Time.com Feature "I, Loki, Prince of Asgard, Son of Odin, King of Jotunheim, God of Pranks." In "Avengers 3", Loki, who appeared for 3 minutes and 15 seconds, summed up his life before dying, and then was violently killed by Thanos in front of Thor, "this time there will be no resurrection."
Loki, known as the "God of Trickery" and fond of mischief, has always worn the hat of a villain in the MCU, but always oscillates back and forth between good and evil, good and evil. He can use Thanos to invade the earth, conquer the desire to explode, and is willing to give up the Infinity Stones for his brother Thor and sacrifice himself.
Loki, who has a changeable physique, is actually a very tragic character, with the blood of the orthodox gods and the peerless appearance, his popularity is not even worse than those positive heroes in the "Reunion", and sometimes even seizes the light of the protagonist, is the most popular villain or anti-hero character in the Marvel Universe, and has been "resurrected" many times.
Today's upcoming episode "Rocky" on Disney+, Loki is "resurrected" again. The story follows the footsteps of Loki after stealing the Space Gem in Avengers 4 in 2019, Loki in the main timeline has been killed by Thanos in Avengers 3, and Loki in the episode travels back from the first Avengers in 2012, which is Loki's "Parallel Universe" version.
Due to the controversial reputation of Marvel's "Wanda Vision" and "Falcon and winter soldier" launched in the first half of the year, there is no expected surprise, and the new drama "Rocky" also has to be cautiously conservative. However, it is reported that after the first two episodes of "Rocky" were watched in advance by foreign media film critics, word of mouth on social media has exploded, and the current Freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 96% (55 reviews), and the average MTC score is 73 (21 reviews), the performance is gratifying, and I hope that this time can really bring surprises. With the start of the broadcast approaching, let's take a look back at the past and present lives of Loki, the "god of mischief".
Why did Rocky choose to air on Wednesday?
Some of the ideas of the Marvel Universe benefit from ancient Norse mythology. In Norse mythology, Thor is the son of Odin, and Loki and Odin are righteous brothers, so Loki and Thor are uncle-nephew relationships, not unrelated brothers in Marvel.
The English version of Thursday is derived from the name of Thor, who is a bit like Zeus, using thunder and lightning as a weapon. Wednesday's rule of thumb comes from Odin, whose name is Wōden in Germanic mythology.
"Rocky" chose to go online on Wednesday, rather than "Wanda Vision" and "Falcon and the Winter Soldier" chose to air on Friday, according to Disney Marketing President Asad Ayaz, because in the Marvel Universe, Odin is Loki's adoptive father, and Loki finally accepted his identity as Odin's son, in order to express this meaning, so the show was arranged to air on Wednesday.
Norse mythology and loki in the MCU
Loki has many nicknames in Norse mythology, such as cunning man, treacherous god, shapeshifter, liar, etc., which shows that he is a god with a rich personality. The scheming, cunning, and mischievous personalities have survived in Marvel, and the identities of the descendants of the Frost Giants are also consistent with mythology. However, the mythical goddess of death, Hela, is Loki's daughter, and in the Marvel movies, she is changed to Odin's eldest daughter.
As a controversial wayward god, Loki brought hope and weapons to the gods—giving Odin the Spear of Eternity and the Ring of Gold, offering Frey the Ship of God, a golden boar, and Thor's Hammer, but also causing the gods to twilight. In the Marvel Universe, Loki is not a fierce character, but more of an effort to prove his worth to Odin, to fight for his father's love and not to do it, to seek recognition but not to do it, and finally to become a sad character with a bit of dark color.
The past and present lives of "Loki" in the MCU
In 2011's "Thor", Loki made his debut in the Marvel Universe film and television work, and the setting of the good and evil and anti-hero once overshadowed the blonde blue-eyed (red-haired and red-bearded Thor in Norse mythology). In "Avengers 1", Loki became the main villain, obtained the Cosmic Cube for Thanos and wanted to conquer the earth, almost destroyed New York, and was also squashed by the Hulk, and finally defeated by the Avengers, and was brought back to Asgard by Brother Hammer.
In 2013's Thor 2, Loki would not have appeared in the film, with Spicy Chicken Silk (Christopher Ecclestone's Malekith) and the Dark Elf being the focus, however, due to Loki's popularity in the first part of "Reunion", the script was rewritten to highlight his position, and Loki was once again anti-guest. In "Reunion 2", Loki originally appeared in Thor's doomsday illusion, but when it was finally released, the scene of this glimpse was cut.
Two years later, "Thor 3", as the best in the current "Thor" series, although Loki's role in the film has been reduced, the charm of this role has not diminished, and the film has spent a lot of time showing the relationship between Loki and Thor's two brothers. Regarding the end of the film, in another version of the draft that was not adopted, another escape path is set for Loki, who did not board Thor's spaceship after taking the Space Gem from Asgard, so as to avoid Thanos knowing the location of the Asgardian refugees, but eventually escaping the fate of being killed by Thanos.
As we all know, 10 minutes before the beginning of "Avengers 3", Loki was twisted and killed by Thanos. Jitterson also thought that this would be the last time he would play this role, and did not know that Loki would return until about a month and a half after the release of "Avengers 3", but did not know how.
In Avengers 4, we do see Loki again, but not because of the resurrection, but because when Iron Man, Team America, Ant-Man, and hulk crossed back to the timeline of the 2012 New York War, in the chaos, Ki God ran away with the space gem and disappeared, and he opened a new parallel universe. The new drama "Rocky" continues along this storyline.
Jitter sen achieved the villain C position of "Rocky"
As one of the most popular villains in the Marvel Universe, Loki's popularity in the original comics is actually not high, and the reason why the characters in the movie are so successful and brilliant is that "Jitterson" Tom Hiddleston is indispensable.
Prior to starring in "Thor", Jitterson and director Brenner had collaborated on the stage play "Ivanov" and the TV series "Wieland", and was invited by the director to audition for the role of "Thor". It took 6 weeks of fitness, gained 20 pounds, gained 25% muscle, and reduced fat to 7%, but unfortunately met the strong man Chris Hemsworth, who was 1 meter 9, but also mistakenly starred in Rocky and became a dark horse.
1 meter 88 jitter sen and 1 meter 9 hammer brother
At that time, there were many competitors for the role of Loki, and even comedian Kim Carey had been a candidate for Loki. The director hopes that Loki has a feeling of malnutrition and thinness, in order to create a good role, there is no way, Ji Sen has to lose weight again, can only say that he has just trained his muscles.
In order to play Loki well, Jitterson referenced the performance style of three actors: the mysterious and reckless Peter Otto ("Lawrence of Arabia"), the impatient half-crazy Jack Nicholson, and the angry "Eastwood" Clint Eastwood at any time. In the end, Jitterson portrayed loki's gloomy temperament, clever and cunning good scheming, and the complex image of good and evil in one, which greatly increased the charm of the character, and the role also achieved himself.
It is worth mentioning that Matt Damon once made a cameo appearance of "Loki" in "Thor 3", as a small Easter egg to surprise the audience, but also highlighted the emaciated jitter, more suitable for the image of Loki, the handsome god of tricks. After the blessing, the "dumb cuteness" has become the Loki 2.0 version.
Of course, in addition to excellent acting skills, the real-life Jitter Sen, the height of 1.88, the Cambridge University bully, can speak seven Chinese, full of magnetic British voice and gentle gentlemanly demeanor and other high looks, good quality, great wisdom, but also for the role to add points, won the favor of many fans.
As a result, from the villain who pulled back and forth between good and evil at the beginning, to the gradual bias towards a positive image and forced whitewashing in the later appearances, and the confrontation with other villains with the Avengers, as well as the resurrection of many times and the increase of the role of the role, these are the market strains that Marvel has done in order to cater to the tastes and voices of the audience. The launch of the new drama "Rocky" is obviously inseparable from the high popularity of Jitterson.