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Okay anon, it should be fixed now. :)

Thanks for putting together Tom's writing. Loki Is Throwing Diwn party invite link says error.

Thank you for pointing this out to me. I figured out what the problem is. The original poster of this content (Anthony Snitzer, who worked on Avengers) changed the name of his website, and seems to have taken it down. It’s frustrating because I did some work to locate the original source. Not sure what to do. I’ll either try to link from the Internet Archive or track down a repost somewhere.

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Anon who asked about it earlier, here it is. Original is gone, so I’m reposting it myself. Here is a link (from this Internet Archive) to the text of Anthony Snitzer’s blog where these were originally posted. Internet Archive doesn’t seem to do images. Here is a link to Anthony Snitzer’s current website. I will update my original post as well as my page with all the links to Tom’s other written work. I edited this post to add the thank you note written by Tom Hiddleston as well.

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Thanks for putting together Tom's writing. Loki Is Throwing Diwn party invite link says error.

Thank you for pointing this out to me. I figured out what the problem is. The original poster of this content (Anthony Snitzer, who worked on Avengers) changed the name of his website, and seems to have taken it down. It’s frustrating because I did some work to locate the original source. Not sure what to do. I’ll either try to link from the Internet Archive or track down a repost somewhere.

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Thank you to spindle-berry for bringing this to my attention. There’s so much going on right now that it’s easy to miss stuff. A lot of literary references in this article. He makes a reference to Heathcliff, who is a character in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. There might be something lost in translation here, but I don’t agree with his interpretation of Heathcliff. “Behind the mask of pride we always expect a respectable man.” I think Heathcliff is terrible on the outside and terrible on the inside. I don’t think his love and grief redeem the fact that he treats the people around him like crap.

The interview specifically asks him about reading, which is wonderful, I wish more interviewers did this. He says he just finished reading Dispatches by Michael Herr, and plans to read Purity by Jonathan Franzen.

Finally, the quote from Josephine Hart is “Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.” and it is from her novel Damage.

GQ Italy:

Translation using Google translate.

Crimson Peak. Tom Hiddleston: in life there are two fundamental forces, fear and love. Every day we choose

Having revolutionized the canons of evil in the Marvel Universe in the role of Loki, Tom Hiddleston returns to the cinema October 22 in those of a Casanova in dark Crimson Peak, sensual gothic horror directed by Guillermo del Toro

[Rosa Maiuccaro]

Charming with wit and depth. Take a few minutes to be struck by the charisma of Tom Hiddleston, who has little to envy to Thomas Sharpe, the mysterious gentleman who plays the last film by Guillermo del Toro. Loki, the Marvel character that made him famous, seems to keep up close. No longer sure try interpreting, he has stressed several times in recent interviews, without excluding the trading underway for the new Thor. “I never know if the audience they still want to see it or not. If you happen to play him again I would try not to repeat myself as do my colleagues in Avengers! "Said the microphones of MTV News.

These days the British actor is in Italy to promote the gothic horror Crimson Peak with her colleague Mia Wasikowska. "The land of Puccini”, as he likes to define the beautiful country, seems the place to talk about emotions and love, the only way out of the society of indifference … for him the worst nightmare contemporary.

What has fascinated Thomas Sharpe? “She certainly convinced me of its complexity and a personality similar to the gothic novel. As the film is present as a stylish and elegant man who woos and wins the protagonist through the aura of mystery surrounding it. Behind a strong charisma lies a great sense of guilt and shame and behind a vulnerability that makes him fall in love with the woman who deceived. The courage he shows in the end he was amazed. It ‘a romantic character in the highest sense of the word.”

You call it a dark version of Casanova? He seduces women and then kills them … “I think his is a magnetic appeal. As viewers we are used to model Heathcliff of Wuthering Heights. Behind the mask of pride we always expect a respectable man. Guillermo plays with our expectations by creating a character who physically embodies that model of man but that hides a serious psychological damage and great pain. He was moved as the end still manages to find a way to be a better man. ”

At first, the role would have to interpret Benedict Cumberbatch. When you took over? “I do not know how far Benedict was involved in this project. I can only say that for sure has not filmed for four months like I did (he laughs Ed.) I do not know why it was not more available for the part. Guillermo has made changes to the script about my character and two days after sending me the script I was at breakfast with him. ”

What is the difference between the world as a visionary director Guillermo del Toro and the Marvel Universe? “As an actor I find it easier to act when there is a set, as in this case. The duty of an actor is to be authentic in imaginary situations. Concreteness favors this process. ”

How was it to adapt to a different kind as well as the Gothic, less and less common? “The passion with which it was carried out this project overwhelmed me. I hope that viewers can find the movie cathartic. If Guillermo was here it would say that emotions are no longer in fashion and wants to recover them. While I say this, I realize that we are in Italy, and perhaps here, in the land of Puccini, the emotions are still going strong (laughs). ”

One of the key elements of the film is the relationship of Edith with her ghosts. What is your with the paranormal? “As a child, like everyone else, I too was very fascinated with that imagery. I loved ghost stories of MR James and I was a big fan of Ghostbusters. Some time ago a friend of mine very prepared explained the impossibility of physical existence of ghosts but I think the environments can influence our suggestions. This is demonstrated by all the old English houses that I visited and that made me shiver just to the legends that were connected. ”

Parenthesis: from child to adult were you a big reader? “Yes, indeed. I read everything. Lately I finished Dispatches by Michael Herr which I think is one of the most beautiful books ever written on the relationship between man and war. Now I’m looking forward to reading Purity Jonathan Franzen, a writer I admire very much. ”

The report’s most intriguing film is that between Thomas and his sister Lucille. How did you work with Jessica Chastain? “Theirs is an example of intimacy damaged. Lucille and Thomas have had a very traumatic and it is the only thing that they share and that unites them. The physical and psychological abuse they have suffered determines what we have become. While Thomas tries in every way to free himself from his past, Lucille is a prisoner of his ghosts, his fear of the outside world turns into cruelty. In this regard, we thought a sentence of Josephine Hart, who wrote: "People are traumatized dangerous because they know how to survive. ’”

Everyone says that working with a director like Del Toro is an enriching experience … “Everyone knows his passion for film and his humor but I am especially grateful for having worked to have had the opportunity to know a man so wise. Just last week I had dinner with him in New York and spoke to me of his family. He said: "Tom, in life there are two fundamental forces, fear and love. Every day we have to make a choice. "I love his way of simplifying the complexity of life. ”

And what do you fear? “The disattenzione.Questa is a society where we do not pay enough attention …”

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Kate Beaton drawing Thomas Sharpe. This is a dream come true.

While in New York, I got to see a special screening of Guillermo Del Toro’s new film, Crimson Peak!  I have rarely had an honour like that, it was amazing!  I went with two friends and we threw all of our popcorn in each others faces because of all the GOTHIC THRILLS.  

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Lovely analysis. :)

Hiddleston Library Analysis

“Talk dirty to me, Tom…tell me about your books.”

If you GET that statement, then this post is for you. 

“I collect books.  I’ve so many books, my house is full of books; not specifically of anything, but probably more than anything else in my house, I have plays, loads and loads and loads and loads of plays and novels.  My house is wall to wall books basically.”  -Tom Hiddleston {x}

Contents:

Straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak, there are a lot of plays and novels.  There is most likely a lot of poetry, whether mixed anthologies or particular collections from specific poets.  It is evident from the photos that there are quite a few Penguin Classics and possibly other well-known lines such as Oxford World Classics and Signet Classics.  Many of these could be from his university days and his area of study would also suggest that he has some Norton Critical Editions (*swoon*).  

He almost certainly has added more classics due to his roles over the years, such as the work of Gaskell for William Buxton in “Return To Cranford.”  Other possibilities include biographies, Norse mythology, WWI non-fiction, etc.  There would also be scripts, probably full of his handwritten notes and so forth.  Perhaps he keeps all pertinent research materials with each script.

freckletriangleofdoom​ pointed out that there are Library of America editions.

@elementarydata spotted some Loeb Classical Library volumes.

 From an Anon, regarding the 9/16/15 photo:

"The leatherbound book by his ear is from Barnes & Noble’s Leatherbound Classics collection. It’s The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. There’s also a blue leatherbound book, third shelf up near his shoulder, from the same collection but it’s The Illiad and Odyssey.”

beaglebitch suggested that the row of books next to what is mentioned by the Anon is a complete set of the individual plays.  This leads us to the issue of organization.

Organization:

Opinions vary on how the library is organized. While some have suggested that there is no organization whatsoever, the photos indicate otherwise.  There is at least some method to the madness for certain authors, such as Shakespeare. The 9/16/15 photo only shows about half of the collection, as the shelves are on both sides of the fireplace.  This physical separation creates some interesting possibilities for organization.  I joked that the books are organized based on how they make him feel.  I think it is probable that they are organized by genre and then perhaps by author.  For example, non-fiction and poetry could be one side of the fireplace while fiction and biographies could be on the other.  

Theatre souvenirs, such as programmes and playbills, could have their own shelf or be mixed in with copies of the particular play.  

Book lovers know that it is somewhat impossible to keep everything perfectly organized, as additions may not fit into the proper place and several shelves would need to be re-arranged.  

The 9/16/15 photo shows that some of the books are faced outward and there are also horizontal stacks on top of the spine-out books.  

General Questions:

-Does he write in the margins?

-Does he dog-ear the pages or use bookmarks?

-Does he make a note in the book if it was a gift/does he ask the giver to sign it?

-Does he collect multiple copies of his favorites?

-Does he have a TBR shelf/pile?

-Does he keep favorites by his bed, such as on a nightable or on the floor?

-Does he have reading material in the loo?

-Does he have his childhood books on their own shelves?

“If I lived forever, who knows what I would do?” he continues. “I would certainly get better at the piano. I would try to learn how to paint. I think I would try to read all the books I haven’t read. When I was a child, the house was full of books — the walls were lined with bookshelves — and I remember looking up at them once and thinking, ‘I wonder if I’ll ever be able to read all those books?’ and my mother said, 'It’s all right; you’ve got loads of time.'” -Tom Hiddleston {x}

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Nerdist Podcast just dropped!

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the official  book  is here!

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Crimson Peak interviews and books

Sorry to be so quiet especially when *THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE FANDOM* but I’ve got two job interviews to prepare for this week. Rest assured that I am keeping an eye on Tom Hiddleston + book issues. These are the books Tom Hiddleston mentions the recent Crimson Peak interviews:

The Politics of the Family by R.D. Laing

The Mysteries of Udopho by Ann Radcliffe

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Expect more on all of this later. While looking it up I realized that The Politics of the Family was the CBC Massey Lecture for 1968. I’ve read a couple of the more recent Massey lectures (Wade Davis, Margaret Atwood, Douglas Coupland) and they are incredibly good.

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I made my sister attend this event! She enjoyed it immensely.

An Evening with Guillermo del Toro from San Francisco Film Society on Vimeo.

Great interview from SFFS. Starts talking about CP around the 24 minute mark.

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Very cool. I’m surprised I didn’t know about these before. About a year ago I was looking up del Toro’s written work. I read the first volume of The Strain and Cabinet of Curiosities.

tomhiddlestonslibrary  This is the edition I’m talking about.

It’s available on Amazon.com here.

Other books in the series include Frankenstein, The Raven, The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories, Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories, and American Supernatural Tales.

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I’ll take ten.

Crimson Peak Calendar 2016 [x]

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Tom Hiddleston filming ‘The Night Manager’ in Hartland (x)

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Tom Hiddleston prepares for ‘Coriolanus’ by Simon Annand (x) [via HiddlestonItalyGroup]

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NEWSFLASH: On 24 Sept (UK) & from 12 Nov (international) encores of @DonmarWarehouse’s #Coriolanus return to cinemas! http://t.co/rYGjLNB9et

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This is very exciting and what I like to hear!

Link to the tweet: [x]

GUYS. BRACE YOURSELVES.

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“Now put your shields before your hearts, and fight with hearts more proof than shields” -William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

Source 

Tom Hiddleston at Comic Con reading