It’s not that I’ve been avoiding Tom Hiddleston this week, it’s just that I didn’t see that many headlines about him. He’s been in New York, promoting The Night Manager and his other projects, but the coverage (from other media outlets) has been pretty minimal, so I didn’t really know what to discuss. But today we’re lucky, because there are two great headlines from Lord Dragonfly. Apparently, Tom watched the Doctor Strange trailer (which dropped earlier this week) and he thinks his brother Benedict Cumberbatch is killing it as Benedix Strange. And so Tom wants Loki and Strange to meet up in a future film.
“In some hypothetical world, I don’t quite know when, for Loki and Dr. Strange to share the same frame would be very exciting indeed. Because Benedict Cumberbatch is an old friend. So I would think it would be interesting to see who would get the upper hand…Truthfully, I do actually know at the moment how many more times I’m going to play Loki, but I’m not going to tell you. It’s not personal it’s just keeping it fresh for all paying customers to enjoy their films. And also I’m the God of mischief so it’s my predisposition to play games.”
He also said that he’s close friends with Charlie Cox, who plays Daredevil on the Netflix series, and that he doesn’t see Loki doing a collab with Daredevil either. Mostly it just sounds like Tom is sort of over Marvel these days. He’s getting consistent work without Loki, and while he’s grateful for the exposure the Thor films gave him, he’s just over it. So, no, I don’t think Tommy and Bendy are going to be jumping around in their Loki and Strange costumes any time soon.
Meanwhile, Tom appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers this week and he admitted that he was very, very foolish to do his impression of Robert DeNiro IN FRONT OF DeNiro. We talked about that last year, and yes, Tom just seemed like an overeager puppy. When Seth asked him about it, Tom admitted: “I don’t know why I did that. I don’t know why anyone would do that. Nevertheless, I did, because I’m a fool, and it went okay.”
Here are some photos from Tom and Hugh Laurie’s TimesTalk earlier this week. Tom is a power-clasher!!! Stripes, plaid AND polka-dots!
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and Getty.
It was awkward for sure. Thankfully,Robert was gracious about the whole thing.
It wasn’t a very good De Niro impression so I don’t get why Tom keeps doing it
Nerves. He seemed overly cherry red during the conversation.
He didn’t do De Niro again. Watch the video. They only spoke of his infamous RDN impression on Graham Norton. But then Seth actually demanded he do his impression of Chris Evans which was alright, no biggy – at least this is on late night.
This was a good interview, and Seth was pretty knowledgeable about Tom’s other escapades and projects. It’s just unfortunate he cornered Tom into doing another Evans impression.
At least he knows what’s going on with Loki. Hopefully that means thor 3 and maybe an appearance in one other thing and that’s it. I’m also over Loki. They can’t keep him in the movie universe like they did the comics because it just won’t work. Movies need more consistency character wise. And keeping Loki around to make more trouble all the time makes Thor (who needs some better writing anyway) look inept and wishy washy when he’s supposed to be a king and a superhero.
Side note: wasn’t Chris Evans wearing those same socks on Kimmel?
Yes, he was. Loki is Team Capt.
Well, that makes me Team Cap as well I guess.
So he knows how many times he’s going to play Loki, once in Thor 3 and a private perforamnce for moi!
Wait, WUT? He did De Niro in front of De niro? Where was I? Under that rock longer than I thought, I guess..oh man. TH seems to have calmed down a bit. I hope. I wonder what he’s like in a relationship.
On Graham Norton- it was cringeworthy, mostly because he did almost the entire diner scene from “Heat.”
Yeah it wasn’t the impression itself that was so bad but that he kept going and did the whole scene including Al Pacino’s part and then went on to give his analysis of why that scene and movie are so amazing. It was definitely a Tommy moment or rather an endless series of Tommy moments or what I think the CBs call PuddleTom.
People actually at the taping of the show have said that there was a lot more of Tom’s appearance unrelated to the Heat scene and that it was obvious (at the taping) that GN was pushing him into doing specifically that scene. So the show edited it down to what they thought was the most entertaining and beneficial to the SHOW, and sc*w the guest.
Cranny, PuddleTom is a reference to Puddleglum of the Marshwiggles, from the Narnia books. They were described as having long limbs, hence Sixer’s nickname in reference to his legs.
@Nutballs
Well I was completely off then. I thought it was referring to when Tom acts like a overexcited puppy that pees himself and makes a puddle on the floor.
Well, that’s a reasonable explanation too! At the time when Sixer coined it, the rest of the CB nicknames from the ladies were throwing shade (i.e. Tommyanna or TommyAnnE). Sixer’s was complimentary!
1 actually found bits of their discussion about Heat the best part of the show,Norton wasted what was brilliant line up with having them all including Brannah doing impressions and placing far to much attention on DeNIRO who is not knot known to be the best interviewee-all the guests were short changed in terms of being able to discuss their work-So I had no problems with the Heat exchanges.
But credit to him for making a public apology for what was a pretty inconsequential issue and only really interests those who like like to to view it in a certain way and through second had embarrassment.I watched it with others who saw no real problem with it and enjoyed it.
There was a similar Norton about stars talking about times actors had met actors they admired and done what they thought were embarrassing things which feature Keven Costner and he was great
I gave up using PuddleTom when I realised I would have to explain it at least once a week for the next few hundred years. This is why I capitalise LEGS – but I still get asked once a month.
I may change my username to RandomNicknamesRUs.
Would this work?!
He’s cringe-worthy sometimes, but I can’t help but loving him. This is what I always wanted for him: to stop a bit with the sillyness and get good, adult roles, because I swear there was a time when all that could be said about him was Marvel, DIsney and impressions. Go Tom!
What’s up with his socks? 😮
Bright, aren’t they?
Apparently, brightly colored or wildly patterned socks paired with suits are a thing now. The Times Talk interviewer was wearing socks with bright multi-colored stripes. Chris Evans wore the same bright blue polka dots socks the same night on Kimmel.
I like the socks, the perfect ones for some “mischief” making.
😉
I like the socks. Not the plaid suit.
I really enjoyed how Tom and Seth Meyers interacted; it was a fun interview to watch. And, it further proves my point that Kimmel isn’t as good of an interviewer and deserves to be dead f*cking last in the ratings.
I like that Tom and Charlie went broing out in the canyons and running together while in LA. I need to get back to Daredevil one of these days. Euro-drama has distracted me, thanks to Sixer.
New Daredevil season just came out recently. I haven’t watched yet
I agree. Seth > Kimmel. But the king of the lot was Colbert. I adore that man.
@Nuts, I feel like there should be the ultimate british boyfriend fantasy film made. Why hasn’t this happened yet? I would throw a lot of money to watch this event happen.
@Lilac, season 2 is good, but loses the narrative focus that season 1 was so strong on. It felt more disoriented. The star shining out of this season was The Punisher, but I think giving him such a strong narrative arc made the protagonist as character suffer a bit. He was just serviceable, whereas in season 1, he was compelling.
I’m part-way through season 2 of Daredevil and it definitely lacks the drive of the first. It’s taking me ages – the first season I went through in a week.
Ok, so that explains why I watched one episode of season 2 and was easily distracted by BBC shows and euro dramas on Walter Presents. I’ll still watch it, but knowing it’ll be there for a long time, I’m in no rush. I’m more anxious for Jessica Jones to start another season.
Jammy, so describe your British boyfriend fantasy film. Would it involve a sexy rumpus with WOC? 😉
I’m pretty stoked that Tessa’s in Thor3.
@Nuts, I’m all for the sexy rumpus! Tom did have a nice one with a Ms. Sophie Alekan. But I’d love a film where all my fantasy bfs use their best assets and sell their character. Tom would be the charmer, obvs, James Norton would be the sweetheart, Colin Firth would be the brooding older gentleman, and Matthew Goode would be the silent observer. You get the gist. Maybe toss them in a period film, all fighting for the affections of one person. Maybe that one person can be Gugu Mbatha-raw.
Jammy, that sounds nearly perfect. “Nearly” because my first exposure to Norton was Happy Valley, so I have a hard time picturing him as a sweetheart. But, he’s such a good actor, he could probably convince me that he’s a nice boy. Have you been watching Grantchester on PBS? I keep meaning to check it out and keep forgetting.
ETA: All the men should be fighting over Gugu.
Sixer, oh, Sixer, where art thou? Patriots Day weekend events have begun. The city is chock full of runners and today is One Boston Day, commemorating the marathon bombing three years ago with wreath laying ceremonies (check out the Boston Globe website) and a moment of silence later this afternoon at the time of the first explosion and we are all supposed to engage in community service and random acts of kindness. There’s a OneBoston website showing events and a video about what the day is, featuring an interesting collection of Boston accents, although neither Senator Elizabeth Warren or baseball player David “This is our f**king city” Ortiz have Boston accents, Mike Bloomberg the former Mayor of New York does.
Lilacflowers I hope you and your fellow Bostonian have a wonderful weekend, and everything goes smoothly. Thinking of those lost or injured.
Sorry sorry sorry but not sorry!
By Thursday night, all four of us were fed up with the world for our own various reasons. I was going up to London for work on Friday and intending to come back the same day, but we decided to have an Adventure instead. I barefaced lied to the school. Mr Sixer pulled a sickie. We went to London. I did my work stuff. Mr Sixer and the Sixlets paid money to be locked in a room so that they could find their way out again. If you find this odd, you agree with me. They, however, loved it. Then we ate bucketloads of sweeties for dinner. Then we dragged my brother to a ranting gig. Then we went on the #4Demands demo. And then we had an impromptu party at my cousin’s, during which I got p!ssed as a parrot and fell off a table.
All in all, a wonderful weekend, marred only slightly by Mr Sixer’s insisting on an early journey home so that he could watch live football on the tellybox. We are much happier with the world now.
This is a *little bit* like Patriots Day, right? And I’ll be paying attention tomorrow!
Very much so. because, after all, Patriots Day was all about standing up against the British status quo.
I was with you in spirit!
As for spirits and other adult beverages, we now have three breweries producing special beers for Patriots Day.
Spontaneous adventures are THE.BEST.
I hope they have low alcohol ones to be consumed by idiots like me, for whom bowls of coleslaw and tables are impending hazards!
Do they have rude pictures of redcoats getting pastings on the labels? If not, why not?
The Sam Adams 26.2 is only sold in bars as a draft. Not sure about the other two. Yes, they should depict such pastings.
After spending the past two afternoons wandering around the Common and the Back Bay area, I do believe the city has reached maximum capacity for skinny, long-distance runners and a good number of them are totally baffled by public transportation.
Boston proper is a small enough town, they really don’t need public transportation. They just need to be wary of the drivers as they cross the road since they will not be given the right of way!
My mouth is salivating for one of those 26.2 drafts right now…
Several streets have been closed to traffic since Friday.
If you’re staying out near Coolidge Corner or Cleveland Circle and you’re going for dinner in the North End or somewhere on the waterfront, which is several miles away, with all your family in tow, you typically do need some form of transport.
That times talk he did with Hugh Laurie was fantastic. I loved every second of it. They’re both incredibly intelligent and infuriatingly eloquent. And Hugh is Hilarious and Tom is sexy in his plaid suit and it all just got a too much for me to handle half way through.
And I need them to work together again. The universe needs more of these two together.
They need to be father and son in something. That last picture just cracks me up. HL looks like he’s giving the “how could you honestly think that was a good idea?” parent-speech and TH is ready to defend his bone headed-ness to the death lol
I liked the way Hugh took the michael of of Tom and Tom could laugh at himself.
Cosign.
@ Poisonous, as an oldie, I had to look that up! 😳
I loved the Times Talk interview and am watching it again -Some of it is very insightful and Hugh and Tom play off each other very well.So much of Norton is one bite PR comments about their work and Norton’s humour as opposed to real discussions.So much so one of the guests commented one of the few weeks where there was an actual discussion how nice it was
It was pretty clear even on the edited version of Graham Norton that we saw that he wasn’t comfortable doing it and had been pushed into it. His Pacino was pretty good, though, and De Niro didn’t seem to mind.
Look at how reluctant he was to do his Chris Evans impression again – that one gets shorter every time someone forces him to do it.
Perhaps he will refuse to go on the show again.
That seems pretty unlikely. Maybe he’ll learn to say ‘no, I’m not doing that anymore’?
He’s shutting down a lot of the Bond, Loki, Impressions talk. Good for him. He’s quite good at steering the conversation back to the work he is promoting. His PR skills have improved.
I always said he was pushed into doing the impression it especially as all the other guests all have impressions ready but he probably felt he could not put to down to another talk show host on another talk show.But it was his first Norton interview and if he ever agrees to go on it again he will be a little wiser.
I wonder if who brought the Norton show up or if it was brought up by the interviewer who wanted him to do an impression.Graham Norton seems to be obsessed with getting stars to own up embarrassing moments when actors have had their embarrassing moments meeting thier icons
Who told Hiddleston and Cumberbatch they were good at impressions? They’re both frigging terrible. STFU like…now.
No, they’re not terrible, just variable. It depends who they’re doing, and when they’re doing them, and why they’re doing them.
Mid-press tour on a chat show because the host is forcing you to perform on demand is not going to be their best version.
I’ve never heard either of them do a half decent impression of anybody. It’s like watching your drunk uncle at Christmas.
Right KTE.
I’m not saying that all their impressions are the best, or that they’re as good as Kevin Spacey or Robin Williams, but they’re not terrible. They’re pretty decent considering that most of the time when they do it it’s a random, spontaneous occurrence, or they’ve been cornered by interviewers that have heard of or seen videos of said spontaneous impressions.
@Choo
As I said below, please show us how it’s supposed to be done.
Because I think a lot of actors get crap for not doing the “best”, most incredible impressions, and are then slammed with slanders like “not even half decent” as if it’s easy and anybody could do it.
Most of your average actors don’t do any impressions or just one or two and only moderately well. Tom and Benny pick up things randomly from everywhere and put their selves out there because it’s a part of their craft as performers. Sometimes they’re really good and sometimes just so so, but they’re not professional impressionists or comedians, they don’t have an “Act” or spend all their time studying passages of scenes of ALL the impressions they try out. Except Tom and the movie Heat.
Also, sometimes people just don’t actually know how the people they’re impersonating sound. Tom does Anthony Hopkins doing Laurence Olivier, and Guilgud, which are not exactly the most frequently-heard voices these days.
I thought Cumberbatch’s impression of Tom wasn’t that good – he sold it with the facial impression, but he didn’t get the vocabulary at all, and the tone was off. But then I bet he’d never tried it before.
Terrible hum? I have an idea, why don’t you do an impression and post it so that we can see how good you are at it.
I think we should add ‘terrible at impressions!’ to the bingo card. I’m sure someone will be along with ‘wooden’ in a minute….
Well someone has got in with forehead getting bigger!!
Yup, Bingo material indeed-y.
Um..
Whut?
So I can only pass comment on crappy impressions if I can prove that I can do good impressions? The ‘let’s see you do better’ card?
Sorry, but that is all shades of ridiculous. That’s like saying you can only have an opinion on music if you’re a musician.
Please…
I’m really not too bothered about either of them so if I’ve unwittingly hit a raw fan nerve here then I guess you’re not going to take my comments for what they are and just accept that not everyone is going to fawn over these people.
@Choo
Well you’re the one that’s slamming them saying they’re “terrible” at impressions, “not even half decent” and to “STFU now”.
I’m just putting it to you that you’re pretty absolute about your negative opinions without really qualifying you’re objections. Sure you can post off-the-cuff put downs all you want, but then you shouldn’t be surprised when people don’t agree with you and dish it back.
@Choo if you’re not really bothered about them, you almost certainly haven’t heard them do impressions as often as a fan as. They tend to do them better in more casual, chatty, long-form interviews (in fact that’s where the chat-show researchers learn that they can do them) where they come out naturally in the course of conversation, as part of a much longer anecdote.
Hence Tom’s De Niro impression was too long for a chat show format, he was being hurried along, and a great deal of the cringe factor came from that – and he knew it. But he doesn’t have a potted chat-show version – he’s not an impressionist. He usually does that whole scene from Heat when talking in depth about why he loves the film in interviews as long as an entire episode of the Graham Norton show.
Cranberry well put-i have never heard Spacey-IT was not something he was well known for when he was doing theatre work over here and the only time i think I heard Robyn Williams doing impressions was on Good Morning Vietnam (one of my favourite films) and I did not recognise any of them and to be honest it was the man and movies/humour that I loved not his impressions.
icehouse – Kevin Spacey is a master of impressions, and seems to get better with every passing year, but probably kept that particular talent in check while he was at the Old Vic so the theatre community over there would take him seriously. Check out his segment from Inside the Actors Studio – I was going to link it here, but it looks like @nutty beat me to it below…his appearance on Jimmy Fallon was also aces.
I have a huge soft spot for Spacey that started years before he won his Oscars. His talent is undeniable and he gives good talk-show, but I’ve heard he is a top-shelf a$$hole when out in the real world. That has cooled my ardor somewhat, but I still dig him.
@Dara, I have a huge soft spot for Spacey for what he has done here in Boston. I’ve talked elsewhere on this thread with Sixer about Patriots Day events. Spacey was here filming something three years ago after the marathon bombing. He toured the Spaulding Rehab hospital where many of the most severely wounded were recovering. He has since worked on raising tons of money for them; he regularly attends Spaulding Rehab events; and he keeps in touch with several of the victims. He never had to do any of that. But he has. And I love him for it.
@lilac, it makes me very happy to hear about his efforts in Boston. I caught something a while ago that showed a bit of the workshops he does for aspiring actors all over the world. He spoke very eloquently about organizing sessions in the UAE with the stipulation that women also be included. I was instantly smitten with him all over again.
Dara, Spacey has been a crush of mine since I saw him in Glengarry Glen Ross. The Ref is still one of my all-time favorite Christmas films. He and Judy Davis were so wonderful together.
Spacey needn’t fear for his theatre rep because of his impressions – all old thesps have a few! Just look at Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKelkan on old chat shows. Hopkins still does his Olivier (hence Tom does Hopkins *doing* Olivier on the Coriolanus commentary out takes).
I’ve heard good things about Spacey’s work with young actors at the Old Vic, and he got a lot of respect for how well he turned the old place around. The only thing he didn’t manage was sorting out the ladies’ loos – but alas he is a mere mortal….
Benny and Tommy are following a time-honoured theatre-thesp tradition.
@Nutty, X-mas with The Ref, good choice. Love Judy Davis. She’s fantastic. Impromptu where she plays George Sand with Hugh Grant as Chopin is pretty funny too.
I think they can both do good impressions, just not always. The clip of Bendy doing numerous impressions in 60 seconds – with Josh Horowitz? – is funny. It includes a good impression of Tom.
I saw that too. He did pretty well. I think he’d probably beat Tom at that contest.
I do a bloody excellent Barry White, even if I do say so myself.
And if you believe that, you believe LEGS is a wonderful impersonator. Impersonators are almost always awful. LEGS no exception.
The only one that really impressed me was Kevin Spacey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIQMptnTf0s
I can do a good impression of TommyAnne doing a bad impression of De Niro.
Yes Nutty, Spacey is the master to be measure by.
Christ, his forehead is getting bigger everyday. Poor thing
Yes, I feel very sorry for him, he’s talented, handsome, rich and popular, but everyone knows a small forehead is a prerequisite for stardom.
Yul Brynner had exactly the same problem! 🙂
LOL. Poor thing!
@spidey:
Love Yul Brynner in The King and I.
He is my all time favorite King of Siam.
Poor Bruce Willis.
And Mark Strong. No one thinks he’s hot now.
@Nutballs, and his career is over. No jobs in sight.
The football players / coaches Gianluca Vialli and Pep Guardiola also demonstrate how sexy bald men can be. Well worth a Google. Not sure if the shaven headed look would suit Tom, but the career of another posh British heartthrob thesp – the excellent Ralph Fiennes – has still prospered despite hair loss.
I will bet a pound to a penny that LEGS would rather not go bald.
I agree with Anne tommy that Vialli is a sexy man.
Tom and Susanne Bier at Tribeca Festival:
http://getfirstlook.com/celebrity/JAE0G
Is she TNM director? Very pretty woman. I’d ship it
Yes she is pretty and talented and successful too. That would be an impressive match for him.
On a different sphere, I wouldn’t mind seeing a naughty fanfic where she calls Tom back in for some “re-shoots”.
(Of course she would be the mastermind in full control, and Tom helplessly overwhelmed by her feminine authority).
Yes, she is the director.
I think Elizabeth Debick is very articulate and elegant so I ship Tom with her.
Susanne Bier, she is 56? Or Elizabeth?
@spidey
Is SB 56? Then she looks really good. I thought she might be in her mid 40s at most. Anyway, I still ship it.
😀
She is 56 and married.
Married! Welp, this ship will have to be relegated to the fanfic only pile.
Just to finish about contrasting tones:
Contrasting Tones as accent color is a risk because it tends to have a disjointing affect. Which is why it find it distracting.
Crap. Wondered what happened to my little addendum post. Sorry, it was supposed to appear in the fashion rabbit hole we’ve been paddling in a while down stream. 😐
I can’t deal with the Times Talk plaid suit with the blue pajama socks. And I can only deal with the jacket of this pin striped suit that he wore at Tribeca.
I don’t like the way this new Wall Group team stylist is dressing him. I don’t mind doing something colorful. After all, he’s done bright color with the suit he first wore at Cannes for OLLA. I can deal with bright, patterns and pin stripes too, but not an an entire suit. Maybe just a jacket paired with more neutral pants.
My other big complaint is that they’re making the pants way too form fitting, which I never thought I would complain about since I do like him in form fitted tailoring. But his recent outfit trousers are skin tight, look uncomfortable and unflattering. When the pants are a dark color as in the interview with Seth Myers, it looks alright because you can’t see the binding and tightness. But the skin tight, hipster style plants just don’t work with these lighter color patterned suits that are already too matchy-matchy. Sorry but it takes some real skill to make Tom look silly and uncomfortable in clothes.
I agree. He looks so elegant in the properly fitted suit. This whole new wardrobe is all wrong for him. The Tribeca suit, because it is so tight, looks like he slept in it. Tom needs to step up and tell the stylist to cool it. I can imagine what his sisters will have to say about this new look!!
Uh-oh, I liked it from the waist up, but haven’t seen the full length photos yet…Pinstripes can add to the too-tight issues – when a guy has well-developed leg muscles they tend to distort the line of the stripes (see Tom’s GQ photoshoot as Exhibit A).
I remember the same stylist also dressed Richard Armitage for the first Hobbit press tour, and she seemed to have the same issues then as well. Armitage does not have a trim, hipster body and every time she put him in slim-fit suits/trousers it just looked bad. In her defense, there were some days/events when he looked absolutely fabulous – best he ever looked imo – but she got it spectacularly wrong on occasion too.
Me either. I just hate the whole outfit. I makes him looks like a silly man.
I don’t think things will change soon because this stylist likes to dress all her clients with the same style : mixing patterns , colored socks, tight pants, suit with vibrant colors.
The strange thing is that she is getting praise from fashion magazines like GQ and The hollywood reporter ( like this : hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-hiddleston-wears-3-patterns-883171). Are they blind ?
Does anybody know who his stylist was before or when he wore these outfits?
Like the divine Times Talks Madrid suit:
or the bright blue suit he wore an Cannes.
I think the problem is that the stylist is trying to make him look trendy and he doesn’t normally dress that way. Redmayne has been experimenting with colors and patterns at least as long as I’ve noticed him so it fits. To take someone who dresses in classic styles and suddenly start making him more edgy, makes it look like he’s wearing a costume.
It’s one thing to put him in these kind of clothes for a GQ spread like he did in Soho last year, but to wear it for promo events lacks authenticity. It doesn’t look like something he’d pick out for himself, based on what we’ve seen in the past.
Yeah, that’s the issue isn’t it? Tom just doesn’t look like himself, or at least the version we’re used to seeing. It feels like he and/or his stylist thought his look needed a change in order to raise his profile. Trouble is, his “look” before was far more unique than this new version, even though it was far more traditional. It just doesn’t feel authentic at all. Now he’s just another Hollywood actor looking to get noticed, and his high-profile celeb stylist gave him the same trendy wardrobe as all her other clients without trying to figure out what made him unique in the first place. It’s bumming me out, tbh. Guess I’m a shallow and fickle wench after all.
Hit it on the nail Nutballs!
I definitely have some criticisms about the suit fashion wise, like what @Dara pointed out about skin tight pin strips on well-developed legs, and you know I hate the socks.
But what is worse is as you say. It’s not a good trendy / edgy interpretation of Tom’s style and personality. Sure Tom’s funny, spontaneous and has been off-the-hook at times (< 2014), but he's always looked fashionably himself no matter what the shenanigans. Even when an outfit wasn't a hit (maroon and plum suits), it was still within the realm of style he usually wore.
What's the phrase? The man's supposed to wear the clothes – Not the clothes wear the man. And Tom has always been the man, the PuddleTom, or the TommyAnnE wearing the clothes – and wearing them well too.
If RDJ or Matt Smith wore this suit it would work. Matt would definitely wear those socks! And it would make sense because Matt has successfully worn things like this before. He pulls it off cause that's his style-personality.
When you compare Tom’s conventional casual style, which coordinates well with his public persona, it looks odd to see him suddenly go avant-garde. If he’s truly trendy then it will show up across the board in the way he dresses himself, whether casual, business or white collar, because it authentically springs from one’s personality. A person’s personal style can change, but it’s usually more gradual. When the pendulum swings far to the left suddenly it looks try-hard and like he’s playing dress up.
Whether he’s letting his stylist dress him that way or he’s wanting to present a different image at some of these events is anyone’s guess. I just hope he comes to see it as a failed experiment and puts an end to it.
I have no issue with the socks. That’s one way in which he can have a little fun with colors & patterns without ruining the whole look.
Yeah. That wearing boisterous colors thing is not Tom-like at all. Totally a new thing.
http://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6tcq7YBxc1ryctp0o1_1280.jpg
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@Nutballs
I can deal with some variation in socks. I’m fine with the maroon socks he’s wearing on Seth Myers. But these baby blue, polka dot, Willy Wonka, pajama socks are too much and send this outfit over the edge for me. They’re just too distracting from them rest of the suit which is saying a lot since the suit is not exactly subdued.
I will say this, I do like the color of the suit and the combining of it with the color of the shirt, but the socks are a monkey wrench thrown in the mix. I get the idea of mixed patterns and trying out contrasting Tones for accent color, but it was too dominate an effect for an accent trait.
Here’s my biggest beef (yeah, yeah I’ve been thinking about this way too much) and why I’m looking at this with such a critical eye – these looks were put together by a professional stylist. It’s her JOB to make her clients look good – someone paid Ms. Urbinati a lot of money find clothes that were event-appropriate, well-fitting and flattering. I took a closer look at the pinstripe suit from Tribeca, those trousers are about 4 inches too short (we’ve already covered the too-tight issue). Even when Tom is just standing there, you can see sock peeking out above the boots in some photos.
To be fair, I thought he looked utterly fabulous (10/10) for the I Saw the Light appearances (when the stylist first starting taking credit for his looks), and the suit at the first Night Manager in event in LA was one of my favorites, but it’s been pretty dismal ever since.
@Bay, the puffy orange jacket was worn during The Children’s Monologues. He was playing a nine year old girl named Prudence. And a nine year old girl would rock a puffy orange jacket. I don’t think there have been any sightings of the puffy orange jacket other than at that event.
The picture of the bright yellow pants is from Iceland and the pants are ski gear, which is supposed to be bright so the rescue team will be able to spot you if you fall off the mountain or get buried in an avalanche. Of course, every one I know who skis just wears black but they probably have death wishes.
Dara, we are thinking and commenting too much about it. It’s neither here nor there. But I’m hunkered down in a snowstorm so I’ll palaver a bit more…
What’s interesting to note is that you have an interest in fashion, so I would expect you to care about his sudden change and to have opinions about it.
I, on the other hand, am not bothered by the style itself, but rather that it signals a desire to change his public image and it comes off as contrived and unnatural to me. While we can’t know for sure, it makes me wonder if Tom going all fashion de jour is primarily to generate publicity or if he really wants to go in a different direction stylistically.
Re: the orange puffa jacket, his monologue involved an elephant stealing an orange from a 9 year old girl, so I think he wanted to wear orange so as to put it in the audience’s mind’s eye even up in the balcony.
Stage clothes are often brighter than usual.
@Nutty, you are right – we’re giving this far more consideration than is warranted. Sorry about your snow storm, it’s sunny and warm here (not to gloat) so I’m off to enjoy the weather as soon as my laundry finishes cycling.
I do think hiring a high-profile stylist is a signal Tom wants to take things to the next level, as is hiring a US-based PR firm. It’s not like he showed up to past events looking like a schlub, so it’s interesting someone thought it was necessary to give his look some extra oomph by hiring Ilaria. She is easily the pre-eminent stylist for men in Hollywood – and very well connected in the industry. Her clients will get fashion press coverage just by being her clients.
“his ‘look’ before was far more unique . . . It just doesn’t feel authentic at all. Now he’s just another Hollywood actor looking to get noticed, and his high-profile celeb stylist gave him the same trendy wardrobe as all her other clients without trying to figure out what made him unique in the first place. It’s bumming me out”
@Dara, This! And it bums me out too. Shallow, fickle wenches unit!
@Nutball, I think he has been advised to update his look for promoting his big US projects and to use this well connected, high profile stylist so that he hits all the circuits of media exposure in fashion mags etc.
Tom has been bold in his past choices with much better results (bright blue OLLA suit at Cannes). So I think he’s open to mixing it up, but as Dara so well put it, this stylist doesn’t seem to get him. She does alright when she sticks to classic pieces, but when it comes to Avant-garde suits like Times Talks and Tribeca, she seems to be promoting her fashion profile rather than what works for her individual clients. For example the pants for both the blue plaid and pin striped suits are an unflattering cut and fit for Tom’s body making for obvious fabric binding and stretching across his legs. So she’s just using him as a model showing her trendy fashion style rather than making sure he isn’t wearing ill fitting clothes to his events.
I know this seems like it’s never going to end, but I was asking earlier who dressed him before. I tried posting some links but couldn’t get them though. I ask in relation to my fitting complaints of Ilaria. I was wondering if his London stylist is also a designer/tailor or works closely with a fine tailor (designer?) house?
The suits I was curious about (mostly 2013):
Times Talks MADRID,
(Armani?) OLLA @ Cannes,
Korea dancing bear classic evening suit
Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing premier
And this sexy one that IDK where he is (polo field maybe).
If you search on Tumblr: ” the many suits of hiddleson month ”
links to “sidonivilleduval” page come up. The pic is Tom in sexy fitted, dark blue suit holding a glass of OJ at an event in a polo field.
sidonivilleduval@tumblr also has several other of Tom’s best looks and the (Armani ?) bright blue suit.
Funny thread, ladies! You’re on form!
I think the stylist went Peak Britisher In Hollywood, to hilarious effect.
NUTBALLS Redmayne was and still is a fashion model so he can pull of just about every styles he wears but Tom is not so if he goes to far off his usual style he starts to feel uncomfortable. I never wear dresses because I just do not feel comfortably in them unless they are vintage 60/70’s,.Even at work /weddings it was smart trousers.I once spent ages looking for a dress for my brothers wedding and ended up in a smart suit with hat and loose silk trousers for evening because I knew i would be uncomfortable all day in a dress
The one thing I’ll say about those tight suits he was wearing… there was some serious THIGH P0RN the past couple of weeks. Lawd, have mercy!I I wanted to reach through the screen and grab those limb with both hands.
People insisting an actor doing impressions is “cringy” make me cringe.
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Bay
Icerose says +2
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This twitter account has 3 short videos with Tom:
https://twitter.com/mstbeautifulmen
Outside doing interviews, inside Q&A and one on the exit door.
“Private chef! Who do you think I am?” – lol
In the last tweet he’s absolutely shocked, almost offended even, that the journalist would think he uses private chefs.
I don’t know if she thought he might use private chefs regularly since he’s a jet-set actor. I guess it’s a valid inquiry. I know at least that lots of super famous celebs in Hollywood have private chefs. Like J-lo, who a cousin of mine used to “chef” for in LA.
If you can afford it, and you’re going to hire someone to housekeep and cook anyway, why not hire a professional food specialist?
I’m not well versed in all the distinctions at that level of the “upper crust” society. But is there a distinction made between a Chef verses a food specialist and a cook?
You only here of the famous chefs like Jacques Pepin to Gordon Ramsay because they’ve had successful restaurants and gained notoriety from high profile, rich clients that want “the best” for their events.
So to me a Chef is someone with public notoriety and reputation as compared to a food specialist who is someone that’s at least been to culinary school or learned through experience under a kitchen chef (little c ) but has not yet earned the distinction of Chef (big C ).
And then there’s a cook who can make good food and run a home kitchen but doesn’t have an extensive repertuar of recipes, culinary and catering skills of a food specialist. Is their a distinction between all these terms among the rich and famous or event planners?
Cranberry
Most people here call them cooks but and think of chefs as people working in restaurants etc.I did eat at a house in South Africa where we were served by a butler which caused a few arguments with the kids when we got home
That was really funny!
When people have the opportunity to chat or to interview Tom , it is easy to see that he is
intelligent, articulate and sophisticated person. They think he must have a glamorous life all the time. So I understand why she made that question. I think he is the kind of person that
would spend a little fortune with a rare book or an antique instead of buying a boat or hiring a chef.
Allegra me to and the little I have seen of it side his house he does not going in for a lot of decorating.It is very typical of people who have grown up with a comfortable income and fill the thier houses full of family heirlooms and books.I think a lot of English actors do not go in for glamorous life styles -which is not to say they do not buy expensive houses if they have the money.
If they need or want a place in London then it’ll be an expensive house no matter what it looks like! London property prices are insane.
Where is Sixer? Even though it’s clipped, I would like to hear what she thinks of his private chef reaction. He just seems to come off so classic British it’s funny.
I was having an Adventure. I haven’t watched the video. I only watch videos when bribed with cake.
Generally speaking, though, Britishers do not have private chefs, whether they are rich and posh or not. Just possibly, if rich and posh, one might get a dinner party catered, but that would be about it.
I associate “private chef” with weirdo Hollywooders and their endless obsessions with food, instead of just eating breakfast, lunch and dinner like normal people. I wouldn’t want to be thought of as one of those types. Perhaps LEGS thought the same?
(PS: this reminds me of an article I read recently, in which the writer said that 99% of Silicon Valley start-ups are men commodifying all the things that women used to do for free – food, laundry, shopping, etc. Made me laugh!)
My private chef brings me a digestive on a china plate with my Yorkshire Gold tea… a nod to the plebs, y’know.
Mine du jour is called Sixlet Major. He is bringing hangover tablets and a glass of water!
What a role model!
@Sixer
The video is quick only 20 sec.
How does some lovely strawberries and fresh cream cake with sprinkled sliced almonds sound? I’ll have my private chef forage through the brush for wild strawberries and milk a cow for fresh cream. And if he’s hung over again, I’ll just go to Phoenix Bakery in Chinatown like I always do.
The video isn’t cake-worthy. It’s just a snippet taken by an eavesdropper of somebody else’s interview and the quality isn’t good. He does seem a trifle peeved with the interviewer though.
@lilac
Yeah, just his reaction at the end how he’s quite shocked and dismayed. We don’t usually get to see the primly Brit Tom much.
He’s indignant. That’s it. The indignant Brit came out.
i thought Tom’s prior comment about his money being hard-earned had a stroke of the indignant to it.
“weirdo Hollywooders and their endless obsessions with food”
@Sixer
In contrast to that there is a documentary in theaters called “City of Gold” of Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold trekking through the multitudes of diverse foods and dining in LA.
It’s gotten a lot of notice and good reviews around here. It shows a more real picture of LA and its vast communities and influences, not just the trendy and glamorous parts that are always shown to represent LA because of HW.
Watch him sing I Saw the Light with Stephen Colbert- it was fabulous. He really seemed reluctant to do it, which I didn’t quite get. Maybe he felt it had been too long since he had done “Hank” and would mess up!
Hopefully when Tom’s tour of the US end so will his association with this dresser upper person, and he will get back to normal Tom.
The US PR person, the hair/makeup stylist, and the clothes stylist are all affiliated via the Wall Group, so this may have been following the advice of his US agents since it is such an intense promotional tour for three projects.