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Tom Hiddleston wants Star Wars Episode VII role



The 31-year-old actor is keen to take up a role in the forthcoming sci-fi movie - which is being created by Disney after the entertainment multinational purchased LucasFilm from George Lucas for an estimated $4 billion - but he is concerned he might now be typecast as his 'Thor' and 'Avengers Assemble' character Loki.

When asked if he would consider a role in the film, he told Digital Spy: ''Absolutely, yeah. It would depend on the story and the character and things. But I don't know, maybe people would associate me too closely with Loki - I hope not.''

 Should Tom sign up for the movie he looks unlikely to be directed by Ben Affleck as while a number of helmers, including Guillermo del Toro, have expressed an interest in taking on the role, the 'Argo' star says he is ''glad'' he doesn't have to do the job.

Speaking to MTV News, he explained: ''There are a lot of good directors out there. Naturally I would be inclined to get somebody who's great at telling stories. You're never going to be able to recapture the story that was the initial three, because it's so legendary and iconic. I don't know, I'm glad I don't have that job. It's a tough decision to make.''

'Star Trek' helmer J.J. Abrams has already ruled himself out of directing 'Star Wars: Episode VII', but Ben believes he would be the ideal man for the job.

He added: ''J.J. would kill it, he would crush it, but he would be great at anything.''

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alkalinecupcake 16th-Nov-2012 03:43 pm (UTC)
hahaha i know right, i might have to step away from the interwebs when it gets too much. it's going to be bad because i somewhat care for these star wars films.
sadisticsidhe 16th-Nov-2012 04:02 pm (UTC)
Same.

I vaguely the WHO WILL BE ADULT ANAKIN?! And I remember being really against a lot of the rumors. I was a 13 year old with opinions.

I don't know if I've chilled out or I'm worse now.

Makes me wish there was a tumblr savior for LJ besides scrolling.
its_still_talk 16th-Nov-2012 05:44 pm (UTC)
The "Who will be adult Anakin?" speculation was especially stressful for me, 'cause back in those days I hated Leonardo DiCaprio and I was NHF his name constantly coming up in the discussion and the rumors.
I thought I had chilled out, but then the other day someone said Garrett Hedlund should be be in the new movies and visceral reaction I had at that thought proved that nope, if anything I think it has gotten worse.
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