26 thoughts on “MCM: Tom Hiddleston

  1. He was wonderful in Coriolanus. It was broadcast from the theatre, but I’ve never been able to find a permanent record of it – have you found one????!!!

    1. I’ve found one, but’s a) massive (4GB!) and b, subtitled. And I can’t get rid of them.

      1. Thanks for the reminder about this performance. I see that there is now (eventually!) a DVD from the National Theatre. It’s only Region 2, but that’s fine for me.

  2. Is there much evidence that men attempted marcel waves (see Midnight in Paris above)? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that before.

    1. Fitzgerald’s hair wasn’t quite like Hiddleston’s, but it was notably wavy.

      And yes, men did actually wear their hair like this in the ’20s. Check pictures of Charlie Chaplin.

      I can’t post a link, but there was apparently a style called the “Chester” that involved deliberate finger-waving.

      1. That’s what I was going to say — Chaplin’s hair was wavy & could have this ‘marcelled’ appearance. Curls are hard to slick down (says she with curly hair ;) )

  3. He does suit period work but he got the English boys lose their hair and skin early as they age genes and the running joke is he will evolve into Peter Cushing looks wise.

      1. Oh I know and I adore Mr Cushing(best Dr.Who that everyone forgets about). A bunch of us were saying Tom should do a remake of The Court Jester or maybe The Scarlet Pimpernel before he gets too much older.

  4. He was very good in The Night Manager. Not historical but a great dramatic mini series.

    1. Yes!!! He was fantastic in that. Many of these historic pieces are on my watch list. Since he is in them I may have to bump them up a few notches.

  5. I love Hiddleston – especially when he is blond and curly. He was apparently told by a costumer or makeup person on Nicholas Nickleby that he had a “period face” – which he didn’t quite understand.

  6. I liked him alot as prince Hal in Henry IV part 1 & 2. In BBC’s “The Hollow Crown” being naughty and being scolded by his dying Father King IV [=Jeremy Irons]. When he thought his Dad had alreay died…his response was heartwrenching.

  7. Yes indeed. The only true “Avengers” feature John Steed and Emma Peel.
    Tom H, has been excellent in the roles I have seen hm in my favourite being Prince Hal and he likes cats… always a plus.

  8. Hmm, he went from ‘too young for me’ to ‘looks good and old enough with those smiling wrinkles’ around 2009 to ‘oh crap, botox, and when did he get the chin implant? he’s moving too fast for me to see it’. We’re all critics. Nice gothy look in the last one, I must say–

  9. I adore him, as he’s so expressive! And I do prefer him as a brunette. (Not really a blonde fan, ever.) As for that ‘wolfish toge’, I would be fine with you removing it. Yeah.

  10. My fave is Crimson Peak–as a movie and as the best “look” for Tom.

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