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Let's Talk About Tom Hiddleston's Loki Wigs in the MCU- Good, Bad, Worse

19 films into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it seems like the one thing Marvel Studios can't get right (and has actually gotten worse) is Tom Hiddleston's Loki wigs.  Seriously. When the first Thor film hit in 2011, the shorter-hair on the God of Lies and Mischief looked pretty good- downright natural and easy.

"I remember when I was cast as Loki for the very first time almost 10 years ago," Hiddleston said. "Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, called me into his office to say congratulations, and one of the first things he said was, 'Let me talk to you about Avengers.' And I thought I had just been cast in Thor [not something that far down the line]. And he's told me the dream he had to build this fleet of films, this Marvel Cinematic Universe that was culminating in Avengers."

Kenneth Branagh and Hiddleston were performing in a West End stage production of "Ivanov" when it was announced that Branagh would be directing Thor. Hiddleston, while speaking at the At the 2010 Empire Movie Con, recalled one night when as a joke, he burst into Branagh's dressing room wielding an empty plastic container from a water cooler like Mjölnir, shouting "Come on, Ken, what do you think!?"

Brannagh's "You never know, darling, stranger things have happened," reported response seems to have at least held water, as two months later Hiddleston was auditioning for Thor.  Yes, he auditioned for Thor first, before eventually becoming Loki.

Hiddleston described his role of Loki as "a comic book, but nastier version, of King Lear's Edmund,"   which totally works, considering Brannagh himself said he wanted the first Thor film to be a comic-book take on Shakespeare's "Henry V" (which we know he loves).

Anyhow, on to the wigs.

We'll start with the first Loki film appearance and work our way up in time.

The first time we meet Loki is in Thor, which has it's share of terrible hair and makeup.  Namely, WHY ARE EVERYONE'S EYEBROWS SO BAD?! It's obvious they didn't know what they were doing with Chris Hemsworth's look yet, the overly frosted blonde not the best look.

Let's Talk About Tom Hiddleston's Loki Wigs in the MCU- Good, Bad, Worse
Not sure if Hiddelston or Jared Leto in Blade Runner: 2049

But Loki looks pretty good with the shorter hairstyle, which gets hidden halfway through by his war helm.

Then we get to the first Avengers film, with an angry Loki making trouble for Earth's Mightiest Heroes, while under the control of Thanos.

Let's Talk About Tom Hiddleston's Loki Wigs in the MCU- Good, Bad, Worse
A little more greasy, a lot more noticeable.
Let's Talk About Tom Hiddleston's Loki Wigs in the MCU- Good, Bad, Worse
Still no sideburns.

In jumping to his next MCU appearance in Thor: The Dark World,  the wig at least attempts to follow Tom's natural hairline. It's also the first use of Loki sideburns, which aren't as dark and thick as the more recent versions.

Let's Talk About Tom Hiddleston's Loki Wigs in the MCU- Good, Bad, Worse
We also get some pretty great emotional scenes from Hiddleston, his sorrow over the loss of Frigga, and another example of a more natural styling for his hair.

Let's Talk About Tom Hiddleston's Loki Wigs in the MCU- Good, Bad, Worse

In Thor: Ragnarok, things start to get real bad.  It's partially the makeup- making a naturally pale actor even-moreso in the technicolor backgrounds and sequences.  It's worse if you're watching it in high def and/or 4K.

Let's Talk About Tom Hiddleston's Loki Wigs in the MCU- Good, Bad, Worse
"Surprise."

 

Let's Talk About Tom Hiddleston's Loki Wigs in the MCU- Good, Bad, Worse
Thor and Loki on NCY streets in Ragnarok, the makeup application on Hiddelston making the wig look even more obvious than normal

And then we get to the most recent film, Avengers: Infinity War. Without spoilers, we know that Loki has a scene in Infinity War, as seen in the trailers.

Let's Talk About Tom Hiddleston's Loki Wigs in the MCU- Good, Bad, Worse

Here, he holds (our favorite MCU drinking word) the Tesseract, and you can just barely see his wig.  I'll tell you right now, there is a closeup on him after this moment where it's dreadfully obvious how poorly done the wig is.  Namely, the sideburns.  They look like a TOTALLY different color than the base wig, a shockingly bad oversight on the normally on top of it hair and makeup team.

Nitpicking, sure, but you'd think that things would get BETTER, not worse.  Nothing against the teams who do such amazing work on the insane number of featured cast in the films, the advent of higher res home-theater systems no doubt are playing into this noticeable thing.

What do you think, which look for Hiddles is better or worse, and why?


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Mary Anne ButlerAbout Mary Anne Butler

Bleeding Cool News Editor Mary Anne Butler (Mab, for short) has been part of the fast-paced world of journalism since she was 15, getting her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (where she is still Editor-in-Chief), and most recently Bleeding Cool. 

Over the past 10 years, she’s built a presence at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). 

 Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band with an international presence. 

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