15 Supporting Comic Book Movie Characters Who Stole The Show
2. Loki
When the stars are aligned, those destined for a role, get that role no matter what their intentions may have been in the first place. In TV, Rainn Wilson fancied himself as Michael Scott, but ended up being cast as superb pest Dwight; in the movies, De Niro saw himself as an even more fiery Sonny in The Godfather, but was deferred to Part II, as a young Don Corleone. The entertainment industry has a funny way of working out.
The same has to be said about the MCU, where an unknown British thesp by the name of Tom Hiddlestone auditioned for the part of a certain Norse god, only to be trumped by a brawny Aussie. No loss, though, as the producers at Marvel handed Hiddlestone the part of Loki - the rest is comic book movie history.
From a fiendish first role in Thor, all the way to his grandstanding performance in The Avengers, Hiddlestone was a revelation and, as it stands, is now on the verge of a character reversal come next year’s Thor: Ragnorak.