While at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, I landed an extended video interview withTom Hiddleston. He was in town to promote two upcoming films –Ben Wheatley‘s thrillerHigh RiseandMarc Abraham’s biopicI Saw the Light– that couldn’t be more different.
InHigh-Rise, adapted from theJ.G. Ballardnovel of the same name, Hiddleston plays Dr. Laing. He’s moved a few miles west of London and starts to meet some very strange people that share his building. His character exists in a very chaotic world filled with drugs, booze and sex as Wheatley chronicles class warfare in the confines of a 1970s-set apartment building. Trust me, you’ve never seen Hiddleston play a role like this before.
And on the completely opposite end of the spectrum isI Saw the Light. This drama chronicles the rise and fall of legendary country musicianHank Williams(Hiddleston), who quickly shot to fame only to reach an untimely death at the age of 29.Elizabeth Olsenplays Williams’ wife,Audrey Sheppard, who was both his manager and duet partner. The two had a tumultuous marriage, worsened by Williams’ addictions to alcohol, morphine, and other painkillers he was prescribed for his spina bifida. The film also starsBradley Whitford,David Krumholtz,Maddie Hasson, andCherry Jonesand will be in theaters November 27th.
During the interview Hiddleston talked about what drew him to these two very different films, whether or not he still has to audition for roles and if he feels like he’s made it, the experience of doing press for these films along withCrimson Peak, future projects likeKong: Skull IslandandThor:Ragnarok, and more. Check out what he had to say below.
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