Ondanks geruchten bleek eerder al dat Tom Hiddleston zijn rol van slechterik Loki in The Avengers gewoon opnieuw zal vertolken. Over die rol vertelde hij tijdens een interview met Vulture.

Well, I think it was a plan from the get-go, but it wasn’t really dead-set until near the end of Thor. What was wonderful is that about four days after I wrapped on Thor, I went out for a cup of tea with Joss Whedon. We sat down at two o’clock in the afternoon, and we were still sitting there at six o’clock. He said, “Listen, you’ve lived with this guy for six months. I want you to spill the beans and tell me all of his dark secrets. Who is this guy? Why is he who he is?” Ken had already shown him a rough cut of the film, and mercifully, everything I had done accorded with Joss’s idea of the character, too. I’m really so flattered that Marvel and Josh think I can take them all on. In Avengers, it’s going to be me versus seven of them, and I say “Good luck to them,” frankly.

Daarnaast werd gevraagd of het personage net zoveel slinkse bochtjes zou maken in The Avengers als in Thor.

It’s tough to say. I think Loki’s intelligence is never switched off. Let’s put it this way: He has really big, evil plans that will take more than his thunderous brother to put a stop to, but that doesn’t mean that the layers aren’t still there.

The Avengers staat gepland voor 3 mei 2012. Thor draait alweer een paar dagen in de bioscopen.