Although last year Joss Whedon said Tom Hiddleston's Loki won't have any screen time in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, it looks like the God of Mischief will appear in THE AVENGERS sequel, as well as Asgardian gatekeeper Heimdall, according to the actor who plays him.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Idris Elba revealed he and Hiddleston both have roles in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON.
I’m in Avengers…And I’m doing a scene with Chris Hemsworth [who plays Thor] and Tom Hiddleston [Loki], and they’re like, [whispers] – ‘Aren’t you [meant to be] in Ibiza?’
In case you were wondering what that's all about, Idris Elba has been hosting events and DJing at the Ibiza Rocks House, and apparently filmed his AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON scenes shortly after one of his gigs at the club. Elba also says it was a little odd going from playing Nelson Mandela in MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM to doing reshoots for THOR: THE DARK WORLD.
I’d just done eight months in South Africa. I came to England and the day I came back I had to do reshoots on Thor 2. And in the actual scene my hair was different, my… (sighs) I was like, ‘This is torture, man. I don’t want to do this.’ My agent said: ‘You have to, it’s part of the deal.’
I’m actually falling down from a spaceship, so they had to put me in harness in this green-screen studio. And in between takes I was stuck there, fake hair stuck on to my head with glue, this f—— helmet, while they reset. And I’m thinking: ‘24 hours ago, I was Mandela’. When I walked into the set the extras called me Madiba. I was literally walking in this man’s boots. [Within] six months, the crew, we were all so in love with this film we had made. I was him. I was Mandela, practically. Then there I was, in this stupid harness, with this wig and this sword and these contact lenses. It ripped my heart out.
In other Marvel news, besides appearing in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON and getting her own television series, Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter will also be in ANT-MAN. A casting call has gone out for body doubles and stand-ins for the actress in the Atlanta, Georgia area, which is where the Peyton Reed movie is being filmed. Are you excited Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba and Hayley Atwell's characters will appear in these upcoming Marvel films?
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON will be in theaters on May 1, 2015, and ANT-MAN is set to open on July 17, 2015.
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