{"id":1469342,"date":"2022-05-09T18:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T22:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469342"},"modified":"2022-05-09T18:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T22:59:40","slug":"theres-further-to-go-tom-hiddleston-hopes-his-disney-marvel-character-loki-coming-out-as-bisexual-was-meaningful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-further-to-go-tom-hiddleston-hopes-his-disney-marvel-character-loki-coming-out-as-bisexual-was-meaningful\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018There\u2019s Further To Go\u2019: Tom Hiddleston Hopes His Disney Marvel Character \u2018Loki Coming Out As Bisexual Was Meaningful\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftheres-further-to-go-tom-hiddleston-hopes-his-disney-marvel-character-loki-coming-out-as-bisexual-was-meaningful%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469342&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Tom-Hiddleston-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Tom Hiddleston hopes his Disney Marvel character \u201cLoki coming out as bisexual was meaningful\u201d and a \u201csmall step\u201d but said \u201cthere\u2019s further to go\u201d when it comes to representing the comic book\u2019s character\u2019s sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>During the 41-year-old actor\u2019s recent interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2022\/may\/07\/tom-hiddleston-year-in-tv-loki-coming-out-bisexual-meaningful-to-people\">Guardian<\/a>, the \u201cThor\u201d\u00a0star was asked about his character making the transition from the big screen to the small one with his hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-thor-love-and-thunder-trailer-has-fans-predicting-marvel-superhero-is-gay\">Marvel<\/a> spinoff series on Disney+ and called it an honor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just really honoured to be asked,\u201d Hiddleston explained. \u201cWe all wanted to retain the integrity of the character \u2013 I wanted to make sure we didn\u2019t lose the bits that people loved, while doing something new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also hope Loki coming out as bisexual was meaningful to people who spotted it,\u201d he added. \u201cIt was a small step, and there\u2019s further to go. But it was definitely important to all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI also hope Loki coming out as bisexual was meaningful to people who spotted it. It was a small step, and there\u2019s further to go. But it was definitely important to all of us.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T8A4DltoG0\">https:\/\/t.co\/T8A4DltoG0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1523682956987953154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For those that might\u2019ve missed it, it happened during the third episode \u201cLamentis\u201d in which Hiddleston\u2019s character discusses his past romantic relationships with Lady Loki, i.e. Sylvie (played by Sophia Di Martino), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/loki-bisexual-mcu-canon-director-delighted\">reported<\/a> IGN.<\/p>\n<p>Sylvie asked Loki whether he\u2019s ever been interested in \u201cwould-be princesses, or perhaps another prince?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA bit of both. I suspect the same as you,\u201d Loki replied.<\/p>\n<p>After the episode aired, director Kate Herron tweeted that \u201cFrom the moment I joined Loki it was very important to me, and my goal, to acknowledge Loki was bisexual.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From the moment I joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LokiOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LokiOfficial<\/a> it was very important to me, and my goal, to acknowledge Loki was bisexual. It is a part of who he is and who I am too. I know this is a small step but I\u2019m happy, and heart is so full, to say that this is now Canon in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mcu?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mcu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Loki?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Loki<\/a> \ud83d\udc97\ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lz3KJbewx8\">pic.twitter.com\/lz3KJbewx8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kate Herron (@iamkateherron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamkateherron\/status\/1407633677484539906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is a part of who he is and who I am too,\u201d Herron added. \u201cI know this is a small step but I\u2019m happy, and heart is so full, to say that this is now canon in [the] MCU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, \u201cThe Avengers\u201d star\u2019s co-star Di Martino <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/tv\/news\/loki-sophia-di-martino-sylvie-bisexual-1235005695\/\">told Variety<\/a> that having Loki come out as bisexual was important to Herron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think people have been waiting a long time for it,\u201d Sophia shared. \u201cThe comic books allude to it and even the Norse mythology, I think. It\u2019s been around for so long, and it was really important to her to have that in the show \u2026 I\u2019ve got to say how happy it makes me that people are happy to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/not-at-all-secret-gay-agenda-disney-employees-break-down-adding-queerness-to-shows-and-degenderizing-theme-parks\">\u2018Not-At-All-Secret Gay Agenda\u2019: Disney Employees Break Down \u2018Adding Queerness\u2019 To Children\u2019s Show, Degenderizing Theme\u00a0Parks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/videos\/introducing-dw-kids\">kids entertainment content<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Hiddleston hopes his Disney Marvel character \u201cLoki coming out as bisexual was meaningful\u201d and a \u201csmall step\u201d but said \u201cthere\u2019s further to go\u201d when it comes to representing the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1482179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1469342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}