For fourteen years, Tom Hiddleston has defined his career as the Asgardian trickster Loki. Seven movies and one TV series later, Hiddleston is as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as any of the OG Avengers. Although Avengers: Infinity War would feature Thanos giving Loki a definite end with no resurrections, a Loki from a different timeline would go on to have further adventures throughout the recesses of time and space thanks to the TVA. Loki has returned this year on Disney+ with a new season of hijinks and raising stakes for the new arc of the multiverse in the MCU.
Loki season two has come to a close with an ending that could be Hiddleston’s last outing as the God of Mischief. But as with most actors who have seemingly finished playing a character, Hiddleston also inevitably applies the “never say never” philosophy. However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Kevin R. Wright, the executive producer on Loki views his performance in this finale as a goodbye to his legacy character. “I think his approach to that performance certainly was [a send-off], and I think we all felt that on set. We wanted this to feel like a proper ending for our show, but that does not mean that there won’t be more Loki or stories within this world. We just wanted to give this a proper ending in a way that we often don’t get to do in the MCU.”
Wright also continues that his concept for Loki introducing the TVA could be incorporated into other future projects. The latest phase of the MCU is heavy on the psychedelic era of the comics, so perhaps the agency could apply to more stories. “I would love to keep telling TVA stories. Internally, people pitch everything, and I’m actively like, ‘I want to do more TVA!’ It will just end up being about where it makes sense for them to come in, in the future, but we all look at that corner of the MCU and go, ‘God, we’re just scratching the surface.’”
Ultimately, it all depends on if there are more stories to tell that will have these elements continue on. Wright had envisioned a timeline where Hiddleston continues to play Loki to an even older age, “I also said this in season one, but I honestly think Tom will play Loki until he’s Richard E. Grant’s Classic Loki. It’s about the right thing and when we’re doing it, and being really careful about how we build those stories.”