Fans often forget that major stars like actor Tom Hiddleston are just regular people like the rest of us, but in this letter to Joss Whedon thanking him for the role of Loki, we see just how excited Hiddleston was to take on the role.

Loki actor Tom Hiddleston has constantly shown his love for his character and more importantly the directors and other cast members he’s worked with during his adventures as Loki. In this newly released letter to Joss Whedon explaining his excitement and appreciation for the role, we’re reminded that he truly lives up to the person we believe him to be.

In a new biography titled Joss Whedon: The Biography, there are dozens of other interesting tidbits from Whedon’s rise to being Marvel’s joyful overseer, but this letter and Whedon’s response are definitely a highlight of the biography. Read Tom Hiddleston’s letter to Joss Whedon below after receiving his first look at The Avengers’ script:

Joss,

I am so excited I can hardly speak. The first time I read it I grabbed at it like Charlie Bucket snatching for a golden ticket somewhere behind the chocolate in the wrapper of a Wonka Bar. I didn’t know where to start. Like a classic actor I jumped in looking for LOKI on every page, jumping back and forth, reading words in no particular order, utterances imprinting themselves like flash-cuts of newspaper headlines in my mind: “real menace”; “field of obeisance”; “discontented, nothing is enough”; “his smile is nothing but a glimpse of his skull“; “Puny god.”

Thank you for writing me my Hans Gruber. But a Hans Gruber with super-magic powers. As played by James Mason … It’s high operatic villainy alongside detached throwaway tongue-in-cheek; plus the “real menace” and his closely guarded suitcase of pain. It’s grand and epic and majestic and poetic and lyrical and wicked and rich and badass and might possibly be the most gloriously fun part I’ve ever stared down the barrel of playing. It is just so juicy. I love how throughout you continue to put Loki on some kind of pedestal of regal magnificence and then consistently tear him down.

He gets battered, punched, blasted, side-swiped, roared at, sent tumbling on his back, and every time he gets back up smiling, wickedly, never for a second losing his eloquence, style, wit, self-aggrandisement or grandeur, and you never send him up or deny him his real intelligence. That he loves to make an entrance; that he has a taste for the grand gesture, the big speech, the spectacle. I might be biased, but I do feel as though you have written me the coolest part.

But really I’m just sending you a transatlantic shout-out and fist-bump, things that traditionally British actors probably don’t do. It’s epic.

If that wasn’t enough to make you melt in Hiddleston’s hands, read The Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon’s reply to Hiddleston’s heartfelt email about Whedon’s choice to make Loki the main focus of the first Avengers film.

Tom, this is one of those emails you keep forever. Thanks so much. It’s more articulate (and possibly longer) than the script. I couldn’t be more pleased at your reaction, but I’ll also tell you I’m still working on it … Thank you again. I’m so glad you’re pleased. Absurd fun to ensue.

Best, (including uncharacteristic fist bump), Joss.

As if fans needed another reason to love Hiddleston and Whedon, these letters just sealed the deal. This taste of what the new biography has in store for fans is incredibly exciting and we look forward to its release on August 1. Let us know what you think of Tom Hiddleston’s endearing letter to Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon.

::fist bump::

Source: Business Insider