The last time we talked about Tom Hiddleston’s “chances” for being named the new James Bond, it was several weeks back, when Frederick Forsyth, acclaimed spy-novelist, told British outlets that he got a “a tip” from someone close to Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, and that there was and is “no way” that Hiddleston will be named the new Bond. I believed the story because I felt the same way – Tom was never really in the running, and Broccoli likely has her eye on several actors, and Tom didn’t even make the cut for the short-list. Many would argue that the Tiddlebanging of 2016 completely ruined his chances, but I have argued from the start that Tom would just be a bad choice overall. But according to a Daily Express columnist, Hiddles still thinks he’s in the running.
When Tom Hiddleston embarked on his very public romance with popstrel Taylor Swift, 26, reports claimed he had relinquished any opportunity he may have had to replace Daniel Craig as 007. However, it seems that the British actor, 35, is still clinging white-knuckled to his dream of playing Bond. And his antics with the young Taylor (even donning a T-shirt embossed with the words I heart TS) have apparently not deterred Bond producer Barbara Broccoli from considering him for the role.
When he is not jetting across the globe to spend time with his pop star paramour, Hiddleston is learning to perform his own stunts on the Australian Gold Coast where he is filming Thor: Ragnarok with Leeds-born stunt co-ordinator Ben Cooke. I am told: “He has been trying to emulate Daniel Craig and do some of the stunts himself and push himself further than he normally would. When he is not over in the US with Taylor, he runs, does weights every day and hangs around the stunt department.”
Says my man with the clapperboard: “This is all part of a subtle campaign to show he still has what it takes to take on the role of Bond.”
Other names in the running for the role include Idris Elba, 43, Damian Lewis, 45, Aidan Turner, 33, James Norton, 31, and Jason Statham, 49.
If Tom Hiddleston still thinks he has a chance at playing James Bond, then I say bless his heart. Bless his boots, bless his “I Heart T.S.” t-shirt and bless his one gym outfit. I think that Tom probably is working out a lot these days, but it’s not because he’s undergoing a subtle Bond campaign. It’s because he’s back to work on a Marvel film and he sees Chris Hemsworth’s ripped Thor physique and Tom is like, “Sh-t, I need to get my ass in gear.” Plus, Tom is never really the beer-gut and hiatus-beard type: he’s quite a runner, isn’t he? Like, he ALWAYS runs, no matter where he is. So no, I don’t think Tom even believes he’s seriously got a chance to play James Bond. I don’t think he’s that dumb/naïve.
Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.
Contractual obligations notwithstanding, this man NEEDS some new workout gear. Hell, I’ll wear my old workout clothes until they;re threadbare, but come ON. Do they make Fabletics for men? Should we sign him up?
He wears the same gym gear so the paps will leave him alone- the pics are practically worthless when it’s the same outfit.
They’re worthless anyway. No one cares about Tom unless he’s wearing an ‘I heart TS shirt’, so I highly doubt he’s doing it to deter paparazzi.
Oh Tom, sweetie, no. That ship has sailed and sunk to the bottom of the ocean.
#ShakenStirredAndStillThirsty
Exactly, who will take him seriously after all this. I would just bust out laughing if I see him as 007.
If they do not use Idris as the next 007, then that is just bad business.
Please. Tom and subtle are the two things that do not go together. And I think that being next to Thor would put even the laziest bitch in the workout mode.
You are exactly right. NO NO & no. This cannot happen. NO. I am a Craig girl & I want him back. Tom ruined himself with all this swifty nonsense. He is no Bond
Tom did most of his own stunts in Thor, Thor Dark World and The Avengers, long before these ridiculous Bond rumors started flying. He has also said he isn’t in the running for Bond. The tabloids should move on.
Meanwhile, set photos from Ragnorak filming in Brisbane last night were fun!
Nope. The only possible reason he could be intrested in doing stunts is because he is Sing White Femaling Daniel Craig. Next he will make a play for Rachel Weisz and start donning blue contacts. Why are you letting silly “facts” get in the way of the narrative?
From October 2013:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/24579571/thor-actor-tom-hiddleston-does-999-of-all-stunts
Maybe they had a time machine?
*Sticks fingers in ears* La La La
I love that he quotes Bryan Cranston, whom he also thinks will win the Emmy in their category.
*Sticks fingers in ears and sings along loudly and tunelessly because I cannot sing* La La La La La!
Thank you, facts. So helpful, those facts. So much of what’s out there is dreck.
Not to mention Tom has been injured several times on set from doing his own stunts. CHems hit him in the face on Thor and made him bleed. He also cut his forehead doing Coriolanus and had to get stitches. You can still see the scar.
…he’s not do anything seriously dangerous, at least for Marvel, Cranberry. That’s left to his stunt double, and there’s videos and photos of the guy doing some of it. For insurance reasons, obviously, an injured actor can cost a production millions.
I know Craig says he does all of this stunts, but that’s not entirely true, you can see video and photos of his double doing his stunts sometimes too. Same reason, studios aren’t risking their investment that way.
You’re right Carol. I didn’t mean that he does all of his stunts, and certainly not the dangerous ones as you said. But he and Chris both said close camera shots like fight scenes they did most all those scenes because Marvel didn’t want any cheesy shots were you can tell it’s a stunt double. There’s even footage probably on the dvd extras of Tom being hoisted up by wires for both Thor and Avengers. In Thor he’s attached to wires and flies around in the big fight scene where he swings around the stripper pole and kicks Thor across the room.
Jesus Tom, stop beating that dead horse. Just let it go, man
It isn’t Tom who needs to let it goes, it is the tabloids.
And people who will believe anything because “it’s on the Internet”.
It’s true he does really want it, though.
Who doesn’t want to play Bond? Except Craig and even he hasn’t walked away from the franchise (yet).
Haha. He wants this role just as much as he wants to be super famous.
He and Bendy are the same. They are too whimpy English posh boy looking to play action heroes thou bless they do try hard.
So, you’re saying he doesn’t want to be super famous?
He’s been absolutely desperate to be 007 and to be super famous since he was in secondary school, ask anyone in the UK industry or anyone who went to school with him. In an industry famous for extreme ambition, he is infamous.
Really? Where are these industry people and school mates? Why don’t they come forward now and verify how “absolutely desperate” he’s always been? Talk is cheap. Which is why the tabloid biz is alive and prosperous. And If “industry people” do trash talk him, it would never be that they’re jealous their careers aren’t as successful as his.
I believe you and your London theatre contacts, Spiderpig.
Cranberry, why would anyone he knows publicly rat him out? Of course they’re going to talk privately, especially if they expect to work with him in the future. The London theatre world is small enough for them to expect that they’d run into him in the future.
Some of you spend too much energy defending a guy that you know little to nothing about, just what he chooses to show you in his public persona.
@WhatTheHell
I find these type of ‘definitive’ comments to be far reaching and highly dependent on subjective opinions with broad and varying degrees of association to him.
To speak as if you know him, and what you say is ‘The Truth’ cause you know someone(s) that worked with him in some capacity. In truth, you don’t know him either, and there’s no more validity to what you and Spidergpig claim than what I think.
I’m familiar with how theater people and actors can be. I live in LA and have known professional actors in the industry and theater. I’m sure there are people that don’t like him in the London theater world. That does not surprise me. I’m sure some have valid criticisms about him. But to what extent and degree? And what biases do they have?
Industry people are notorious for being jealous, critical (resentful) and clicky. Actors and industry people scoffing at successful, ambitious actors is nothing new, and even if there is truth to it, that doesn’t mean I hold their subjective (or biased) opinions or some spoiled school mate as definitive proof that he’s as you say always been “desperate”.
I can see that Tom’s been extremely ambitious in his life. In his profession it’s the nature of the business, and it gets results. For the level Tom has aspired to, I can show you a sea of actors just as hungry and willing to do far worse to be in his position.
No one trash talks him. Maybe laughs at him a bit, big he is basically well-liked. He’s a generous guy, he agreed to do my friend’s short play just after the big comic book movie came out. (It ended up not happening but he was willing to do a tiny short because he had a couple of days off.)
He’s working out and showing it off. Where’s the problem?
Seriously.
Yes he can. Show it off.
Just not in those toilet paper granny panties.
Some nice plaid man pants but show the body.
Loved those pics of Loki on set.
I don’t understand what the problem is. He’s had a very disciplined fitness regimen since the days of Thor. He’s an actor and has a nice, fit body cause he exercises. What’s the scandal in that?
@ Cranberry
+1
And is it a recent photo?
Bad posture. Bad face. Bad choices.
I was neutral about him before all the circus, now I Just want him to go far far away. Those internet boyfriends are getting really annoying with the campaigning. Try being subtle maybe.
He has excellent posture. Maybe cause you’re not a fan you’ve only seen random snap shots. And how is he not subtle wearing gym clothes at the gym or running like he always does and like any professional actor does? Some rag says he’s working out so he must be campaigning for Bond? That’s called: make something up and run with it.
He works out hard all the time to keep that rangy, half- Scottish body in superhero shape. His taste in females needs work, but leave the bod alone. He’s fine 😉
It is also part of his job to stay in shape.
He’s not Coriolaus-brick-shithouse-buff, but it’s better than his Suburban Shootout beanpole look.
The C-b-s-b look was amazing!
Yes. Yes it was, Spidey. This present incarnation doesn’t suck either though
My favorite character mashup is this: Coriolanus bod, Pine facial scruff and Laing hair. Once my brain had been bleached of all memories of TayTay, T-shirts and throatbaring, I’d climb up & down that tree ’til I was worn slap out.
OMG, Bonzo. Yes.
#meltdown
…anybody see the CDL Gossip Cop Emmy wars today?
He’d be an absolute idiot to bring her.
@MI6
He’d be an absolute idiot to bring his girlfriend???
I can appreciate that mashup Bonzo. If we’re talking characters I’ll put in: Pine bod, Loki Avengers hair and Freddie DBS baby smooth face. But I’m all for interchanging any features. I can go with Pine’s hair too. Maybe I should just say Pine. That would be more simple.
All piss taking aside, I really do not believe he is working out as some sort of audition for Bond.
He probably needs to be quite fit to play and Loki, and as has been stated by others, he does do a lot of running and general working out anyway.
He knows that Julie Walters has more chance of playing Bond than he does and I do think he has enough self awareness to realise his own limitations. He just isn’t action hero material.
Sneaky baddy is more his type, and he does that type very well.
Even I want this Bond stuff to be laid to bed now.
I think he *did* have ambitions but realises now that it just ain’t gonna happen.
I think people have realized that they can get their names in the British tabloids by saying they know something about Hiddleston and Bond when they know nothing about either. The tabs run with it because the non-stories generate ad revenue and people are gullible enough to believe it.
Cranky for the third straight week now but the Loki in a suit pictures are making me smile
I still think that if TNM hadn’t come out when it did – just after DC’s comments this tarradiddle would never have happened. Unless of course Tom knew what DC was going to say when he agreed to take the role in TNM 🙂
I think the deciding factor for doing TNM was working with and being associated with Hugh Laurie. As well as it being tagged to air on AMC along with a budget to match. It was a package deal for everyone involved.
Now you’ve just gone and made me wish Julie Walters could be Bond!!
At this point the James Bond stories are the equivalent of Jen Aniston burrito babies.
+1
IKR
He’s not working out for Thor unless there’s some kind of plot twist in this installment that Loki found his calling in bodybuilding.
Tom has always lost weight to play Loki. This time, he doesn’t seem to give a shit about the character and has prioritized looking buff for the paparazzi over looking like Loki.
He looks so different as Loki (huge) in the set pics that just came out.
He has always been in shape to play Loki; the role requires a lot of physical work.
“Ken wants Loki to have a lean and hungry look, like Cassius in Julius Caesar. Physically, he can’t be posing as Thor.” – Tom Hiddleston
Tom talked a lot about staying lean to play Loki. Physically, he looks much different in this one.
He is still half the size of CHemboy. Next to the mortal midgardians in the shots, he looks like a frost giant but next to Thor, he is still a puny God. There’s a guy on set who is bigger than both combined.
I think she is referring to how he bulked up to play Thor, then had to lose all of that physique to play Loki– they wanted his to have a skinny guy “hungry” look. Yes, he has to be in good physical condition, but he also has to look the part.
Maybe for Ragnarok the new story is that after a year of impersonating Odin, eating lots of protein shakes in Valhalla, and working out in the Ride of a the Valkyries Gym, he is looking pretty buff for a change….
I now have an image of a gym where Wagner plays endlessly over the sound system.
“Huge”? I’m not seeing the same set pictures, then. Especially next to Hemsworth, he looks like his usual, fit yet lean self.
I don’t think Marvel required Tom to adopt the same “lean and hungry” look he had for Thor1. On Avengers, he kept dropping weight unintentionally due to the stunt demands, which is how he discovered that delicious chicken sandwich from Chili’s. He is not huge now, either. On the Chelsea Handler show a few years ago he mentioned that he was 180, which is quite lean for a 6’2″ frame, and I can’t imagine he weighs much more than that now.
I kind of agree with you. He is bigger or more built than he was for Thor 1 and Avengers, but not so much that it’s very noticeable. I think also that it’s not a quality suit and is not well cut to fit him the way it should. It seems their costume/dress person has a tight costume budget or they’re not very good at dressing different body types or tailoring.
This kind of stuff seems to happen in the final movies of a series. The first and/or second films have much more attention to detail and quality with the pain staking time and expertise to do prep everyday. The studios tighten up the budgets cause they have no interest in making it as good as it could be or should be cause it’s the last one. They’ve already achieved the sequel profits (Avengers). All movies after that have a diminishing return on investment.
In Avengers he wore hair extensions that look better than the wigs he’s worn in TDW and now in Ragnarok. But it’s difficult to put them in and wear them all the time and grow his own hair long enough to wear them. Same with wearing the full costume all the time. Tom’s not in all the Avenger films like CHems is, and even he wears a crappy wig and has fluctuated in weight. Basically since the studio keeps a tighter budget, corners get cut, and a lot of little details are tossed for $, time, and convenience to both the actors and the makeup crew.
It’s also possible that he’s still trying to lose weight in time for his full Loki dress scenes. Hence all the pics of him out running everywhere.
It’s the Express – meh
With Tay Tay lying low and no pap ops on the menu, the tabs have to figure out some way to keep reminding the public of TH’s existence and not lose the celeb momentum his showmance got him. And someone on the Broccoli team said a couple of months ago that the next Bond will be someone no one expects. Lewis and Elba are too old for the 4-5 picture deal, as Elba himself mentioned recently (“I’m too old for ladies, martinis, and fast cars”), Lewis is too old and not sexually charismatic enough. Hiddleston just doesn’t have that “edge” that Bond needs. Of the actors mentioned, the only two I’d accept might still on the list are Turner and Norton. Anyone else see Norton in BBC’s “War and Peace” as Prince Andrei? Yummm.
I think I like everyone on that list except Norton and Hiddleston. I did watch War and Peace and I am sorry, I did not care for Norton in that ( he was much better in Lady Chatterleys Lover, the perfect Clifford. You felt bad for him but wanted to slap him at the same time). Lily James, whom I love, wasn’t all that fantastic in W&P either. Paul Dano made that worth watching.
Paul Dano is always worth watching
Agree on all counts. Dano was the MVP of W&P & and we was wonderful in Love & Mercy.
Norton really shines in Happy Valley.
@Mom2two – the thing is, if you read the novel, you also want to slap Prince Andrei, who really was a pompous t**t. So the script and portrayal are very much true to the book, which is why I liked Norton playing it honestly. That’s what I love about Tolstoy, generally – heroes are always terribly flawed. Paul Dano, I agree was wonderful, and I also agree with the assessment of Lily James – but it’s only marginally her fault. Once you’ve seen Audrey Hepburn as Natasha . . . oy!
Norton has range: saw him as the evil rapist, as the tortured Vicar in Grantchester. I think he could do it. But who knows who they’ve really got in mind?
I’ll eat my DVD of Only Lovers Left Alive if TH gets it.
@seesittlesit (I am doing this from
Memory on my phone, so I apologize if I spelled your screen name wrong). I did read W&P so I know how Prince Andrei is, I just felt like Norton was not really right for that role. I have not seen Happy Valley or Grantchester
Bonzo, you are so right about Love & Mercy, Dano was also great in prisoners. Always worth watching indeed. The other Norton – Ed – Gael Garcia Bernal and Daniel Bruhl would be on that list too. I’m not sure Tom H should be Bond. Still feel Tom Ellis might do a good job.
@seesittellsit
Well I hope for your sake then he doesn’t get it!
Plus I don’t want him to play Bond either.
🙂
@Bonzo and Annetommy, I see we have a Paul Dano Appreciation Society going. I loved him in Little Miss Sunshine and he hasn’t disappointed since. I agree with Bruhl too. And Gael Garcia Bernal. I really love Mozart in the Jungle and can’t wait for Season 3.
Do we get a vote?
Turner……PLEASE.
@koko: I add my fervent prayers to yours on this matter!
Jason statham would be a good Bond. He sexy
No! Statham has weirdly feminine lips! But he was great in Spy.
Oh please god no. Hiddles don’t not have what it takes to be Bond and he’s not good looking enough at all. He’s a nerd
He looks like a middle-aged science teacher.
LOL….he’s got that dorky look.
Sign me up for that class.
And I DETEST science.
Yes! Thank You! Too pasty white. Looks like a 12 year old wimp after his Jr. High physical education class.
Wow, then he has a lot of range.
Like so many other stories from yesteryear, James Bond is played out. Don’t know why anyone would want more of them. People are sick and tired of Hollywood regurgitating the same old stuff as though nothing new is being written. There are tons of stories out there that deserve to have movies made. I would much rather see the Kingsmen movies take James Bond’s place. Its time for new stuff.
I’d actually like more of Craig in the role, though I understand why he might have tired of it.
Am I the only one more interested in in this Barbara Broccoli character? Sounds like she should doing PSA’s to get wayward children to eat their vegetables, not choosing the next Bond. But I agree, move on Tiddles, you are the anti-sexy. I like Damian Lewis for the role.
I worked out today — whoa, was I inadvertently campaigning for Bond?
(Ok, I haven’t worked out in weeks. But for purposes of this joke, I worked out today.)
Me too, and I’ve never worked out in my life!
Is it just me, or is it a case of a journalist, short of something new to write about, suffering from sadisti necrophiliac bestiality syndrome?
Tom works out/runs regularly so to say he is campaigning for the 007 role every time he is seen (or the same photos get printed) is getting pretty boring.
“Sadisti necrophiliac bestiality syndrome” — this took me a moment! And now I feel terribly sorry for the poor dead horse. They usually just get beaten. 🙂
@ ennuiarethechampions. But you got there in the end. 🙂
@spidey, and so did the horse, apparently.
(I apologize unreservedly.)
And one more set pic
http://ladyoftheteaandblood.tumblr.com/post/149322285884/izhunny-nakedhiddles-from-shenaesodonnel
http://booksandcatslover.tumblr.com/post/149322184586/lolawashere-damn-you-people-who-put-this-man-in
There’s ol’ Tom, the enthusiastic puppy off his leash. He runs to the fans, requiring his entourage or security or whatever they are behind him to run.
I’m honestly a bit surprised at the crowd that gathered. Much larger and excited than I would have imagined. This was a good PR day for Thor3.
The morning news was all about Thor (Chris) and this is Australia
Yay!!!! 🙌
This makes me so happy
All subtlety went out the window when he joined the Squad.
What subtlety? When was he ever subtle?
007: Tiddles Rumors Never Die
I like this 🙂
007: For Tay’s eyes only
Here’s a thought, I think he bulked up for the Monkey Movie, maybe he’s got to keep that shape for a while in case there are re-shoots at some point. Won’t do to have the hero all muscle-y in one shot, but thin and scrawny in the next. Continuity is a good thing.
There’s that sensible thing again
Don’t get too used to it – I’m sure I’ll be back to my old ways in no time. My tinfoil hat is undergoing a few minor repairs. It got a little crinkled when I waded into a Tumblr skirmish a few days ago.
Not only that, but, as he did do a big bulk up, he needs to maintain it OR risk (at his age) a turn to it becoming flabby. He’s naturally rangey and athletic, but that figure type, if then bulked for whatever reason can quickly turn to seed if not kept, to a greater extent, bulked.
Still think he desperately wants Bond, very much doubt he’ll get it.
Norton or Turner. Yet still think Craig might hold his nose (for the right $s) to do one more.
Craig is still under contract for one more. He can say whatever he likes at this point but Broccoli has not released him from that contract
That actually makes a lot of sense. So Loki has been working out at Ride of the Valkyries. Asgardian personal trainers truly rock…… Eh, it works.
Or. He bulked up for the monkey movie, and he’s been running all these past weeks to start losing the weight. Unlike when he dropped the weight for Hank W, he still has to stay in condition to play Loki and do stunts so he still works out too.
Does anyone else think the reason that Tom looks older (apart from the hair – he is the first man ever to start losing his hair in his thirties) is that his face is much thinner than it was in, say, Wallander?
Ain’t it because he is parenting a pop brat now?
🙂
Yes he’s lost that youthful cherub look and his face is much thinner. It happens..
I actually have the opposite perception. In these latest Loki pics, his face seems fuller to me than it did it Wallander, certainly compared to Season 1, which was before he bulked up for the Thor1 auditions. Fuller and more settled in (as some men become), plus more laugh lines. But strangely, just a week ago, he looked much more youthful and better at the SAG chat; I thought that was the best he had looked in a while. But then he looked worse at TheWrap interview done the same week and those photos did not serve him well at all. One minute he looks fantastic and healthy and well-rested, the next minute he looks like he’s aged 10 years overnight. I think he is tired from all the traveling. I know I would look like a wreck if I had to spend that much time on an airplane, going through airports, struggling to keep up with the time changes as I spend long hours on a set.
Too much flying causes dehydration which probably won’t help either.
Also running can be ageing as well, which is why I don’t do it….Ahem
It’s a little unfair to compare him to his Wallander period: he was downright baby-faced back then. Some of his pictures from the twenties make him look like a Christmas angel on top of the tree. All of that is absolutely gone now, and by 35, it is to be expected.
I just don’t think he has anything to grow into. To me, even in a suit, he looked like a banker.
Running: That is how I injured my knee. Ow. Running is a knee destroyer. Frustrating because nothing burns off the weight quite like running, but if I want to be able to walk all over Paris in my eighties, I need to shift gears. Pilates and swimming for me.
@ Shelley – of course it is! 🙂
Miss Jup, I switched to trail running when I lived in Boston and due to the softer surfaces and varied terrain, my knee/ankle pain disappeared. The biggest problem is factoring in drive time since most don’t have trails out their front door. I was lucky in that I worked near Burlington Mall in the Nokia building off 95/128 and had Woburn’s Horn Pond just a few minutes away. I was able to run on my lunch break and shower in the gym most days.
What ages a runner is not wearing sweat-proof sunblock, sunglasses or wearing a running cap!
He certainly looks quite a bit older than his years of late. The hairline doesn’t help, but something is less youthful about his essence too. He looks world weary. May be all his work/travel or his personal life/travel but there’s less spark there somehow.
I think his eyes seem particularly dulled, even when he smiles it’s now rarely quite in the eyes.
He may have the weirdest hairline in Hollywood, but I think he’s getting better with age.
It’s obvious his first love is the work, the fans and the attention. Such a ham 😃
MI6, he is a ham and I bet he was thrilled to see a crowd that was there just for him instead of his gf.
Spidey, I think his face looks thinner due to the naturally “falling” that happens in our 30’s. No one’s face looks as full as in their 20’s. I had no idea I even had cheekbones until I hit my mid-thirties!
He looks better and more youthful with lighter-colored hair. If he brings back the golden doodle curls, he can obscure the weird hairline, too.
My hope for his romantic comedy: an ambitious career woman in her 30s adopts a golden doodle that she mistakes for a stray dog, but it turns out the dog is actually a man who can shape shift into a dog. They fall in love in this comedy of errors, as he woos her as a man during the day and as a dog at night.
Hemsworth never seems to change.
Good genes.
Neither does Chris Evans — there’s another guy that’s found the fountain of youth! He looks the same now as he did 12 years ago when he played The Human Torch in the Fantastic Four. Eddie Redmayne still looks like he’s 15 and he’ll probably still look like a kid when he’s 55, LOL! In fact almost all the men in Hiddleston’s age group — even if they’re the same age or two to five years older than he is — look a LOT younger: Chris Pratt, Tom Hardy, Charlie Hunnam, Aidan Turner, Zachary Levi and even, Benny Cumberbatch who just turned 40.
And it’s not just the receding hairline (although TH’s five head doesn’t help)– Mark Strong, Vin Diesel and Patrick Stewart, to name just three, are proof that bald men are sexy.
Hiddles needs to de-stress. The constant flying and burning the candle at both ends is taking its toll on his looks which is an actor’s stock in trade.
Tom has never had such an overwhelming amount of negative publicity since boarding the Taytanic. Instead of taking a couple of months to enjoy some down time with friends & family and take a long, private holiday, he chose to fly around the world with his publicity-magnet-forever13-paramour, dragging her baggage of interpersonal drama around with them.
Much of his stress is work-related and can’t be avoided due to his crazy travel schedule, but his choice to spend his time off with TayTay is completely on him and all of the stress ultimately shows in his face.
I’ve always thought that work energizes Tom, rather than drains him, but trying to do other things (promotion, romantic photo ops, awards campaigning) while working too can’t be a good thing. There aren’t enough hours in the day to do all of it and still manage to sleep. Besides, sleeping on planes doesn’t count.
I agree, Dara. He seems happiest when he’s filming. Instead of work-related, I should have said travel-related.
Travel ties in closely with promotion, which now has the added stress of fielding questions about his personal life he doesn’t want to answer.
Bonzo and Dara: Agree 100 %.
I think he’s going to learn a LOT from this.
The hard way.
Chems still looks good cause he’s not losing his hair, but also because he’s rugged handsome anyway. Normal aging just blends with his already rough features, and he generally looks the same or better cause that’s his look – sexy, rugged dude. Hiddles’ looks have always been more delicate and refined so any aging is going to detract from his beauty more quickly. – Yes I said beauty. Hiddles had (has?) some exquisite features: eyes, skin, contour, smile/expression. But aging is not as kind to delicate beauty, and only course of action is to avoid premature aging.
Chris Evans had hair plugs put in when he started losing his hair. He took care of it right away.
Hemsworth is super fit times 1000! Tom looks great as Loki. Cool role which he plays well, think it’s his best acting work, apart from Shakespeare – stage work suits him best. He must be excited about the monkey movie too (although judging by the trailer, it’s going to be awful). All this and bagging a pop princess billionaire in one year. Phew.
I thought the trailer looked thrilling and beautifully shot. Music was really good too.
Tabloids, stop trying to make 007 happen! It’s not going to happen!
Sheesh. I gotta say though, if the pictures above are the picture that are supposed to highlight his beefyness, I don’t get it. Hemsworth, who might as well actually BE a Norse God, makes him look tiny. Even Jeremy Renner, who appears to love arm day but says screw it to every other day, looks bigger than him.
Then again, I suppose how BIG do you actually need to be for Bond? He wears clothes most of the time, and even when he might take a shirt off, I can’t recall one that was a hugely muscled machine.
I’m not saying my beloved dragonfly king looks bad, mind you. He is a beautiful thing in a suit or any well fitted clothing.
BTW…..That article is pretty much Tom’s life now. Four paragraphs, and four references to Taylor Swift.
@Abby_J Yes, that’s his life from now on, won’t ever be mentioned without Taylor’s name in the headline or mentioned as least as many times as his in an article. Sad but true.
It would be really funny if, after all this, Broccoli picked Taylor’s boyfriend for Bond.
🙂 🙂 🙂 That would be hilarious.
Even funnier if he then turned it down.
…just as long as it isn’t Tom.
@ MI6 Neat.
Maybe she will pick Taylor.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/video/2016/aug/22/tom-hiddleston-reads-from-john-le-carres-the-night-manager-video
You’re welcome.
And how many times did they mention Taylor, there? After all, that’s his life from now on.
There wasn’t an article with this link, only a video caption, so of course she wasn’t mentioned.
HOWEVER, if you click on his mention tab and look at the 20 articles about him from June and July – 10 have Taylor’s name in the title. A further 2 don’t have her name but are about their relationship, THAT shirt or about the Kanye tapes.
There are TWO articles about the Emmy nom, one a general article about the Emmys, which leave only one about TNM and its Emmy noms.
It didn’t 🙂
Every headline about him there is TS name including, tabloids know that he can’t generate a clickbait himself so they use TS name for clickbait
Am I the only one who thinks that some people in these threads are like Gossip Cop? They always weigh in on “critical” comments, towing the company Tom Hiddleston line, being contrary (and sometimes delusional) to the point of annoyance and then doing what Gossip Cop does best – confirming the absolute opposite of what they are saying?
Just me?
You are not alone.
However, it does add to the entertainment here, though a few can get a bit snarky. 🙂
I think sometimes the fact this is a gossip site gets overlooked.
Still fun though.
We’ve got a few Gossip Cop officers out on the beat down below. Like GC, they’re swinging their night sticks and towing the party line: he never wanted to be Bond, his career won’t be affected, he was famous before TS, yada, yada.
Huh?
Well those gossip cops only policing the gossips on TH/TayTo threads. On other threads, they are as fun and carefree gossiper as you are.
It only happens on Hiddles’ threads and it’s the same 3 people that can’t tolerate any negative opinions about him. They feel the need to answer all the critics and restore his precious rep. They suck the fun right out of a gossip site.
His posts used to be a laugh fest. Not any more.
However, moaning about it just doubles down on the fun-deflation.
You’re right: gossip should be fun. But that goes for criticisers and defenders alike. Y’know? As much as X might go about trying to gainsay any criticism, Y spends as much time going about mocking the harmless enjoyment X gets from the thread-to-thread tropes and narratives that don’t hurt anyone.
Pots and kettles. Frying pans and fires.
And it’s not as though there isn’t room for everyone.
Sixer, this is what happens when Tommy isn’t giving us anything to mock. It’s all HIS fault.
We need t-shirts and throat-baring, dam-nit!
And I need BBC recommendations now that the Olympics are over.
Indeed!
One Of Us is starting tonight on BBC1. It’s by the guy who wrote The Missing and the cast is good, plus a reviewer I like raved about it. I’ll let you know if episode 1 is any good.
I was particularly interested in One of Us. It’s been in my twitter feed and looked like it might be something I’d like.
Did you ever get around to watching Stranger Things? You likey?
Still not got to it! It’s on my post-summer list!
Slightly melodramatic but I enjoyed it. One of those everyone’s got a secret things.
The general story in the papers over here in the UK is that’s he’s lost his crack at Bond due to the immaturity of his recent behavior in the media.
The role of Bond isn’t just about the actor acting it’s about how they portray themselves out of the character.
We have plenty of guys who suit the role better anyway lol, no loss.
He said he wasn’t going to be bond before Hiddleswift hit the papers didn’t he?
Yes. He even said he wasn’t going to be Bond and he wished people would stop asking about it before he met her.
*Waves* “Afternoon, Gossip Cops.”
It’s okay, JD. You and the UK papers clearly got it wrong, but our resident Gossip Cops are here to banish the lies and give us the Tom Hiddleston approved “truth.”
I wish they’d announce his rumoured 2017 theatre role (and I hope it is London and not NY). He was great in Coriolanus and I remember him being pretty decent in Othello.
Spiderpig, any ideas as to what it might be? Maybe the scheduling is still being sorted out.
No idea, sorry. I know it’s not the RSC, cos I would have heard (but we are working with SIMON RUSSELL BEALE – who once said “Fabulous darling” to me the one time we met, which I’m overexcited about). Maybe Richard III? Maybe Hamlet?
Would he want to do Hamlet so soon after Benedict did it in London?
Totally irrelevant. Big name Hamlets are like buses in Britain. Andrew Scott is doing Hamlet in a few months, and it’s far more likely his will be compared, but evidently doesn’t worry him.
By the time Hiddles’ production starts (if it is Hamlet) it’ll be two years since Cumberbatch’s. That’s a lifetime in theatre.
Practically all actors want to do Hamlet because it’s the ultimate test for an actor. Any actor who plays Hamlet has to accept that Hamlet is constantly performed, often by big names, and that anyone playing the role will be compared to a whole legion of previous actors. An actor waiting until there hasn’t been a big name Hamlet in recent years to avoid comparisons is going to be waiting a hell of a long time!
I’m envious of the amount of Shakespeare performed in London. If I lived there, I’d be hard pressed to find the time to see anything but his plays. In contrast, good – let alone great – Shakespeare in the US is hard to find. In the western US especially (where I am) it seems to be the territory of the regional or community theaters. I’ve had decent luck with the festival in Ashland OR over the years, but some of my experiences elsewhere have been not-so-great.
If Tom’s going to do Hamlet, it needs to be soon. He’s rapidly aging out of what I consider a believable range for that character. I don’t want another play that looks like Hamlet’s mid-life crisis.
@ Dara – “Hamlet’s mid-life crisis” sounds like an idea for a book!
With the sh!t we gave Bendy for Hamlet pushes 40, Tom won’t escape the snark if he follows suit!
Hamlet’s (early) Mid-Life Crisis is may be the perfect nickname for Tom’s version, considering this summer’s turn of events.
I do not get the Bond thing. I am one who feels it has been cooked and reheated then the leftovers made into non palatable stovies too many times.
Move on. If we must do Bond, then a fresh take on the whole thing. TH could be a quirky thinking mans Bond.
Plus his body is looking sooooooo good now.
…anybody see the CDL Gossip Cop Emmy wars today?
He’d be an absolute idiot to bring her.
Yes. The battle of the gossip tossed word salads.
What does it matter if he takes her anyways?
They both enjoy the attention. He can’t do anymore ‘damage’ to his image. 🙂
So getting back to his aging face, does anyone remember a year ago when he reappeared after a break with a new RL wardrobe and a nice youthful look? He was getting ready to hit the film festivals for ISTL and I swear he had minor work done. Chemical peel, laser, Botox, vampire lift, nothing extraordinary, just the usual stuff actors in his position do. I doubt if he’s had the time to keep it up and with all the traveling, sun, and running it’s had its toll. He needs to get back with a dermatologist.
Yes and he looked good.
Seems like he is putting more into the body now.
I don’t think he had any Botox or surgery done. Just chemical/skin peel or laser ? for sun damage. There’s no need for any surgery. He’s got great bone structure. What’s affecting his looks is all the additional sun exposure he got from filming in TNM in Majorca, plus Thor TDW and daily exposure from running everyday without a hat or sun block. Sun and running breaks down collagen in the skin. He needs to start swimming and getting back to yoga and eating more gelatin and bone broth for the collagen. Are you seeing this Luke?
A snap of TH from the Evening Standard (UK). Please Gossip Cop officers, let us know how TS is not always mentioned when he is.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJa70NHjvXq/
Yes, this is insane, he’ll never get rid of this,ever…that’s just sad☹️
Ever is an awful long time.
Let’s play Family Feud. Name all the ways papers refer to Hiddleston without actually using his name:
1. Taylor Swift’s boyfriend
2. Taylor Swift’s boy toy (a personal favorite)
3. Noted Shakespearean actor – just kidding, they don’t use that
4. Taylor Swift’s new accessory
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37151581
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/22/tom-hiddleston-thor-ragnarok-loki-throwback-photo
The first two I came across.
You clearly don’t understand the game. Maybe watch a few episodes of Family Feud, slowly re-read the prompt and try again.
Don’t think I’ll bother thanks. Try a smiley next time 🙂
Thanks for the lesson on politeness but you can take that back to the veranda.
Back to the beat, Gossip Cop – there’s someone criticizing Tom Hiddleston somewhere!
I don’t know what Family Feud is.
Is it like when I call the Sixlets ‘orrid little ‘erberts for shoving banana skins and orange between the sofa cushions rather than walking to the bin?
Or is it like when Mr Sixer Senior says I look as though I’ve been pulled through a hedge backwards and he is not taking me out to lunch unless I brush my hair?
@Sixer, Family Feud is an extremely loud and obnoxious television game show. Families have to guess words in a category and receive points based upon whether their responses were the same as a “survey. ” The highest percentage in the “survey,” the more points. http://www.familyfeud.com/
Ohhhhhhhh! We call that Family Fortunes. The computer goes UH-UH when someone guesses wrong. So if you ever hear a Britisher say UH-UH in a strange deep tone when you’ve just mucked up something, you know why. Family Fortunes is why!
Here, a wrong answer generates a loud, obnoxious buzz sound.
One of the best Family Fortunes answers ever.
Question: Name a long necked bird.
Contestant: Naomi Campbell ?
Haha Shelly. The famous one (or the one I know, anyway):
Name a yellow fruit.
Orange.
@matchday:
5. Mr. Swift (I think I saw that in an online article not too long ago, but can’t remember where).
Does Tiddles count?
Or Hiddleswift.
Maybe too much Hiddles showing. OK.
The hunky Brit. TnT
I suck at this LOL.
@RWS – “Mr. Swift”…survey says…yes, it is there!
@ChefG – “The hunky Brit”…survey says…yes! (You’re better than you think!)
Two lengthy articles on Kong Skull Island; one by Total Film and another by Empire Mag Sep issues. Couldn’t locate original source online.
http://maryxglz.tumblr.com/post/149336922762/thetwotees-top-monkey-trouble-total-film
Hiddleston was fabulous in The Night Manager. As was Hugh Laurie and Elizabeth Debicki and everyone else in it. It draws you in and grabs you for all 6 episodes. It was the first time I thought him charismatic & endearing in a role.
I thought it was the worst, most unbelievable performance of his career. He’s impressed me more with his independant roles and his Shakespeare work.
Same here. Puppy eyes all the time. The series was Tom wearing suits promo and his eyebrow moves 😉 If the character was a former solder he shouldn´t act like scared child in Roper´s house, on the field etc. I´m really sorry to say this. I saw all of his performances except Hollow crown parts but there´s always something off in his acting and I cannot identify what it is. I wrote it here already I´m enjoying his promotions and interviews more than the actual acting 😛 he should have his own talk show or something 🙂
I seriously don’t know how he is not exhausted by all the long haul trips back and forth to the USA from Australia -business class or not. The guy is so under Swift’s thumb. Gee what about honey I am working in Australia . I really need to concentrate on this movie (my job) instead of flying back to you for a weekend. No wonder he has lost so many peoples respect .
Idris subtly campaigning for the 007 role with his beast workouts:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3753530/Two-days-fight-Idris-Elba-shares-steamy-topless-snap-prepares-boxing-match.html
Pedant alert:
Just checking the top photo – I wonder when it was actually taken, because the car is a right hand drive, and they drive on the left in Australia so it could well have been taken a few weeks ago when all the others came out.
Those pictures were taken in LA when he was being papped going to and from the gym.
Thank you my dear! Old story? Oh, sorry I’m being a Gossip Cop again. 😆
Must stop letting the truth undermine a good story.
@Spidey, we’re concocting a special Spidey Cop cocktail in your honor. Not sure of all the ingredients just yet but Blue Curaçao is involved.
Well thank you Lilacflowers, very kind of you. It will have plenty of ice won’t it, because it has been pretty hot here today. We can then go an sit in a corner together and speak only the truth (as we see it!). 😆
@Spidey, actually scratch the blue Curaçao, Mathias just harvested a ton of blueberries. Blueberry infused vodka will be involved and blueberry garnish and blueberry liqueur and maybe some lime juice. Yes, lots of ice. Shaken, not stirred. There’s a shady spot near the glider.
I see no evidence of Gossip Copping on this particular thread. Perhaps I was being a snooty know-it-all??
That fruit infused drink sounds divine. Still working through my peach-infused Jamesons, though. Must pace myself.
What I like about Celebitchy is that the posters here are smart and enjoy a little friendly, fun speculation and piss-taking and are generally not vicious gossip mongers. For some reason, Tom Hiddleston and Benedict in particular attract people who like to go on about how they’re horrible, vile people who lie and cheat their way to fame, which is just so absurd in a world full of Johnny Depps, Charlie Sheens and Donald Trumps. I appreciate the truth sayers for bringing the gossip back to reality, and most of all, I appreciate the wittiest ones of the group for bringing the laughs.
@Bonzo, we will be sure to set some of the blueberry concoction aside for you. Do let us know when you are ready. You were being factual, not snooty at all, but being factual can earn one a deputy gossip cop designation apparently . We’ll have little bejeweled badges made. They’ll be simply divine!
Sigh. And the ones who defend him by saying at least he’s not a murderer or abuser, as if anyone here has ever accused him of such. Calling him needy, thirsty and a fibber does not equal accusing him of a crime.
@veranda You don’t need badges. As was mentioned above, everyone knows who you are.
@spidey @lilacflowers. The ladies who regularly post here have always had a wonderful way making a point in the most polite way, and I’ve always felt rather safe Even when I rant on at times. Cheers to you all.
@ Beach girl, cheers to you too. Spidey raises glass of Blueberry infused vodka based cocktail as recently invented on the Lilacflower veranda to which I was banished.
I haven’t noticed you ranting on at all. 🙂
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