Warning: This post contains spoilers forLokiepisode 5.
So it’s safe to say that you would be willing to reprise this character down the line?
If I had a muscle suit, most certainly.
Richard E. Grant as Classic Loki in ‘Loki’.Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios
I was denied that.
As I had been born without any, I was finally going to get in a muscle suit.
You’re just wearing this!"
I said, “But I look like Kermit the Frog!”
They said, “Nope, you’re not having a muscle suit.”
So I was very,veryupset about that.
[Laughs] Short-changed!
I was going to ask about your first impression when you first put on the costume!
That’s what I asked: Where are the muscles?
Where are the Stallone/Schwarzeneggers here?
Because they’re missing!
This is what people will expect!
This was in the costume drawing, and they’re not here, andIdon’t have them!
I was very upset.
When they first asked you to join the show, what was that initial pitch like?
I thought I would play his father, but I’m playing a variant of him.
So that’s how that came about.
Tom has been playing his version of Loki for a decade now.
Did you get any guidance from him, or have any conversations with him that you found particularly helpful?
He’s also brilliant at imitating people.
He goes on chat shows and imitates famous actors absolutely to the letter.
I don’t have that talent.
As opposed to a young man, who’s full of mischief still.
And I love the fact that he was the one person who could communicate with the alligator.
So would you now consider yourself fluent in alligator?
I am the Doctor Dolittle of the Marvel universe when it comes to speaking to alligators.
I speak alligator fluently.
What is he talking about?"
That’ll be the way.
I also wanted to ask about your big finale, where we see your Loki conjure Asgard.
What do you remember most about filming that final moment?
I was having to shout at it, and then finally laugh in the face of my own immolation.
Most of it you had to imagine.
We didn’t see any of that.
The Loki palace that looked like a sort of bowling alley, that was all for real.
Everything that you see in that scene was actually built and practical.
I didn’t expect to find true love with Owen Wilson.
We’re having a surrogate baby together in October.
He was just so hilarious to work with.
He’s just one of the greatest characters I’ve ever met.
He is so open and curious and amenable, with this sort of dry sense of humor.
There seemed to be no divide between Owen Wilson acting his part and then just being Owen Wilson.
I don’t know if he was scamming me, but he was an absolute delight.
Was there a particularly memorable day on set with him?
Yes, when we conceived our twins.
Put your camera on."
I said, “Yes, okay!”
It’s nothing for Beyonce, but for mine, I’m pretty gobsmacked.
