wasn’t that bad when they were filming this. She said the show looks very different now and weirdly focused on Tom.
probably because they get laughs-but ihave been waiting for the Tom backlash since the PR bits started-swings and roundabouts
Yes, backlash sadly predictable. It always happens when an actor comes off a long period of work into an intense publicity period, and is suddenly everywhere ‘selling soap’, as Robert Downey Jr puts it.
Haha when I heard he’d be on with DeNirro I knew this would happen. Tom got star struck by Kermit the Frog, remember. People who know I’m a fan kept sending me clips and gigs from the show. They all thought he was cute and adorable and I just have to cover my eyes and shake my head. He is like my cute little brother with ADHD. I love him but just want him to please just be quiet and sit still!!!
I’ve grown accustomed to his “over eager puppy” routine. I think it’s just the way he is and I wouldn’t try to change him. He has to be himself or what is perceived as “himself”. I would rather this personality on that couch than some sullen actor/actress who sits there in a huff wondering when it will end.
God, why isn’t Charlie there? Hiddleston is just too much.
Maybe because Tom was invited not Charlie.
“He thinks he’s being charming but he’s grating on my last nerve.”
Kaiser, you and I both. he’s someone I want to like, but just can’t.
Yes, we know that . You always like Cumberbatch.
See I didn’t find it that bad to be honest. Slightly cringey but kind of endearing. We all know Tom Hiddleston is kinda EXTRA. That’s why a lot of people like him. He cares. A lot and he’s never said he doesn’t. He’s very honest about it. His DeNiro impression was not that impressive(which I bet he is kicking himself about) but his Graham was spot on.
i thought his Heat impression was fabulous and his choice of scenes excellant but it is always a matter of personable preference
All true. My love for Hiddles is unabated but I get second hand embarrassment really easily so, still cringeworthy. I love his Owen Wilson impression the most.
Can someone please explain why TH was cringeworthy to his fans but not to the rest of us? Thank you.
Obsessive over analysis. Carry on casuals. (Kidding kidding)
Because, in general, fans have expectations as to how he should behave and casual fans/observers don’t. Fans expect him to be sexy, debonair, and witty, but they don’t want him to try too hard to be any of those qualities. The casual observer appreciates him for who is in whatever moment they’re watching.
He’s usually a relaxed interviewee (see Top Gear, Popcorn Taxi, or even Chatty Man), but in this case, he was obviously nervous about sharing the same air as De Niro as I’ve never seen him fidget or blush so much. People are complaining about him being an attention hog, but it was his segment of the show. I thought it was pretty obvious that he had been asked in advance to do impressions because of his nervous laugh when Norton said “impressions” and the way he rubbed his hands up and down his legs, as if to calm himself down.
As for the MTV moment that Kaiser refers to above, it didn’t play well to this crowd, but from what I’ve read, it seemed to go over fine with the audience for which it was intended.
yes -i never had any problem with MTV awards either or this and was surprised at the fuss that was made at the time but it does give people a chance to bring out the ball and chain humour again-
Spot on analysis. *raises guilty hand*
Coconut, we haven’t seen the excitable piddling puppy Tom for a couple of years or more, so for those who have followed him awhile, it reminds them of his thirstiness from years past. He’s usually more calm and relaxed in his interviews.
I don’t think the show was edited in his favor and it would have been better to have gotten more of his playing/singing Hank Williams and discussion about the films he’s promoting than the impressions.
I was hoping for some yoddling ,High Rise or Hank clips etc but my impression was that the impressions were pre set especially as every one but DeNiro had one ready.I found all the hiddle boner stuff quite irritating because it diminished the focus on him when Graham did get round to him.The lat thing i wanted to hear about was Hiddlestoners and Hiddel boners and I thought Tom took it very well.
@ icerose:
Me too.
Nobody here mention it , but that duo( The Shires) they invited to the show was really good.
@ icerose, you wanted some yodeling? THIS is what you call yodeling – in one h*ll of a hat 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQhqikWnQCU
Not a huge obsessive fan, my sister is fangirling over him and let me tell you this: she had to look away and kept saying: please shut up, please shut up. I was amused. I asked myself where the charming and funny guy did vanish? Cringeworthy. And I love the GNS. I almost peed into my pants when I watched Samuel L. Jackson back then.
my daughter is not a fan girl and never fan girls and she thought it was funny so very much in the eye of the beholder
@icerose:
Well said!
Coconut, I completely agree with you. I think it was sweet and show how bug of a De Niro fan he is… Some of us here would bave a “worse” reaction if they met Tom.
I also think he got really nervous doing his impressions. I am still amazed that AnnE was sutting on the same couch as TommyannE. It was gold!!!!
When I think of how I have babbled away in the presence of endurance athletes that I follow and admire, I can easily understand his nervousness.
Exactly, it makes him much more relatable. Now I understand why he is so open to his “fans”. I could barely speak when I was next to Pedro Almodovar (years ago at NYFF) and didn’t even thank him for the photo we took due to being so nervous.
Don’t change, Tom!
When I’ve been in the presence of someone who’ve I’ve admired from afar, who I’m intimidated by and whose approval mattered to me, my default setting was to talk too much. Add excited nervousness to the mix of emotions and I totally give Tom a pass. I think it’s rooted in a desire to try and control how people respond to you by taking control of the conversation. It’s involuntary and I didn’t realize it until after the fact.
God knows, he sees that kind of behavior exhibited by his own fans when they meet him for the first time, I’m sure. It’s just not something you expect from a grown man who has achieved the level of fame and success that Tom has. I find his emotionalism more endearing than annoying.
I once met Francois Truffaut and was incoherent trying to say how much I liked his movies. I rushed off with a red face and he probably thought Crazy Woman, so I understand his nervousness.
Wasn’t Cumberbatch that told Harrison Ford that he used to fantasy about him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCLkrkIOk7w
I think it was fine. He was just fan girling over Deniro and ended up talking way to much. I think I would do the same if I met a celebrity.
Out of all the self important actors that are out there I find him to be the least offensive.
And they were all fangirling over DeNiro.
THIS!! I saw AnnE and Ken doing just as much fangirling as Tom. Ken also did his fair share of talking when the mic was on him too. Tom was like a wind-up toy as he waited his turn. Once he got to speak, his valve malfunctioned and it all came gushing out.
It was a cringe-fest. Anne Hathaway’s Britney impression was also not good and went on way too long.
agreed. tbh the whole show was appalling with those 3. they should have invited charlie instead.
Like I said before, Charlie was not invited.
But Tom was.
Ah, bless.
To Coconut’s point above, these clips seem to be very well received (across the internet.) Mostly, the people truly bothered by them do seem to be his devotees, it’s an interesting reaction.
Ultimately I shall uncringe as long as he got some laughs; I really only saw this clip. Fiddles knows how it is, he knew the risks, he didn’t have to be there. It rains…you get wet.
For some reason, talk show hosts and producers love to have guests do impressions of other actors. I know if Kevin Spacey is on a talk show, he’ll be asked to do impressions and that’s pretty much all you’ll get. Graham Norton is frequently asking guests to do impressions of other guests, so this was no different from what Norton has had guests do before and it was probably all worked out beforehand. Apparently, they edited other material out. In what remained, they were all fangirling over DeNiro, including Branagh and Norton himself.
The Pacino impression was far better than the DeNiro but that may be down to nerves. Hathaway talked about how it can be so nerve-wracking to work with an idol that she couldn’t focus enough to enjoy working with Meryl Streep or Julie Andrews.
I know he asks Cumberbatch to do impressions every time (most notably in my mind – Chewbaca to Harrison Ford.) I am sure I will be entertained by the show, I am kind of a GN sycophant so if nothing else, I’ll enjoy him.
But surely you are not saying that Fiddles’ De Niro impression was better than my De Niro impression above? (she says clumsily, hoping someone recognizes the line from Heat and doesn’t really think I am analyzing the appearance to the extend of weather-based analogies)
Well, I can’t see your facial expressions, my dear. Tom did get DeNiro’s facial expressions but his voice was a bit off. He was better with the Pacino. I’m sure your version of DeNiro’s voice is just perfect and you and my husband Tom could reenact the entire film, him as Pacino, you as DeNiro and nobody would be able to tell the difference from the original.
Even seeing them side by side I cannot see much difference but i did like Tom doing both characters and the discussion he and DiNiro had about the context
@j.eyre – This is slightly OT but are the little fringe whips you were going craft out of Tommy’s white ISTL cowboy costume ready ?? Or are you two still shimmying?
Morning Vesta, darling. The whip you requested is ready. Have a care, it never quite got the proper crack when snapped so I added some studs to the end, like the Chrises Evans and Hemsworth.
(we had to tone the shimmying down when T. Fanty broke the record were using to play musical chairs)
J.Eyre, a whip made by you is equivalent to a Hattori Hanzo samurai sword or a Stradivarius violin. Now my workweek is going to be the most productive ever.
meh, i’m no fan but I find him cringey. my boyfriend found it boring.
Tom and Mia will appear NBC’s TODAY on October 14, Jessica Chastain on October 13.
http://headlineplanet.com/home/2015/10/02/cassadee-pope-performing-on-nbcs-today-show/
Frankly I cringed a little blit when I watched youtube clips. After I watched the entire show, well, I still thought it’s a bit too much for me. Yet it was better than I imagined. Partly because KB and AH fanboyed/girled over de Niro pretty much, and partly because TH remained very quiet when others were speaking. And I liked Tom’s impression of GN and Norton’s impression of Ian Mckallan. I understand that some people may find Tom annoying though. I expected no less, especially in CB.
I don’t think Tom will be THAT cringeworthy or overexcited in other talk shows or radio interview unless Al Pacino or Daniel Day Lewis is there. Surely he will gush about Gothing Romance, country music, or Del Toro’s imagination, etc., but he will be more or less okay to most people. And Tom’s rather cringy behaviour in GN show is no disaster as we all know. Poor reception of ISTL could be somewhat disappoiting or sad.
He is at one and the same time one of the most attractive men alive and one of the most irritating. His eager narcissism is the problem, it follows him like a cloud. I just saw “The Martian” this weekend and there was a leisurely look at Matt Damon’s full-on butt (and a very nice one it is) as he got out of a shower and walked away, without all the discussions about equality and pointed references. Colin Farrell’s butt, Viggo Mortensen’s butt, Dominic West’s butt, Whishaw’s butt, Sean Connery for God’s sake flashed his butt in “Robin and Marian” three decades ago. It’s really not that big a deal, so why is he harping on it in every interview?!
To promote the film of course but he’d never admit that. I saw the trailers for CP before “The Martian” yesterday, first time on big screen, and it looks so OTT that a few people in the audience giggled.
I do wish TH would kind of grow up a bit. He’s so talented, he’s tall and handsome, he’s genuinely brainy (no one gets a double first in classics from Cambridge if there isn’t real material upstairs) and that lovely voice. But he’s so damned hungry and thirsty it comes off him like too much cologne. He’s too self-aware. It’s his fatal flaw.
The Damonbum was a lovely surprise during The Martian.
I really enjoyed that movie. And not just because of Damon’s bum
I read that it was a butt double, unfortunately.
Plenty of dumb guys get into Harvard, Yale, Cambridge as long as they come from old money or they have titles before their names. So attending those universities doesn’t garantue inteligence. Prince William went to St. Andrews in Scotland and he was a pretty mediocre student.
Attending is one thing. A double first is another.
Getting a double first does whilst taking on acting work
Yeah, but a double first is like a 4.0 average in the US, and all they study is their major subjects – they don’t have basket-weaving 101 to make for an easy A.
“He’s too self-aware. It’s his fatal flaw.” Yes but then I suspect all actors are very self aware/ self conscious maybe that’s what makes them want to pretend to be someone else? Even Day-Lewis has admitted he acts to ‘escape’ from himself for a while. They usually learn to hide it with experience and of late Hiddles has, but, as other posters have pointed out, he was completely thrown by Robert De Niro and it all fell apart.
To his defence, Norton asked the question about Tom’s nudity in CP. I don’t know why he asked that particular quesetion rather than other serious stuffs. Del Toro himself has been talking about female-centered Gothic Romance for a long time and he also talked about sex scenes in relation to female agency and gender equality.
Lol, that had to be a body double, because he had a towel over his head the whole time (and the point is how much weight he has lost at that point, which I’m pretty sure Matt hadn’t, actually).
No, of course he’s not the first guy to get his bum out on screen ever, but the point they’re making is it was a conscious decision because of the film’s philosophy and aesthetic. Gothic romance has always been a very female-centric genre, unlike a lot of modern horror films, which often treat their female characters as disposable eye-candy.
@et alors – well, whoever’s butt it was, it was damned fine.
I thought he was fine under the circumstances. He didn’t completely lose it over meeting his hero De Niro (who seemed to appreciate his enthusiasm for one thing), and he was well behaved and sat quietly while the other guests were talking… Unlike the horrendous episodes when Michael McIntyre or that Cara delawhatsername were on and HAD to butt in every five mintutes? THOSE people were annoying. Tom was perfect. His impressions were good and he was as polite and charming as always. Even getting flustered and lost for words, he was adorable! A Tall Happy Puppy as Olivia Colman described him once. There are worse things he could be, and I wouldn’t have him any other way tbh.
I also do think he was a little tipsy. That wasn’t no cup of tea sitting in front of him, regardless of what some people on twitter seem to think lol. I think he had a nice little whiskey and water to tide him over. 😉
It looked like whiskey to me as well.
Oh, that could be. I innocently assumed that it could be camomile tea. Then, if guests are allowed to drink, why the glass cup? Do Brits drink whiskey in a tea cup? I am just curious.
@Gingerly Brits drink whiskey out of whatever is available. If that means a nice little glass teacup, so be it. Lol.
@ Heather Thanks!! Whiskey is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
He takes too long setting up a story. My dad does that and it can be annoying, you start do the “speed it up” hand movement. I wish his people would train him on that especially for the talk shows. You don’t always have to set up a story.
it depends on your listening skills-
No. I have listening skills. Just get to the point of the story. Again, not everything needs a set up. And if one is doing TV, get to the point.
Not everyone has that skill. Their brains don’t work that way. I know plenty of people like that and add nervousness and excitement to the mix and there’s no way they’ll be concise.
I like a decent build up -it makes it more interesting
I was in the audience. It was really well received and a lot of fun actually.
Fun! I suspect that the Tom-saturated edits are not doing him any favours, even if I do find him a little too eager to please. If you have details as to what was left out, I am sure many here would appreciate reading your commentary.
Yes, Hannah, we’d love to hear more about what we didn’t see.
I would too, Hannah. It’s too bad we may have seen missed the best Tom parts on the video.
Eh, DeNiro seemed to get a kick out of it. And overall public reception has been positive–it trended on Facebook for HOURS, and everyone and their brother tweeted it. The editing was clearly not in his favour, I would definitely like to have seen/heard more of the other stuff edited out.
And having said that, even so, I did love his enthusiasm and yes, guts, to do that scene in front of DeNiro!
As for the butt equality thing, that also keeps getting edited down to a short form–I finally read the long answer somewhere, and it has to do with the female actor in the scene having the agency/being in control. Guillermo went on about it for awhile, as well. If I can find the whole quote again, I’ll see about getting it here.
Aww. Exactly like this guy Matthew who lives near us.
Matthew is six.
LOL!
I’m also coming around to the camp that, for some reason, Graham Norton doesn’t actually like Tom. He certainly put off having him on his show as long as possible, and then (as previously mentioned) the show was edited (and the clips released) to totally focus Tom’s segment on the entirety of his impressions and his original blockbuster role. No singing, no discussion of other present roles (because nothing is as important as his auditions for Loki/Thor!) as was witnessed by those who were there at the taping. The GNS has him go on for ages, doing all the impressions he’s known for, and one could logically expect they’d edit it down to what worked best. But no.
I suspect you’re right. There is at least an element of Mr. Norton’s nose being ever so slightly out of joint, due perhaps, I thought, to an excess of Hiddlestoners’ letters.
The reason why I thought they talked about loki/thor audition was because Kenneth Branagh was the movie director. Graham Norton had two guest that can talk about the same project.
yes I felt it did not do him justice-i am a Norton fan but he does fan boy himself and it can be irritating as well
I think you might be reading too much into it, NUTBALLS. All three clips that the show posted on their YouTube channel featured Tom and praised him as being maybe the best impersonator they’ve had on the show (which, no) as well as for his “amazing” GN impression. The episode has had countless gushing articles written about it since Friday, and the De Niro video has almost a million views. The show used Tom in a way that would get the most views, clicks, and write-ups.
Did you reference me instead of TB??
Oh, yes, sorry, NUTBALLS. I was probably reading another one of your comments and had you on the brain. Or I’m always thinking about you. One or the other. 😉
What with being a 6th grader at heart, I suspect that Graham DOES like Tom and it’s not reciprocated.
I did feel the cringe embarrassment for him when I first watched it, but I really liked the whole bit. It was just poor social etiquette.
On a side note..
one of my own cringe moment.
One day in high school theater class, we watched Much Ado About Nothing, with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson.
I made a comment about Branagh hotness, and my classmates turn their head towards me with looks of disgust on their face, that I awkwardly tried to back tracked my comment, and didn’t say anything else the entire class.
But I stand by my comment. Kenneth Branagh is HOT.
yes he is as well as intelligent,funny and perceptive -i am so looking forward the satellite broadcasts from his company.The fact that he chose Tom as protege say sa lot for Tom
The newly-appointed president of RADA looked really good.
Totally hot. Beard. No beard. Very hot.
I met him once in Houston, and it was a lovely experience. Hamlet was out, and he came over to help raise money for the Shakespeare festival. Tickets were remarkably cheap, and I took my mom, who is awesome at finding herself at the front of the line to meet people. I, on the other hand, tend to panic at the last minute and back away. She grabbed my hand and asked him to wait until he met me, and he was very gracious. Of course, that was his whole reason for being there so he was prepared to be nice to fans.
Erm, I reckon you have some fundamental attribution error going on there. It’s rather unlikely that Graham himself is really involved in booking the guests or editing the footage – there are other people who do that.
It is most likely schedules and circumstances that have prevented Tom being in the show before. However, given that his clip has gone viral, and given how good he is generally at charming people, I’m sure they’ll have him back on in a shot. Subsequent appearances will likely be much more laid-back.
Oh, I don’t lay the editing at his door–but I will maintain he very much has the last say on who comes on the show. As well as how the focus is directed.
Eh, given how poor some guests have been over the years (and how little Graham himself had known about them – especially the sports people) I very much doubt he has that much say. It all comes down to who is doing the rounds, after all.
I’m pretty sure the folks at the Graham Norton show consider Tom a huge success as a guest!
Guest are picked based on whats going on (although there will be exceptions). Tom hasn’t been on any major TV shows since he started. The only late night US show I can recall is Chelsea Handler. It comes down to the actors availability, who else is in the cast (the studio fans out its cast), and what shows there are.
I have heard from people who were at the broadcast and it was edited in favour of the impressions which took the more interesting parts of Tom’s bits away including his singing from I Saw the Light.
So not really Tom’s fault at all-the obviously chose what they felt was the most cohesive and entertaining
They were all pretty bad guests. I’m only giving Branagh a pass.
And WTF is up with this De Niro asskissing from all sides?! It was the most annoying part for me.
JFC, grandpa Bob is just another actor who got a break and made bucketloads of money. I’m sure even he knows this.
They were all behaving like he was Nikola Tesla…..
Just no.
Tell him you respect his work and move on. It ain’t that important work to begin with.
“Eh…You talkin’ to ME?!”
Well, De Niro *did* walk out of that Radio Times interview because he felt there was a ‘negative inference’, so maybe they felt the ass kissing was required to get him through the show.
Yeah, I would have preferred less ass-kissing and impressions and more anecdotes.
I did love Anne’s anecdote about De Niro and “The Bachelor!”
A+
Damn he was so well behaved this promo tour. And I really don’t like that other guy being brought up. Why are they always compared? It could be anyone else in the universe but it had to be him 😒
He’s always been cringe inducing.
Oh, really?
So you don´t think photobomb the Oscar´s shows not just once, but twice is cringey , right?
Nor describe how Sherlock Holmes will make sex?
And the list of cringey things go on and on…
Both can be cringe-inducing. The sun doesn’t have to shine out their asses tbh
oh yes i had forgotten those moments-now that was cringe worthy-i also found Graham a little rude at times or maybe he just gets nervous about moving the show along.Considering they used Tom for click value he could have at least avoided all the move on signal he gave him
I get what you were going for Allegra, but you’ve got Tom fans doing the same here and over in Cumberbatch threads like…it’s just stupid and childish on both sides.
TL DR I enjoy both dudes, both fanbases piss me off on here.
I’ve got no issue praising or criticizing either actor individually myself; I also like them. If you’ve got to drag the other one into it, you’re either not very mature or don’t believe your favorite can stand on his own.
It’s like an adult trying to convince everyone chocolate is the best ice cream by dragging strawberry. Kids do stuff like that, but adults don’t because it’s a crap, off-putting approach.
I wish he could just calm down, be serious and smart, and talk about craft and other interesting topics. The impressions are old and so is the over-eager puppy shtick. This is exactly the sort of thing that makes me feel like there is not much there there.
According to some who were there, he did behave exactly as you describe for some of the taping. And that is what the GNS chose to edit out. The way it goes.
yes that is what people who were the tv screening and saw the actual broadcast said-and if you listened to the bits in between the impressions there was a nice little bit on his and DE NIRO’S take on that scene and loved in when Kenny said Tom and DE NIRO were the two hardest working actors he had worked with.
If anything I found Norton a bit rude where Tom was concerned and I really disliked all the wasted time on the hiddle boner stuff when we could have had some more details about the film and where he told him him he should be talking about nudity to sell CP-
All the buzz on the show has been Tom’s impressions so it was definetely edited as click bait
@icerose
Tom got off light with the hiddleboners stuff compated to Matt Damon’s pony tail jokes the week before LOL.
I did not see it but i tend to find all that fan gushing stuff annoying who ever it is
You all need to Lighten Up Francis! Yeah his impressions may be old hat to the Hiddlestoners and people who are somewhat familiar with him but the general poplulace who saw the clips seems pretty enamored with them.
He does what he wants.
Sorry, i have to agree with those that thought it was a great show! Im not a major major TH fan and it made me like him more. He was in on the joke and not taking himself to seriously. I loved the episode. I saw the whole episode and everyone talked. It seemed to me that Graham asked TH to do all the impressions. It was all in good fun.
Yeah, I don’t see why some are getting so worked up about it. He wasn’t in charge of the questions being asked or he did impressions because he was asked to and as many have pointed out, he had nothing to do with the final edit. I bet most who saw it were amused rather than annoyed, especially if they don’t follow him closely or comment on chat boards.
These most recent interviews have been so tame and boring… the same old junket questions and boilerplate answers. And still, it seems that for some, he can’t say or do anything to their satisfaction. I guess I shouldn’t wish that he have more “interesting” interviews lest he get castigated.
Oh well, I guess it brings variety to the comment threads, I suppose.
I didn’t get why people are getting worked up over it either way. It’s not a big deal if someone didn’t enjoy this particular interview, so it’s not something Tom needs defending from, if that makes sense.
Same. He was twee, but the overreaction from the fans is a bit much.
I thought T Hiddleston was refreshingly genuine and spontaneous. And his impression of Al Pacino’s dialogue in Heat was right on. The show could have edited it out but they didn’t.
I love that show!
I read tweets from someone who was at the taping – apparently Tom played Hank’s “Long Gone Lonesome Blues” on the guitar and yodelled too. Luke Windsor tweeted before the show aired and used the hashtag I Saw The Light, Luke might also have been expecting that part to have made it to TV. Shame it was cut!
Then again, as Tom was there primarily to promote Crimson Peak and did so many impressions, it made sense that is what made the final edit instead. Hopefully he will get to go back and sing some Hank for the home crowd again… If I Saw The Light ever makes it beyond US cinema screens.
He pings my gaydar so hard and I don’t get his appeal either.
When people say this it always makes me think of ‘Gay or European?’ from Legally Blonde.
I don’t remember where I saw it (perhaps here, in a previous thread) but SOMEONE posted ‘Tom’s not gay, he’s just VERY very British.’ Thought that was funny.
Yeah, coz even just focusing on the Brits, Sean Bean, Gerard Butler, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Christian Bale, Daniel Craig, And loads of others are so damn camp…time to retire the Europeans appear effeminate nonsense.
gaydar always peaks my interest any way-i love men who have a both sensitive emotional side and a strong masculine side as well-the butch muscular are usually pretty boring
Clearly you’ve never seen Daniel Craig rocking a pair of high heels and a skirt…and flirting with Javier Bardem! That made me all hot and bothered when I watched Skyfall!
‘Gay or European’ is a joke, but I do see a lot of Americans mis-reading British guys as gay or effeminate who just do not come across that way to most Brits at all. And plenty of straight American guys come across as a bit camp to me who never seem to ping on American gaydars. So there is a grain of truth behind the joke.
Actors usually don’t quite fit into the traditional image of masculinity anyway, and so tend to confound gaydar – it’s the wearing make-up, playing dress-up, and being emotionally open thing.
The gay nonsense was addressed at Coriolanus time by Gatiss… Really, always the same thing… Someone asked Gatiss on his twitter if him and Tom were coming out (backdoors to sign autographs) and Gatiss answered “I’m already out. And Tom’s not gay.”
Remember that Gatiss is an assumed gay. So stop with the “he’s gay”
https://twitter.com/markgatiss/status/428650927357448192
Gatiss is not an ASSUMED gay – from wikipedia:
“Gatiss is openly gay and was featured on The Independent on Sunday’s Pink List of influential gay people in the UK in 2010[14] and 2011.[15] He is in a civil partnership with actor Ian Hallard. The couple have a Labrador Retriever called Bunsen.[1] Gatiss once built a Victorian laboratory in their West London home, as the fulfilment of another childhood dream.[6]”
Sorry… in Portuguese assumido means openly… language problem… No need to shout…
Apologies, wasn’t meant as a shout, was meant to highlight assumed rather than gay. Would have put it in bold rather than capitals if I knew how – perhaps someone can tell me if that is possible. And i didn’t know you were Portuguese.
yes i know and Mark did it so well-and yes there are no set patterns to masculinity or strong women so I never understand why people so often need to bring the gay issue up
The Crimson Peak tour has moved on to Barcelona.
i think some posters are forgetting that Graham Norton is a cheesy entertainment chat show, not the South Bank Show or Newsnight. Impressions, rude jokes, and embarrasing one-liners are what it’s about. When Hiddles is on Newsnight, he talks eloquently and intelligently, when on a cheesy chat show, he is larking about.
when he opens a shoe shop, then i will join in and give him sh@# until then dorky impressions are dealable.
IT could have been worse it could have turned into the Shakespeare quote-off between Ken and Tom…
Or photobombs people on the Oscar red carpet, then ignores them when caught, and congratulates himself to his PR person.
Lol!
Seriously, there was just a blowout in that one post about Hiddles vs. Hardy over stuff like this.
I miss the less messy CB.
Tom’s done plenty of cringey stuff, I don’t mind. Eddie R. opened a watch store. Who cares, it’s all about audience and profile raising and certainly doesn’t harm anyone. Call me if they commit crimes or something lol
I will say you all can’t have a big brouhaha about people putting down Tom to prop up other actors in one thread while doing the same kind of thing yourselves here tho. Tom’s got 2 fine legs to stand on, he don’t need it
I like chocolate and strawberry 😀
He was fine. Yea I felt a little second hand embarassment, but it’s really not that bad if you watch the full episode.
I thought it was overwhelmingly adorable. Yes, he went on too long with each impression, but the fangirling over DeNiro was just so damn cute. I think that’s why he’s so nice to his fans, he understands what it’s like to be a fan of someone and freak out when you meet them!
He looked very flushed and clearly couldn’t sit still with all the thumb-twiddling, thigh-rubbing, tie-fixing and such – either he’d had a bit to drink or he was just really nervous and excited- or both. That was his first real talk show appearance of that scale in a long while, maybe ever (not sure Chatty Man has the viewership that GN does), coupled with DeNiro- I think he was just losing his shit a little bit. If I had to opportunity to sit on that couch with say, Leo DiCaprio, I would be freaking out too.
Sad to hear they edited out so much, I hope they put up “bonus clips” at some point and we get to hear the singing/yodels!
there are some pretty sexy pics of Tom coming out with lilac shirt, pin strip blue and shoulders the size of Coriolanus. he’s beefing up very nice – hurry up jungle pics.
His shoulders aren’t the only thing beefed up in those pics! His King Kong is unable to hide in those tight trousers! Bless him.
http://the-haven-of-fiction.tumblr.com/post/130554241068/beaglebitch-maryxglz-tom-hiddleston-mia
*adjusts glasses* Oh, helloo. *wipes steam off them*
Here’s Tom, wearing the tight, button-strained purple shirt of sex, explaining why Loki was missing from the Ultron dream sequence:
http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a672069/loki-controlling-ultron-tom-hiddleston-finally-explains-why-he-was-cut-from-avengers-age-of-ultron.html?utm_source=twt&utm_medium=snets&utm_campaign=twitter#~pqgrLGXJGBJcMs
Beefed up or what?
(Or shirt too small) 🙂
Wow: https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tom-hiddleston-high-rise-fantastic-fest-reaction
Are we talking about the festival that De Niro helped to founded more than 10 years ago?
I bet Tom and Robert had chance to talk about this during or after the TGN show last week.
@Allegra, the writer is connected to the Tribeca Film Festival but the viewing of High-Rise occurred at Fantastic Fest in Texas.
Another one with Tom wearing shorts:
twitter.com/lexismore/status/651083985087504384
Enjoying a run with his trainer, perhaps?
Keep lifting weights, Tommy boy. I’m liking the basketball player physique, you’re sporting these days.
I just hope he doesn’t get too top heavy.
I love that despite the whirlwind tour of European capitals, he still finds time to get in a run.
If Media Eye is to be believed – he’ll be attending the BFI Luminous Gala in London on Tuesday. Hope that’s true, I’m really looking forward to the very buff Tuxedo Tom! variation.
And one who doesn’t need to keep hitching up his trousers as he did at the Evening Standards Awards.
He has spruced up his wardrobe lately, it’s nice to see him hanging on to his old casual favourites. (Is it weird I’m happy he still has the same old running gear? lol)
@neutral – I need new tuxedo pics to wipe those Evening Standard images from my memory. It hurt my eyes to see how skinny he got to play Hank. I really hope that effort translates onscreen. Despite the iffy reviews, I’m still really looking forward to seeing it.
Agreed Dara, it is worrying when you see someone has lost so much weight even though you know it is only temporary. And I’m glad to see that the hair is back to normal too!
Those are some hard working buttons! Give up buttons! Break free!!
nice
Ha! So that line about not having spoken to anyone at Marvel for 2 years was an outright lie. I knew it!
It might be that he meant he hadn’t spoken to Marvel about Thor 3 whereas this was about Age of Ultron.
Nah, he was bullsh*tting and got carried away. All the Marvel actors have to lie through their teeth about what they know, it’s part of the deal.
I’m not criticising him for it, I just think it’s very funny that he slipped up. Someone at Marvel must have had a chat with him about what he is and is not allowed to say after that TIFF interview got so much press coverage.
I’m actually willing to bet that he’s been privy to a lot of what’s been going on with Doctor Strange casting over the last year or so, because I doubt that his friends Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Tilda Swinton signed on for Marvel without having a chat with him about the experience of working with them.
“I’m not criticising him for it! Oh, right.
Criticising him for it would be like criticising Cumberbatch for lying about who his character in Star Trek really was. Seriously, it’s their job to keep this stuff under wraps, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I kind of wish I could have been a fly on the wall when he realised that he’d tried so hard to keep the secrets that he’d actually contradicted Kevin Feige and Joss Whedon. I’m picturing a real ‘D’oh!’ moment. I noticed in the Digital Spy video he says ‘I’m going to tell you the truth, because that’s the cleanest way….’.
Considering the whopper secret Idris revealed about them even filming a scene, I’m sure they cut him some slack.
Ladies:
Here is the link to Tom second part interview – Muse Of Fire :
globeplayer.tv/museoffire?page=3
I’ve just watched this and was coming to post the link!
It’s a lovely way to spend a couple of hours if you’re a Shakespeare/theatre geek. It gets a bit repetitive because they’ve only semi-edited it – they’ve left in him trying to find the best analogies and explanations to use, all the pauses and hesitations etc.
It’s also mostly filmed in quite a close-up shot, which he has not been made-up for, so you get a really good look at his hung-over natural complexion. He doesn’t look at his best. But his enthusiasm for the subject matter and eloquence are on full display, and he does make some interesting points about working on The Hollow Crown films and interpreting Shakespeare. It also gives you an insight into lessons at private schools when he talks about his inspiring English teacher.
You right, it was really lovely.
In this interview everyone can see how much Tom loves and really understands Shakespeare.
I saw few minutes of this interview last year before they asked Torrila to take down from her tumblr. I got so pissed off, but now i’m so glad that they decided to released the video.
I heartily recommend the Ewan McGregor interview as well. He speaks at length about his experience playing Iago at the Donmar with Chiwetel and Tom. Plus the Scottish accent is always a crowd pleaser.
He is wearing cufflinks! Not so hungover that he couldn’t fasten cufflinks! The tricks he demonstrates with his voice are really interesting.
Tom and Del Toro at Heathrow Airport :
instagram.com/p/8d7ANUyFAr/
According to a People editor, GDT and the cast (doesn’t specify who exactly) will be on Colbert on October 16. Yay!
https://twitter.com/AaronCouch/status/651152542143938560
The Friday shows are usually recorded earlier in the week.
Looks like it’ll be the core group of four (GDT, Tom, Jessica, Mia).
https://twitter.com/gdeo/status/651174033577279488
Yes, they’re actually listed on the CBS website for the show. Meanwhile, GDT will be on Kimmel this Wednesday and Jessica will be on the today show next Tuesday. Tom and Mia will be on the Today show next Wednesday. While I’m at work.
Those morning show interviews are usually so inane that I can’t get too excited about them. Colbert, though! I wish it were The Colbert Report rather than The Late Show, but I’ll take what I can get. Also, I’m still sad about Tom never being interviewed by Craig Ferguson.
I’m with you er alors… the morning show interviews are boring usually, but Colbert is great news. He’s still finding himself on The Late Show, so I have hopes it will bridge the gap in awesomeness between it and The Colbert Report. The Oreos / Trump bit was pretty damn funny.
Kimmel needs to have Tom on the show. The ones with that other guy that won’t be named are usually really good.
@et alors, Tom Hiddleston and Craig Ferguson together will be one of the things I shall go to my grave wishing would have happened. When Craig clicked with a guest it was truly an epic moment, and I have a feeling they would have got on like a house on fire.
+1 on the morning show interview as well. The last US morning show he did (for Thor TDW) he didn’t even get to go inside the studio, they “interviewed” him outside in the pouring rain – it lasted all of 90 seconds.
@NUTBALLS, it’s OK, you can say Cumberbatch’s name. He’s not Beetlejuice. 😉 I’m not as vocal about him as I am about Tom because the conversation gets too vitriolic sometimes, but he’s one of my favorites, too. Kimmel is OK, but for me, Colbert was the best option out of all the late night hosts.
@Dara, I feel we’ve been robbed of a second Vortex of Scottish Charm.
Some people are being overcritical. His DeNiro impression is usually better, however my friends and I didn’t find it as annoying as some did. Cut him break, he was clearly nervous. I thought he was cute.
And oversensitve honestly. It’s not a big deal if people found him over the top either, it’s just an interview.
Now for something completely different:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34448870/tom-hiddleston-is-enjoying-the-possibility-of-being-james-bond
Sorry, wrong place!
Can someone tell me how can we listen Radio 1?
Someone said that Tom will be on Breakfast Show – thursday morning .