As we discussed over the weekend, Tom Hiddleston made an appearance at Comic-Con. He attended Marvel’s big presentation, which included new footage of Black Panther, Infinity War and a brand-new trailer for Thor: Ragnarok. You would think that Tom would have taken a moment to promote his appearance at Comic-Con on his social media. He did not. Tom has barely posted anything to his Instagram or Twitter since March. He did post the new Ragnarok trailer on his Facebook, but that’s it. So it was shocking that Tom ended up on someone else’s Instagram, right? Mark Ruffalo posted this:
That’s Tom Hiddleston cuddling/napping with Chris Hemsworth and their director, Taika Waititi. I don’t know if this is for-real, like Ruffalo just happened upon a bro naptime, or whether they posed like this. It’s actually one of the cutest things Tom has done in the past year! I wish there was more of this, because it felt like Tom is now a shell of a man, post-Taylor Swift. He isn’t having fun anymore. He doesn’t want to be playful. He’s not going to dress up as Loki and order everyone to kneel. Lord Dragonfly has changed, man.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
Taika has his arms wrapped around Hemsworth’s legs so I’m going to go with posed. Their panel was really funny, I hope they do a lot of promotional stuff with the whole cast.
It looks they’re on a couch, with Tom lying on the back, so yes staged.
Poor Tom. Summer of love did him in. We tried to warn you.
But this is cute. They have a good friendship Tom and Chris. They do the best interviews together
If by “warn” you mean “relentlessly crap on”, then, sure.
Yes, “relentlessly crap on” is exactly it.
He’s been Swift-ified.
Like they say in Lynn, MA — you never go out the way you came in.
People need to drop the Swift thing. He was a well-known talented actor before he was with her over a year ago. I don’t know why people want to hang on that forever
He was a well-known talented actor who went on a worldwide publicity tour with TAYLOR SWIFT to show the world their publicity hungry pap stroll love. Lol it was insane. You can’t downplay how pathetic he looked. He was coming off of The Night Manager and was being taken seriously as an actor and movie star and then he got with perpetual teenager TAYLOR SWIFT.
Because it is the defining thing in Hiddlestoms life. Thats why people hang on it.
Unfortunately to those people who weren’t really aware of him, he’s now associated with Taylor Swift. It will take a while to get away from that.
This is why to some established fans, last summer seemed so out of character (or their idea/image of him in any case)
But people who are only aware of him from the internet do not follow his career. They are only interested in gossip and have likely never seen him in a movie or TV show or on stage. But this is the fate of celebrities in the internet age. They have to know it and deal with it. At 64, I have to laugh at those who think this is some kind of scandal for the ages.
Scandal for the ages? No. Embarrassing famewhoring? Definitely. People saw right through it and it put a dent in the “serious actor” rep he was trying to build. It still makes no sense from a PR perspective. Was he trying to court a younger audience or something? I just don’t get why he would agree to such a blatant, extended publicity stunt. And of course she’s throwing him under the bus like it was all his idea to be so public with it. Fortunately for him, people see right through that as well.
It’s not like his reputation is forever ruined or anything. She’ll do what she does with another boyfriend or two and he’ll be a distant memory. Unless she decides to immortalize their relationship in song. That’s the thing about Taylor Swift, she doesn’t just let her exes go. She makes sure they’re forever linked to her. She went on like one coffee date with Jake Gyllenhaal, called the paparazzi to photograph them and then wrote a song about him. It brings me back to my initial point, why would Tom get involved with that?
“why would Tom get involved with that?” Since you’re the one who establishes, without a shadow of doubt, it was all about “famewhoring” and a publicity stunt, you tell me.
Why? I mean, it may amaze some people but he may have liked her. Look I’ll never understand her appeal whatsoever, but I know plenty of men who’d love to spend a night with her or date her. I can’t logic that. Men are weird. Does everything have to be such a huge conspiracy?
I’m not one to throw this out lightly but this is standard closetting behavior. One brief but big publicized hurrah that establishes permanent hetero cred. Thereafter he has perfect excuse to never discuss or display any girlfriend ever again. After a few years he will make it known that he has quietly been with a certain woman for a long time and the charade will require no servicing.
Or maybe he was just too dumb to realise that the public whirlwind dates with Taylor were damaging.
“Well yes why would he get involved with TS with her rep and history?” I don’t think he was thinking with his “head”
The GQ interview also did him a lot of damage. I don’t know why he’s so naive about putting himself out there in a such obviously fame-hungry way. Blinkers.
I agree that Tom is talented, but unfortunately the Swift thing is what people now know him for.
Case in point: I was out last week and heard two guys (who looked like the quintessential frat bros) talking. Skull Island came up, and the one guy was trying to explain to the other guy who Hiddleston was. First guy goes: “You know, that British dude who dated Taylor Swift last year,” and the second guy knew who he was.
When that’s how frat boys identify you, then, yes, Hiddleswift is still clinging to Tom.
@ Green, I think Tom is/has been too open with reporters but I honestly think he thought that some of the stuff from the GQ interview was off the record – particularly the getting in touch the next morning. I think she then threw him under the bus in a way that I thought was pretty cheap.
People should know the deal with her by now. You would think after she stalked the Kennedys sane guys would steer clear.
Is this the original Bonzo?
Yep… as evidenced by my snarky comment. 😉
*waving back*
Poor old Tommy-omelette! Some dreams crash and burn, right?
But he’ll be fine. A well-advised dark period followed by some nice middle-to-high brow theatrical outing and he’ll be back to his appropriate niche, and people will remember why they fancied him.
OH Sixer. You and your logic. He’s obviously going to die alone, sweeping up a West End theatre.
Nah he’s going to die alone eaten by Alsatians sweeping up outside a West End theatre 😉
Why are you Brits[ almost] the only ones who give this nonsense the attitude it deserves.? My compliments.
He’s British and posh. Ok, he’s not the next DDL but he can act. He’ll be fine. Provided he doesn’t think he can do jet-setting high-celebrity Romeo outside of Marvel. And it looks as though this is a lesson he has been sensible enough to learn.
And you know, he did give us The Great Tiddlesbanging, paper knickers and Aladdin slippers. You could never say he’s not value for money.
Agree. But I view him a little more sentimentally than you do. Still hope he gets an Oscar nom someday.
Agree. TommyAnnE needs to book himself a play so he can get things back on track.
Otherwise, he may resort to street performance in Piccadilly Circus!
I think he should suck up to Netflix, given the popularity of The Crown. He’s always going to be a niche type and one would hope that he realises that now.
“Marvel”, “niche”, Marvel-niche, TNM-niche-Marvel. OK then.
As Sixer says, he will be fine. He’ll do some theater, finish his UNICEF documentary and move on, do another ensemble blockbuster or two, some nice indie work, and another prestige TV bit and be just fine. And while gossip is a very lucrative industry with lots of followers, most people actually don’t follow it that closely. The guys I work with knew him as Loki and were quite impressed with TNM. They’re now working through his back catalogue and enjoying The Hollow Crown and OLLA with no interest whatsoever in his personal life. Most people simply don’t care. Meanwhile, I’ll sit back in my glider with a glass of wine and wait for my dancing bear to entertain me some more
Light purple, just to add to your comment., I teach college undergraduates and show CRIMSON PEAK in my ghost story class. I have never had a student even mention Swift. I enjoy CB with its humor and insight, but the internet is not life and it’s not show business.
I could totally see LEGS in a Netflix production. Let’s hope he’s seeing the value of doing TV for stamping his long-term mark on the cinematic culture. There’s distinct advantages to being seen weekly (daily/hourly in Netflix’s world) rather than just 1-2 times per year.
BONZO!!!!!
*waves frantically*
😘
Hi M6! Fancy meeting you here!
*passes the long lost Bonzo some cake and the wine carafe* Welcome back, Dahling, I hope the job is going well
Bonzo!!!!!! *fist bump*
Hi Grace!
Mmmmm… thanks for the tasty treats, Lilac. Have I missed anything or have both Tommy and I been under the radar for months??
Yes, both of you have been missing and missed. He pretty much disappeared after the Kong tour and Empire awards, surfacing about once a month or so to be seen running or getting coffee in London. Apparently, he headed straight back to London after SDCC. So quiet without you both
Well, hope he got his rest and is plotting some new projects post-Marvel. I’m finally coming up for a bit of air after I had a flood of work come in the past six months. Add to that my brother being diagnosed with glioblastoma five months ago, I’ve been pretty distracted. TommyAnnE needs to be silly again to bring some equilibrium to my emotions!
So sorry about your brother. That one is a real gut-punch. Hugs.
And yes, our TommyAnnE needs to do something silly and fun along with a great photoshoot somewhere along the way. One of the few bits of news that popped up with him was on Andy Gotts twitter when Andy asked for suggestions on how to pose him in an upcoming photo shoot. The majority answer was “NUDE!” And I’m curious to hear of some new projects too. He always seems willing to try different things instead of repeating the same type of characters and that can be a fun adventure. BTW – I wouldn’t say no to watching that street performance in Piccadilly Circus you suggested above. Art for the groundlings!
Old me would be jealous of the Director in that nap sandwich…..3 kids under 4 me is jealous of the nap!
I really need a nap
I still think given the choice I’d go Hiddleston over Hemsworth but I would find it a tough choice now Thor cut his hair!
He can’t win, though. If he has fun and is playful, then he’s thought of as thirsty. If he’s subdued, then it’s a letdown.
(Also, he looks exhausted in the first photo, so it may have been part of why he seemed subdued.)
Wish I could have joined them.
Personally I’m enjoying all these pictures of Taika Waititi. I’ll take a cuddly nap with him any old day.
Exactly what I was thinking! 🙋🏻
More pictures of Taika! Chems and the lanky one aren’t bad though.
That looks like the windows on an airplane,
And an unbuckled seat belt strap of some sort above Tom’s shoulder. Chris said they were tired from traveling. The picture is really sweet. Ruffalo was snapping pictures like crazy DURING their panel from crazy angles and got that one of Cate sucking in her cheeks. I hope he posts more of them.
The Swift thing ended almost a year ago and he did fun things on the Kong promo tour. It was Paul Rudd’s turn to do the in-character appearance this year. What he is managing to do, probably without trying, is expose Swift’s “I’m oh so very private” schtick for the scam it is.
Given the fact that he was subject to very public criticism for the first time after the Swiftening and the GG acceptance speech (both of which I also rolled my eyes at), it’s not surprising he may be a bit wary returning to the public eye. I’ll always have a soft spot for him, so it’s good to see him again.
lol reminds me of a friends episode.
Posed or not, I (surprisingly) find this ridiculously cute. Coming right after reading the Sessions post certainly adds to its appeal. And I third the call for more Waititi, pretty please.
While I like Taika I worry about his loosey goosey way of directing. He said 80% of the lines in Thor were improvised. That’s great for an actor who can improvise well, but what about the actor that actually needs directing. I remember Tom talking about War Horse and how Spielberg directed him on how to change his emotion/facial expression during one scene (go from a 20 something year old to a child) and how well he did it and how well it turned out. Without direction this scene would not have been great. I hope this entire improvisation talk is exaggerated & Taika had a vision that he helped the actors achieve. That being said, I loved the cuddle pic!
I love this picture ! I wish we had more pics like this. Love seeing Hiddles like this. And yes, he has become subdue. Doesnt seems to want any time in the limelight. If it can stop people from calling him “thirsty”, then great… But I hope that we will soon see him enjoying himself again.
It looks to me like Chris Hemsworth and Taika Waititi are cuddling and Tom is pushed to the wall side of the bed.
If it’s true he was under the weather, that might be why he’s not getting too close.
He’s growing up. Some lessons are harder than others and there’s no shame in learning.
Cute bro love ❤😍 like a pile if oversized puppies.
If this is grown up Tom, then I want the old immature Tom back. He was more fun!
That was a boy. This is a man.
Jeremy Irons once said Hiddles would grow into a truly great actor with a bit more life experience. I believe him.
Dancing, impressions, his Velociraptor, etc. That’s the Tom I miss. He seemed fun to hang out with.
He did some really cute things in Japan and China when doing the Kong promo tour. He put on cat ears and did a little dance they were getting the cast up do.
I want Taika’s pineapple print short set. Totally jealous of it.
Also, I love that Ruffalo enthusiastically takes photos and gets excited on promo duties. What a great guy!
Tom…I still love you, babe. No worries.
This outfit was a riot!!
I guess I am the only one who thinks that something seemed off. The whole panel was strange.
Tom looked pretty exhausted at SDCC. Of course he had been filming reshoots in the Atlanta heat for 3 weeks – Chris seemed to come and go but Tom seemed to have been there for the entire reshoot. He went right back to London as soon as the panels ended – someone saw him in the airport and a girl saw him and talked to him yesterday for 10 minutes (he shook her hand and asked her name so he still has that sweet politeness with fans.) He does seem to have become rather wary in public recently. What I’d love to hear is something new – non-Marvel connected as a project after Avengers 4 finishes.
He also ran into the wonderful actor David Harewood and a Marvel VP, who both commented on his kindness on INSTAGRAM. Gossip world does not like him, but show business world likes and admires him. I follow the business closely, and believe me, not every actor has this stellar reputation.
Yes @third ginger – he’s a good guy. He may have had some sort of commitment in London (some new project maybe?!), but he made the effort to come across the country to show up for SDCC – then turned around went back across the country and across the ocean. I hope he takes some time off and goes somewhere cool and rests up a bit. Maybe have something to eat! (He tends to lose weight when he plays Loki – running around in that costume in the heat).
I’ve always felt like Hiddles is similar to me. People often find me extra and tiring, which in turn makes me feel like crap. I then try to tone it down but fail to do so, and then I start avoiding people. I don’t know him personally of course, but to me he seems like the kind of person who is really aware of people’s negative opinions about him but he can’t quite help or change himself, so he takes a step back… Or I might be just projecting, but to me, he really gives off that vibe!
My daughter is like that. I personally love her personality.
“Exuberance is Beauty” ……William Blake
I would guess that Tom took the line that Marvel instructed him to. Also, given all the over the top crap thrown at him in the press over the last year, is it any wonder he didn’t rush to play performing bear this time round? Least said/done soonest mended lesson learned?
I can’ t believe the TS thing is still being dragged up after all this time 12 months after a 2 month fail, it is beyond pathetic.
Hello, dear. You are so right. Even Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons in the Golden Age would have tired of this after so long.
Hello to you too. Booked my ticket to see Dunkirk next week – £5 plus free coffee!
We go to the movies at a venue that has food and a bar. The tickets are only $7.00, but we eat a lot of snacks. We had pizza and milkshakes when we went to SKULL ISLAND.Those cost over $ 30.00. But I did make my daughter [not a Hiddleston fan] and her girlfriend laugh by joking that not even Tom’s real mother would pay that!!
$7 is a good price. I must admit I don’t buy snacks at the cinema, but I go to the 1.30 pm showing so treat myself to lunch at the Italian restaurant across the road, with a glass of wine. But I do use my bus pass to travel there!
third ginger says:
July 25, 2017 at 11:42 am
Hello, dear. You are so right. Even Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons in the Golden Age would have tired of this after so long.
T H I S ! ! ! ! ! ! !
That pic just made my day. I wouldn’t mind getting in on that, either!
Tom looks seriously tired here and in urgent need of a bit of R&R.
Agree re the TS crap. It was fun at the time but it’s now well and truly past its interest sell-by date.
And of course you are offering to help with the R & R. 🙂
does this help?
http://hiddlestonredalert.tumblr.com/
Lovely pictures. But CB will always be divided between those who follow Tom’s actual work and those who cannot get over the Swift romance. He looked to have a fine time in San Diego.
“and those who cannot get over the Swift romance” who need to get over themselves, or get a life!
Snake emoji and her latest pretend boyfriend were spotted and no one cared.
So I say this as someone who is similarly pale with deep-set eyes, but Tom: Take better care of your skin. I’m more than willing to give you the name of my esthetician in LA. She’s not super expensive, and she works miracles for pale-skinned people.
Even overlooking how tired / sick he seemed, Tom looks to be in his 40s, which is fine if he wants to switch to character roles, but otherwise he needs to be more pro-active in taking care of himself. An actress his age would absolutely not be “allowed” to age as he has over the past couple of years, and I don’t want him to go Tom Cruise plastic, but a little work would be to his benefit.
I wonder what each of them did with ALL those selfies. Will there ever come a time when Tom will want to take out his phone and say, look see, I dated Taylor Swift! Might be awhile.
Will she write a song about him? Will we be able to tell?
the way some people spit venom on him. I am not surprised that he is taking a step back.
That’s too bad, I like fun Tom. I saw the instagram post -I follow Mark Ruffalo – and thought it was the cutest thing ever!