23 years ago this young actor took his first steps on the screen, today he is an international star. did you know him

Today, all Marvel fans around the world know him for his memorable interpretation of Loki, the rival brother of Thor, and then the sworn enemy of the Avengers, a charismatic character, which he played 6 times in the cinema, and then in two seasons of his own series.

A popular and talented actor, Tom Hiddleston is now well established in the Hollywood landscape, juggling blockbusters and new feature films from prestigious filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak and Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive.

• 54 years ago, this little boy took his first steps in cinema, and today he is an international star. did you know him

But before he achieved the fame that he knows now, Tom Hiddleston also had to start his career as an actor with small roles in more modest projects.

So it was in 2001, when he was only thirty years old and still studying in the theater. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art From London, we can see him casting The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, the new TV adaptation of Charles Dickens’ famous novel.

In this TV movie, which also stars James D’Arcy (in the title role), Charles Dance and Dominic West, Tom Hiddleston played an anonymous lord who could especially be seen having a good time in a tavern or even refereeing a pistol duel.

After this first appearance, the young actor would play several small roles again in the following years (for example, in the TV series Casualty). In 2008, he got one of the main roles in Inspector Wallander with Kenneth Branagh. Two years later, the latter will offer him the role of his life and choose the role of the evil Loki in the new feature film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Thor.

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