Though
it won't hit the shelves until August 1st,
a small portion of director Joss Whedon's biography simply titled,
Joss Whedon: The Biography was published. Business Insider got
permission to share a letter that Tom Hiddleston sent to the director
and writer upon reading the first draft of The Avengers.
Hiddleston Letter:
Joss,
I am so excited I can hardly speak.
The
first time I read it I grabbed at it like Charlie Bucket snatching
for a golden ticket somewhere behind the chocolate in the wrapper of
a Wonka Bar. I didn't know where to start. Like a classic actor I
jumped in looking for LOKI on every page, jumping back and forth,
reading words in no particular order, utterances imprinting
themselves like flash-cuts of newspaper headlines in my mind: "real
menace"; "field of obeisance"; "discontented,
nothing is enough"; "his smile is nothing but a glimpse of
his skull"; "Puny god".
...
Thank you for writing me my Hans Gruber. But a Hans Gruber with
super-magic powers. As played by James Mason ... It's high operatic
villainy alongside detached throwaway tongue-in-cheek; plus the "real
menace" and his closely guarded suitcase of pain. It's grand and
epic and majestic and poetic and lyrical and wicked and rich and
badass and might possibly be the most gloriously fun part I've ever
stared down the barrel of playing. It is just so juicy.
I
love how throughout you continue to put Loki on some kind of pedestal
of regal magnificence and then consistently tear him down. He gets
battered, punched, blasted, side-swiped, roared at, sent tumbling on
his back, and every time he gets back up smiling, wickedly, never for
a second losing his eloquence, style, wit, self-aggrandisement or
grandeur, and you never send him up or deny him his real
intelligence.... That he loves to make an entrance; that he has a
taste for the grand gesture, the big speech, the spectacle. I might
be biased, but I do feel as though you have written me the coolest
part.
...
But really I'm just sending you a transatlantic shout-out and
fist-bump, things that traditionally British actors probably don't
do. It's epic.
Joss' Reply:
Tom,
this is one of those emails you keep forever. Thanks so much. It's
more articulate (and possibly longer) than the script. I couldn't be
more pleased at your reaction, but I'll also tell you I'm still
working on it ... Thank you again. I'm so glad you're pleased. Absurd
fun to ensue.
Best,
(including uncharacteristic fist bump), joss.
Source
– Business Insider
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