Tom Hiddleston Wants Loki At 'Absolute Rock Bottom' In 'Thor 2'

At Tribeca Film Festival, actor tells MTV News, 'I'd like to see him yield, essentially, to his darkest instincts.'
By Kevin P. Sullivan

Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth in "Thor"
Photo: Zade Rosenthal/Paramount

Few actors take on the task of playing a super-villain quite like Tom Hiddleston. The British actor approaches his mischievous character, Loki the Norse god, with the utmost seriousness, going as far as writing an op-ed piece defending superhero movies in the Guardian.

Hiddleston has been confirmed to reprise his role as Loki in "Thor 2" for a while now. The sequel, due out next year, is said to explore the other cosmic realms outside of Asgard and Earth, but Hiddleston is much more interested in a more-personal exploration of his troubled character.

At the closing-night festivities for the Tribeca Film Festival, the actor once again proved his passion for his character, telling MTV News, "I'd like to take [Loki] to his absolute rock bottom. I'd like to see him yield, essentially, to his darkest instincts. Then, having hit rock bottom, maybe come back up."

Loki's origins, something that has always interested Hiddleston, cast the god as a more ambivalent one. In "Thor 2," the actor hopes to perhaps find some redemption for Loki and maybe even join the forces of good.

"I think the fascination for me about playing Loki is that, in the history of the mythology and the comic books and the Scandinavian myths, is he's constantly dancing on this fault line of the dark side and redemption," he explained. "I don't know when, but it will be so fun to see him see the light again and be recruited to the good side."

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Lending to small business is slowing, possibly a sign of deteriorating confidence in the economy from entrepreneurs.

A study released Tuesday by PayNet, a research firm that tracks loans to small business, shows that lending fell 3 percent in March.

The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index was at 98.5 in March, down from a revised 101.8 in February. The index was at 110.5 in December, when companies were rushing to acquire equipment before the expiration of lucrative tax deductions at the end of 2011. PayNet's analysis shows that lending is up 10 percent from a year ago, but it's also at the level where it was in 2005.

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HP reclaims top spot in PC sales, market as a whole climbs 21 percent

Well, Apple's reign atop the list of the world's top PC makers was short lived. After clawing its way into the lead, if you counted the iPad as a PC, HP is back atop the heap -- even with Cupertino's tablet-inflated numbers. According to Canalys, the Palo Alto company shipped 15.8 million units in the first quarter of 2012, barely sneaking passed Apple by 40,000 computers. Of course, remove Apple's 11.8 million iPads, and it's not even a competition. Lenovo, Acer and Dell rounded out the top five, with the total market shooting up 21 percent over the same time last year. However, there is plenty of reason to believe we won't see client PC fly out the door at such an incredible rate. Amazingly, according to Canalys, tablets accounted for 40 percent of all PC shipments in the US. For more details check out the PR after the break.

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