'Thor' Villain Goes To Relative Unknown
Branagh goes with who he knows
Photo: Marvel.com / The Telegraph
Deadline Hollywood once again offers up more Thor casting, this time announcing "The Gathering Storm" star Tom Hiddleston will play the film's villain Loki.
Just yesterday Deadline announced Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek) would star as the blonde-tressed, hammer-wielding title character in the film to be directed by Kenneth Branagh. Thor is based on the Marvel comic of the same name and follows the titular hero who was sent to Earth to protect mankind.
Loki, according to Marvel, is the son of Laufey, king of the frost giants of Jotunheim, one of the "Nine Worlds" of the Asgardian cosmology. Following Laufey's death and because Loki was the son of a king fallen in battle, Odin, ruler of Asgard, elected to adopt him and raise him as a son alongside his blood son Thor, the future god of thunder.
Hiddleston is a name I am sure most of you don't recognize, but he is an actor that has already spent some time with Branagh on the Longdon stage in "Ivanov" and then in the BBC mini-series Wallander.
Thor is already set for a May 20, 2011 release.
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