Tom Hiddleston looks so pretty here!
Remember that famous scene in which Henry IV. slaps his wayward son, Prince Hal? Which was not the director's, but
Hiddleston's idea.
Hiddleston was also inspired -- on one of those morning runs -- to have Jeremy Irons hit him as hard as he could."It really hurt. He was wearing two very regal rings," Hiddleston says. "But it looks great. I'm proud of that moment."
Then, remember that
fight scene in The Avengers?
Here too, it was
Hiddleston who told Hemsworth to "hit him for real:
Hiddleston said that when they were shooting the fight scene, "Joss [Whedon, the director] came over and said, 'Guys, I'm just not really buying it. You need to sell it more. You either need to hit each other harder or you need to react bigger.'" As they readied for the next take, Hiddleston took a moment to confer with Hemsworth. "I said to Chris, 'Dude, just hit me. Just hit me because I'm protected here and it's fine.' He's like, 'Are you sure?' I was like, 'Yeah, it will look great. Just go for it.'"
What is one of the core scenes in the Thor The Dark World Trailer?
Right,
that scene :D
Natalie Portman admitted afterward that she hit Hiddleston for real because "We did a few that were fake, but they could tell because I am just bad at that."
Let it not be said, Hiddleston doesn't suffer for his art, although from the amount of pain he is willing to endure on set, one would suspect he's not averse to it :p