Tom Hiddleston sees it as his duty to charter into unknown territory, all in the name of acting.
The 35-year-old star made his big screen splash as Loki in 2011’s Thor, opposite Chris Hemsworth in the Marvel epic.
Tom has gone on to become one of Britain’s most famous exports, which is in part down to the various characters he plays on screen.
“I truly feel like the duty of an actor is to expand into unknown territory,” he explained to esquire.com. “I had an acting teacher once who told me that you have to have an elastic band around your waist and it has to stretch - to encircle other people.
“In the end, it's an amazing way to live, because by playing different people, or at least defending the view points of different people (which acting has to be), you find yourself in contexts which are always alien and unfamiliar. You come away from those experiences feeling a bit more full and feeling like you know the world a little bit better.”
While most of Tom’s movies have been big budget choices, one of his recent films, High-Rise, was made on a relatively small scale. Despite attracting an A-list cast, including Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Jeremy Irons, Tom reveals it was made for about $8.5 million (£6 million).
He likes mega movies and more independent productions equally, although tends to appear in more box office films.
“I do. I find different things to love about them,” he smiled. “They express different parts of my own fascination, my own interests. Everything I do is always about the human condition, what it means to be alive in some form or other - even if it's a big blockbuster. That's what cinema is about.”
On Sunday (15May16) it was reported that U.K. bookmakers Coral has suspended bets on the Brit becoming the new James Bond. The news comes after he was spotted having a meeting with Bond director Sam Mendes and producer Barbara Broccoli, fuelling speculation he'll soon be replacing Daniel Craig as 007.
