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Tom Hiddleston’s portrayal as Loki Loki, Thor’s naughty and morally ambiguous brother has earned him the respect of fans within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With his immense fan base, Disney+ has given Loki his very own spinoff show. Tom Hiddleston is best known for playing Loki in Thor, but he has many other talents too. A few interesting facts about the actor’s life and career are included below.

In college, Tom Hiddleston was known as “Piddle.”

Tom Hiddleston was raised by his father who was a physicist, James Hiddleston, and his casting director mother, Diana Hiddleston. Hiddleston was born in Westminster, London. Hiddleston is a member of a family that was scientific, but he always had an passion for the arts and loved watching his mother perform. While he was a student in Eton College, he was named “Piddle” by his fellow students because of his surname.

Thor star Tom Hiddleston got his start on stage.

Hiddleston was a student at his time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after becoming heavily involved with stage production at the college stage. He spent a lengthy time in the theatre, before taking the switch to film and it was at the Academy where he was introduced to Thor director Kenneth Branagh. Even though Hiddleston had no prior acting experience, Branagh cast him in the leading role of the villain Loki, which he has kept for more than a decade.

Tom Hiddleston’s initial intention was to be Thor.

Hiddleston’s breakthrough role was in Thor, but he actually played the character. However, despite completing an audition for the part while sporting the wig and a muscular physique the director Kenneth Branagh ultimately decided to choose Tom Hiddleston as Loki because of his playful comedy.

The character actor Tom Hiddleston speaks several languages.

Hiddleston is a multilingual polyglot who speaks multiple languages. In preparation for his role in Kong: Skull Island, He even took classes in Mandarin. Alongside being a great public speaker, he’s also a skilled performer, appearing in several shows and musicals.

Tom Hiddleston is a supporter of charitable causes.

Hiddleston is famous for his charitable work in addition to his acting career. He has been a vocal advocate for children’s rights and has contributed to organisations such as WaterAid as well as the Prince’s Trust, and Great Ormond Street Hospital through his Ambassadorship for UNICEF.

Tom Hiddleston enjoys dancing.

His love of dancing is evident in his roles and in particular in High-Rise. For his part in the film, which asked for him to dance an act of dance in a ballroom, was trained in the tango, as well as the waltz.

Tom Hiddleston is one of the most modern actors to ever portray the Bard.

Hiddleston has performed in a number of Shakespearean productions, which shows his broad experience in theatre. He has appeared on the stage in Othello acting as Cassio and Henry IV as Prince Hal as Prince Hal. Both of them were staged at the London’s Donmar Warehouse. When Hamlet was performed on the London’s West End stage, he was the Prince Fortinbras.

When it is about performing, Tom Hiddleston doesn’t just fit in front of a camera.

Hiddleston has been a voice actor for numerous audio books which include The Testament of Loki, in which he recounts an account of the life of his iconic character, as well as The Night Manager the audiobook version of the novel by John Le Carre. To the video game The Avengers, he lent his voice to the game as well.

Multilingual Tom Hiddleston.

Hiddleston is fluent in French and Spanish as well as the language he speaks in his home country of English. He also knows a little bit of German in addition to Italian. With his fluency with Spanish and Italian and Italian, he was able to apply it to his character in the role of Sir Thomas Sharpe in the 2015 film Crimson Peak. For the stage production of the Ibsen novel Enemy of the People, Hiddleston also sang in German.

The actor Tom Hiddleston is very charitable.

Through the time, Hiddleston has contributed to various worthwhile causes. He’s been an Unicef UK ambassador, spreading the organization’s message and soliciting donations in order to assist those in the need. He also has visited refugee camps, and helped draw attention to the dire situation of Syrian refugees by volunteering for The International Medical Corps. In addition, he has been an ambassador to the World Food Programme, where the organization has committed to doing everything he can to help bring an end the hunger that exists in the world.

Additionally, Tom Hiddleston is a developing DJ.

Hiddleston isn’t just interested acting. He’s also a musician. He’s played the role of DJ in a number of functions, including the Loki series’s premiere event. Star actor Tom Hiddleston revealed in an interview with Variety that he’s been a DJ for the past decade and has performed at several clubs in London. DJing has been described by him as an “completely different way of expressing yourself” and a way of expression that offers his “creative freedom.”

Tom Hiddleston has become a well-known meme.

Fans have a love affair with Hiddleston so much due to the way he portrays Loki and his character, that it’s been featured in a myriad of memes. Based on his famous “I am Loki” speech