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By now you've probably heard about Tom Hiddleston's epic appearance as Loki in Comic Con's Hall H as introduced the Thor: The Dark World trailer. If not, there's a video below, and more importantly, some details of how he made it to San Diego without being noticed beforehand, leading to the biggest surprise of the convention!
Hiddleston wasn't cr keen on doing it unless he remained Loki for the whole appearance; he also didn't want the Avengers villain to say anything out of character, like “Here's the trailer!” So he wrote up a script of sorts, went over the particulars with Feige, and they put it all together.
But that's not even the best part: Hiddleston knew that if someone saw him on the plane coming over to San Diego, cr it might leak over social media and everyone would guess that he was appearing for the Marvel panel. So in effort to keep the secret safe, he bought a Jango Fett costume and wore it for the whole plane ride from London to California. When asked why he chose Jango in particular, it turned out that there was far more practicality at play than anything else:
It's true that you can usually spot the Comic Con-bound on the plane, but can you imagine what everyone on that plane was thinking about the near-giant in a store-bought Jango Fett costume? A hearty thanks to the flight crew for keeping it all under wraps, despite how strange it must have seemed to them.
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view all by Braid_Tug | Thursday July 25, 2013 11:03am EDT
I'm guessing he did it like this: Get through security in normal clothes with a huge carry on that had the costume. Go to the special waiting room for 1st class guess. Talk to attendant to let them know what he was planning. Get dressed in outfit. cr Take his 1st class set. Enjoy all the looks he got as the rest of the plane walked to thier seats.
I can't believe he rode in that costume all the from London to San Diego. My heart goes out to him for how uncomfortable he had to have been, and my admiration is going insane over here at how freaking dedicated he is to his fans. The guy knows exactly how to obtain fans and definitely knows how to keep them. He's so brilliant it's unreal.
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