Tom Hiddleston Confirms Loki Won’t Be In Avengers: Age Of Ultron

Tom Hiddleston has confirmed that Loki won’t be appearing in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

The 32-year-old English actor said he didn’t think there was anything else that Loki could contribute to the film’s narrative.

“Joss [Whedon] gave me so many wonderful things to do in that first film that we’d only be trying to repeat ourselves, and probably less well in the second one,” he said.

Hiddleston went on to say that the movies he loved growing up featured new bad guys the second time around.

“I think keeping it fresh and new is good for The Avengers even though it’s a shame for me,” he said. He said the screen is going to be a “busy place” with so many characters, especially with Whedon looking to add two more. But there were no hard feelings, and Hiddleston said he had the time of his life in The Avengers.

Hiddleston actually had an idea that Loki wouldn’t be returning for the sequel back in December 2012. He said that he hadn’t spoken to Whedon yet and figured he had been cut from the film. He also said he thought audiences would be tired of seeing Loki as the villain.

Joss Whedon actually confirmed that Loki wouldn’t be appearing in The Avengers sequel in June. In an interview with Empire, Whedon said Loki wouldn’t be in the film to call Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) a “mewling quim” again.

While Loki won’t be in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Tom Hiddleston will be reprising the character in Thor: The Dark World.

“Oh, I’ve got plenty to do in Thor, believe me,” he said. “A lot of new stuff. It’s a new iteration of the character. It’s a new development. Another trick, another poker game for the god of mischief. And he plays it well.”

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