-My first guest is an
Emmy-and Tony-nominated actor who stars
in the Disney+ series "Loki," which has its season finale
this Wednesday. Here is Tom Hiddleston! Yeah!
That's what I'm talking about! Yes! That's what
I'm talking about! [ Cheers and applause ] Come on, now.
That's a stud. Look at that. Come on, buddy.
Nice to see you. They love you. Oh, my God. Tom -- -Hi, Jimmy. -Tom, we have a full audience,
finally. And so that's why
they were going crazy. [ Cheers and applause ] We love you, bud. Thank you for
coming on our show. We appreciate it, buddy. Where are you right now? -I'm in London.
-Okay. Oh, thank you for doing this. It must be either late or early.
So thank you. -You know, it's fine,
It's like 10:00. 10:00 is fine. -10:00 is fine.
Yeah. Absolutely good. I'm happy you're here.
Last time you were on the show, we actually were -- We announced, I think,
that you were going to bring "Loki" --
to do "Loki" again. Before that, you thought
that it was the end. You've done --
Your "Loki" days were over. -I did -- Well, first of all, I remember exactly
coming onto a show and you being, I think,
pretty much the first person to announce that it was
happening, and you were so kind. And I appreciate it. [ Cheers and applause ] But, yes, I -- [ Applause ] I really did think
it was the end. I mean, I thought it was the end
a couple of times, to be honest. There was once after
"Thor: The Dark World" and then after
"Avengers: Infinity War," which you'll remember the
opening few minutes of that film felt pretty conclusive. Um... -That's a great way to put it.
Yeah. I would say so. -It's kind of hard
to come back from that. -Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You'd think so. -Big purple guy with
the big glove and, you know -- Anyway, they -- There was
a big round of applause on set and lots of lovely notes
from the studio saying, you know, "We love you, Tom,
and come and see us any time. You'll always be part
of the family." And I hung up my boots
and said goodbye. -It was a proper goodbye. -Yeah.
-And then couple years later -- -Yeah.
That's the thing about Loki, is he just --
What do they say about Loki? He's like, "I'm Loki,
and when I die, I don't." -For anyone who hasn't seen -- There's five episodes out,
correct right now? For anyone who hasn't seen this, can you explain
the premise of "Loki"? -Yes. Okay. Great idea.
Very briefly. -I'm gonna leave
the heavy lifting to you, yeah. -[ Laughs ] Okay. So, in "Avengers: Endgame,"
you'll remember the Avengers from 2019
go back in time to 2012. And there's a whole situation
with two Tony Starks. Antman is there. And they make The Hulk
take the stairs. And he burst through a hallway
and bumps into 2019 Tony. And the suitcase
with the Tesseract goes flying. -Yes. That's it. Yes. -And he picks up the Tesseract, and he disappears
in a puff of smoke. And where he goes next
is where we start. And he sort of improvises
for a bit. And then he's apprehended
by this organization called the TVA,
which is an organization that claims to govern
the order of time. But maybe the most important
information you need to know is that Owen Wilson
is an analyst for the TVA. -That's correct.
You guys are fantastic together. Owen Wil--
You guys are great together. -Thank you.
-Did you -- Have you worked together before? -Yes, we worked together
in "Midnight in Paris," yeah, but this is the first, like, really extensive --
Really extensive. We did like -- We made this show
across the pandemic and got to know each other
very well. And he is just great. It was one of those things
that was meant to be. So, he plays Mobius,
and Mobius is somebody who is, like, an academic
and he's an expert in Loki and he knows more
about Loki than Loki. And we have these really amazing
long scenes together where Mobius confronts Loki
with his true self and almost sees him without
judgment and with compassion. It's kind of confronting
for Loki because he's normally
used to everybody being kind of
emotionally involved. Like, Thor was like --
gets enraged by Loki. And Odin gets enraged by Loki. And Mobius is like... -Exactly right. Yeah. -But it was cool.
It was like, you know -- It was like a big -- It was like
a game of tennis every time because we had these
long scenes together, and we used to talk about,
you know, put a different sort of spin
on the ball. And in the end,
we talked about it so much we had to actually play
some tennis. -Did you actually play tennis? -Yeah. Yeah.
-Can Owen play? -Uh, he certainly can. And I don't know.
I somehow thought, like -- Maybe I just knew
he'd be an athlete. But I didn't quite expect the
level of control on the ball. If this is an exclusive,
Owen Wilson is -- I lost,
is what I'm trying to say. -Okay. Yeah, yeah. It doesn't really --
It doesn't matter. You guys are fantastic
on the screen together. And Disney+
never fools around. They always --
You get above and beyond with every script
and everything they do. I will say
the effects are amazing. These are movies that
are on your -- your streaming. -This is -- We met a bunch
of new Lokis this last week, and one was Alligator Loki. This is Alligator Loki. [ Cheers and applause ] But then we got the exclusive. This is what you were
acting with on set. This is the Alligator Loki
that we were using. -[ Laughs ] Yes. -Is it hard to work with that? -I mean, look at him. A huge star. He's not even
getting up out of his chair. [ Laughter ] You know, he's like, "Yep,
I'm here," you know, "When do you need me? Are you ready
for my close-up yet? -Yeah. "Hurry up."
Yeah, "We're losing light," stuff like that.
-It actually was funny, because, obviously,
he's made out of sort of these three
discarded cushions sewn up with some eyes on. And we would -- I would -- I mean, I have to --
Like, no offense to Alligator Loki,
clearly the superior Loki, but I would sometimes --
You'd be doing a scene, and you'd think, "Okay, so, we're going
to get the wide shot and then the two shot,
and we'll do Owen's coverage, and get everyone's close-ups
and coverage." And you think,
"Okay, I think that was -- That felt like a great scene.
I think we're done. I think we -- Are we moving on?" And we'd all sort of wrap -- "Ah, guys,
that was a great scene. It was a great scene.
See you tomorrow." And somebody would say,
"Hang on a second. We have to shoot -- We have to shoot
the, uh -- the alligator." [ Laughter ] -Forget he was there. We shot --
"Sorry, yeah." I put my microphone back on. -"The alligator
wants one more take. Okay, no problem." -"You know, uh, yeah,
sun's going down." -There's other Loki news
I want to quickly discuss. One is, we're big fan of
"The Simpsons" here on our show. And they did a short film of "The Simpsons"-"Loki"
crossover that is fascinating
that you can see on Disney+. It's streaming right now. It's called "The Good, the Bart,
and the Loki." [ Cheers and applause ] And it is -- -Right there. -How is it
working with those guys? They're brilliant, right?
They know what they're doing. -I have to tell you, Jimmy
I mean, honestly, like, I grew up on that show. I mean, if I could
go back in time and -- -Yeah, you can! You can! You're Loki! You can go back in time!
-I can just go back. -Yes! Do this! You must go back
and tell yourself what you're doing now. [ Laughter, applause ] -Well, you know, 10-year-old Tom
would be doing back flips that he is in a scene
with Homer Simpson. -Yeah.
-I mean, look. He's like -- I can't believe it
when I watch it that I'm in a scene
with Homer. And Bart. And Lisa. -Yeah. It's wild. -But it's great.
It's such an honor. I mean, they are --
they are geniuses, and it's really, really fun.
-There's also a thing called "What If...?"
which is coming out for any Marvel fans out there.
-Yeah. Yeah. -And basically, it is --
it's animated, but basically is that. What if "blank" happened? What if these people
were never -- they never fought?
These people were friends? What if --
-That's right. Yeah. So, I think it was based on
a run of comics that actually were released
or published. And it's like, what if,
you know, Loki wasn't adopted? What if Peggy Carter
was the one who got the serum? What if the Ravagers
kidnapped T'Challa instead of Peter Quill? It's kind of, what if
some major event in history had actually gone the other way, and what reality
would we be living in now? And it's kind of
a great premise, like -- -Yeah, they're really
doing it up. -Yeah. So they've made -- -Disney gave us
an exclusive shot of Loki, what you look like
in "What If...?" And here it is right here.
We're debuting this. Thank you, Disney. There you go.
-There you go. -That's an exclusive
right there. Yeah. This is exciting.
This is all Loki all the time. -I -- [ Laughs ] Well, I actually
haven't seen that. Um --
[ Laughter ] -Loki, yes, you have. You were back in time
at one point, and you saw.
-And I drew it myself. [ Laughter ] Just said, "Look, this guy
needs his own animated show." The best thing about that
is that I didn't have to get up and wear
all that metal and leather. -Yeah, yeah. That was all voice. -There's a microphone,
and it's like, "Oh, I think I can -- This is --
I think this is good. This is going to be fun." But I am intrigued, 'cause
I haven't seen the whole thing, and I know they've got like --
They've got everybody from the Marvel Universe
to voice their characters. And Jeffrey Wright --
Do you know Jeffrey Wright, the great Jeffrey Wright?
-Yes. I love him. -He is playing this character
called The Watcher, who is sort of an observer of
all of these different things. And then it sets up a whole
bunch of stuff in the MCU which I know nothing about
and -- -That's the norm. You're
not allowed to say anything. The finale of "Loki," which, by the way,
has been the show of the summer, is this Wednesday night.
You set it up now. There's a bunch of -- We realize there is a bunch
of different Lokis. Can you set up anything for what
we're about to see Wednesday? And I'm assuming you can't.
But can you? [ Laughter ] -[ Chuckles ] Jimmy, come on, man. I -- -I know. -Yeah. But -- Well,
I suppose I can tell you is if you've followed the show
thus far... You know, I think
the audience -- Well, all the characters
and the audience have a number of questions
about this TVA, the Time Variance Authority, like, who made it? What is it? Who runs it? -Yes.
-Is it run by anyone or anything?
-Wow. Yes. -Who created it?
-Yes. Yes!
-And all I can say -- -Wow! You're saying a lot. [ Laughter ] -Time will tell. -Whoa! That's what
I'm talking about. [ Cheers and applause ] That's exactly what you want
to hear. "Time will tell." Mm. I'm going to figure out
what that means. -You will.
-Tom Hiddleston, everybody, the one and only. The season finale of "Loki"
is available this Wednesday on Disney+.
"Time will tell"
Miss Minutes being behind the TVA confirmed? XD
man he's adorable - no matter how bad a day has been, he always makes me smile... bless him
What causes those knuckles to swell and redden (at 11:14). Boxing? Muay thai?
Guys I was wondering if it’s possible to send a fan email?