‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’: Joss Whedon Almost Included Tom Hiddleston | MTV News

Director Joss Whedon reveals why Loki’s scene got cut and Tom Hiddleston did not end up appearing in ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’.

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[Dearra_S]

honestly i would have been fine with loki just cackling evilly in thor's vision for 3 seconds if he was so worried about the movie being overstuffed. I JUST WANTED TO SEE HIM

[shumi]

I was prepared to go see this movie just for the 2 seconds of Tom Hiddleston lol

[batmanfanizationreborn]

l love joss whedon but you dont simply cut out tom hiddleston as loki. he is one of the best parts about MCU and he is the greatest villain in MCU so its a shame he isnt in the movie.

[reginadisbrow]

IMO, TH is THE reason for the success of the Avengers/Thor series' success. He is the draw with his charm, acting skills, good looks, and overall 'it' factor. Bring on a 'Loki'-themed Avenger movie at once!!!

[CheriLDN]

This is the reason why I want a Loki movie.

[MrThedorkknight]

Wow, Joss seems on the verge of dying. Now i'm kinda glad he isn't doing Infinity War.

[MichaelCobbs]

Great Interview. I was expecting Loki to be in the movie too but then again I'm glad he's not save that for Thor 3.

[TheDelikizzz]

so put it in the dvd? I mean I heard the original cut of the movie was like over 3 hours I kinda wanna see all the deleted scenes.and these blurays aint cheap I usually buy them for the bonus content they add.

[ChrisAndCats]

I wasn't going to bother with Ultron - I initially into watching these with the Thor films (which obviously led me to the 1st Avengers) as I've always been into Norse mythology & I was curious to see how they'd translate it into a comic book film, plus the funny side lightened it up but Tom's portrayal of Loki is what got me completely hooked. His acting is amazing & the emotional depth he put into Loki made it way way more relatable, almost more believable if that makes sense; I like the way he & Chris bounce off each other, their rapport again raises the level for me even if Thor the character does irritate me sometimes! So whilst I also really liked winter soldier (again more on the realistic side), the Thor films are the ones I primarily like. So having seen that there was what I suspected would be an end credit scene with Loki, which I thought might hint to the Ragnarok storyline & having checked the cast list part way through April (and seen that Tom was there) I bought the ticket to ultron literally for that one scene but finding out after it had been cut really did hack me off somewhat! I did go to see it anyway, but it didn't really live up to what I hoped it could still be (despite the cut scene!) I didn't find it anywhere near as good as the first - it felt like they were trying too hard - almost trying to shoehorn too much in which ended up that none of it hit home, all the tech speak in the lab was too much, the banner/black widow thing seemed to be too forced plus I didn't find Ultron all that menacing somehow. The other thing I really didn't take to was Vision - I know its supposed to be comic book, mythology & such but the red face, leotard type costume and floaty cape went from " fairly believable" to "really?" And by believable I obviously dont mean yes this could happen in real life! So for me, despite the run time that could have had enough to keep you riveted, it wasn't a repeat view like Winter Soldier (twice) or Dark World (5 times - Thor & Avengers were DVD for me not cinema). So sorry Marvel, this didn't do it for me, its Ragnarok & more Loki I'm waiting for (plus Infinity Wars as I believe he is in that) as I like the unpredictability of the character plus it's Tom's acting & the way he & Chris work together that I find raises the film to the next level. Am also interested in Cpt America 3 following Winter soldier as that film had the same effect on me as the Thor ones have. This one just didn't do it at all...

[AvastJackSparrowrox]

I hope the scene that did fill with tom is on the DVD then since its not in the movie.

[mandysk]

Included tom's part in the DVD please

[cristinav]

Instead of seeing the charismatic Hiddleston\Loki, you gave us a forced love story that came out of nowhere  and a number of pointless characters.

[Theodosiou]

Sometimes I like to progressively eat my own legs.

[shantyb]

to all the people making excuses as to why Loki was not in the movie, please grab a dictionary and look up the word "bullshit"

[blokfluitknaap]

Is Joss gonna release the extended movie (with Loki in it)?

[CarlosJFlores]

indeed they had killed Hawkeye instead of quicksilver.
quicksilver, had much more potential ...!

[CarlosJFlores]

had been cut scenes Hawkeye family, I wanted to see if Loki

[Neithie]

I knew the movie was missing something.

[ironhide]

Why do people not listen to the man, at some points the film did feel over crowded and I loved it. He knows what es doing.

[Yoninah_H]

That is the reason I don’t like age of ultron because Loki isn’t in it