Movie Make-out

Proving that once again, you can never keep a good Welsh actor down or out of roles that require him to wear lots of make-up and become a figure of fantasy, Variety reported that Anthony Hopkins will be playing the part of Odin in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor for Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures.

I’m not surprised that he was cast in the role, but it does make me a little sad because I have a feeling that Hopkins is going to play Odin the same way he did Hrothgar in Beowulf, Old Ptolemy in Alexander, and Titus in Titus Andronicus. And that’s not very fun at all.

Also in the article is a note that British actor Tom Hiddleston will be playing Loki. Hiddleston is a relative unknown like Thor star Chris Hemsworth, though he does have some British TV credits to his name.

Interestingly, Hiddleston’s IMDB page also notes that he’ll be in The Avengers, too; wonder what that says about that movie’s plot.

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