Hiddles back in LDN and a Hiddles week with failed fangirling
Still have a small torch for Tom Hiddleston lurking amidst my K and J-music fangirling. I tried so hard to get a good view of him IRL at the Apple Regent Street Store event where he was doing a talk on Thor The Dark World because I couldn't reserve a ticket on the Apple site. SMH. The demand was so high even Apple site died when I tried to book.
I also had terrible luck with the red carpet event for Thor The Dark World on 22nd October. I had an appointment with the Job Centre in the afternoon and once that was done I headed straight to Leicester Square. I arrived at around 3pm and sadly couldn't get a queuing number written on my hand to secure a space near the front barriers which provided top viewing of the red carpet. I was at the back of the queue and had a shit view of the Odeon Leicester Square entrance.
People had managed to get numbers written on their hands because they had arrived so much earlier than me, maybe as far as camping in the early morning. The red carpet spread itself outside Burger King, Pizza Hut, the Empire cinema and Empire Casino. I could barely get any real life view of the cast and had to rely on the huge screen set up. Thor The Dark World is the third red carpet event I've attended. The first two were Anna Karenina and Iron Man 3 but Anna Karenina was nowhere near as popular as Thor 2 and Iron Man 3 so getting pictures of the cast themselves was easier because there weren't as many people at the the red carpet. Sure you had big name stars but it wasn't on the same level of crazy demand as The Avengers.
Christopher Eccleston
Tom Hiddleston [the camera liked him and each time it zoomed up on him fangirls went crazy. He was too kind to not choose a winner from the Looki Loki competition where Loki cosplayers dressed up like Loki and he had to pick which one was good]
He got the best reaction from the crowd. Too bad there weren't any Londoners in the crowd. I felt so left out. WTH?
Chris Hemsworth
Tom talking to Alex Zane
Loki x Darcy omg Tasertricks
Only "real" shot I got of Chris Hemsworth
You can see a blurry shot of Tom's head here. The fans opposite the cinema got the last bit of fan interaction from the entire cast before the premiere started after 7pm. Tom was gracious enough to wave to us fans further back and even ran out of the cinema to sign more autographs and take photos with people. I'm giddy he gave a shout out to Korea and mentioned he danced for the Thor fans when he visited that country. I was hoping he'd say the weirdest thing he did was dance alongside Crayon Pop for SNL Korea or go on a stroll with SNSD's Tiffany around Seoul (I've "cooled" down with the stupidity from the Hiddleston fans bashing her because ZOMG she's a cute Asian and it's annoying).
Tom at Apple Store in Regent Street London
He looked really tired after his Asia and Sydney touring and he was dressed so casually for the Thor talk. You may not be able to recognise him. It was funny because at the Apple store this young fangirl was telling me when it was a good time to get a good shot of Tom but half my pics were always blurry which sucked so her boyfriend offered to take some pics for me because he had longer arms. Anyway she was seriously Loki'd it was quite funny. There were just so many fans in the Apple Store event and the Red Carpet. It was impossible to get any pics of Tom or ask for a pic with him. I even went to buy extra Sharpies and a small sketchpad for him to sign in OTL.
Maybe next time...for some reason my fangirling towards him has dropped over the months but he's still one of the few British guys I don't mind and he's a Londoner like myself (okay I'm not a "pure" Londoner as in I'm not white obviously but we share the same city).
I also had terrible luck with the red carpet event for Thor The Dark World on 22nd October. I had an appointment with the Job Centre in the afternoon and once that was done I headed straight to Leicester Square. I arrived at around 3pm and sadly couldn't get a queuing number written on my hand to secure a space near the front barriers which provided top viewing of the red carpet. I was at the back of the queue and had a shit view of the Odeon Leicester Square entrance.
People had managed to get numbers written on their hands because they had arrived so much earlier than me, maybe as far as camping in the early morning. The red carpet spread itself outside Burger King, Pizza Hut, the Empire cinema and Empire Casino. I could barely get any real life view of the cast and had to rely on the huge screen set up. Thor The Dark World is the third red carpet event I've attended. The first two were Anna Karenina and Iron Man 3 but Anna Karenina was nowhere near as popular as Thor 2 and Iron Man 3 so getting pictures of the cast themselves was easier because there weren't as many people at the the red carpet. Sure you had big name stars but it wasn't on the same level of crazy demand as The Avengers.
Christopher Eccleston
Tom Hiddleston [the camera liked him and each time it zoomed up on him fangirls went crazy. He was too kind to not choose a winner from the Looki Loki competition where Loki cosplayers dressed up like Loki and he had to pick which one was good]
He got the best reaction from the crowd. Too bad there weren't any Londoners in the crowd. I felt so left out. WTH?
Chris Hemsworth
Tom talking to Alex Zane
Loki x Darcy omg Tasertricks
Only "real" shot I got of Chris Hemsworth
You can see a blurry shot of Tom's head here. The fans opposite the cinema got the last bit of fan interaction from the entire cast before the premiere started after 7pm. Tom was gracious enough to wave to us fans further back and even ran out of the cinema to sign more autographs and take photos with people. I'm giddy he gave a shout out to Korea and mentioned he danced for the Thor fans when he visited that country. I was hoping he'd say the weirdest thing he did was dance alongside Crayon Pop for SNL Korea or go on a stroll with SNSD's Tiffany around Seoul (I've "cooled" down with the stupidity from the Hiddleston fans bashing her because ZOMG she's a cute Asian and it's annoying).
Tom at Apple Store in Regent Street London
He looked really tired after his Asia and Sydney touring and he was dressed so casually for the Thor talk. You may not be able to recognise him. It was funny because at the Apple store this young fangirl was telling me when it was a good time to get a good shot of Tom but half my pics were always blurry which sucked so her boyfriend offered to take some pics for me because he had longer arms. Anyway she was seriously Loki'd it was quite funny. There were just so many fans in the Apple Store event and the Red Carpet. It was impossible to get any pics of Tom or ask for a pic with him. I even went to buy extra Sharpies and a small sketchpad for him to sign in OTL.
Maybe next time...for some reason my fangirling towards him has dropped over the months but he's still one of the few British guys I don't mind and he's a Londoner like myself (okay I'm not a "pure" Londoner as in I'm not white obviously but we share the same city).