Ash Skywalker Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) Deadline reports he’s lining up a role as Hank Williams in the feature I Saw the Light, which will come from director Marc Abraham (Flash of Genius). Based on Colin Escott‘s biographyhttp://thefilmstage.com/news/ryan-gosling-and-russell-crowe-may-be-shane-blacks-nice-guys-tom-hiddleston-will-sing-as-hank-williams/ Edited September 3, 2016 by Ash Skywalker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Loki as Hank Williams? WTF!!Ill see it just to see how the hell he pulls it off....country twang and all. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Loki as Hank Williams? WTF!!Ill see it just to see how the hell he pulls it off....country twang and all. This is a truly WTF casting. I like Hiddleston but he is absolutely wrong for this part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 This is a truly WTF casting. I like Hiddleston but he is absolutely wrong for this part.Dont say that. Give him a chance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeFangrl Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Hiddleston as Hank Williams...I guess? There was a movie in the 1960s with George Hamilton, Hiddleston seems better suited than him, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Deadline reports he’s lining up a role as Hank Williams in the feature I Saw the Light, which will come from director Marc Abraham (Flash of Genius). Based on Colin Escott‘s biography http://thefilmstage.com/news/ryan-gosling-and-russell-crowe-may-be-shane-blacks-nice-guys-tom-hiddleston-will-sing-as-hank-williams/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 This just seems odd as hell. Love Tom and I hope he does a great job. But definitely seems out of left field. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Could be great 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orestes Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C9gohHX140g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Skywalker Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 Elizabeth Olsen Joins Tom Hiddleston in Hank Williams Biopic 'I Saw the Light' http://t.co/9rw8vqG3LW — Variety (@Variety) September 11, 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talkie Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 When I first learned that Hiddleston was going to play Hank Williams I thought it was a bad idea, too. But on reflection I remembered so many actors who seemed at first glance miscast but went on to give great performances. Who would have thought that Jamie Foxx would make a perfect Ray Charles? Definitely not me, but he nailed the role. Same with Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's daughter. Spacek was a somewhat controversial choice because she didn't resemble Lynn in any way, and yet she won the audience over (and an Academy Award). There have been too many other such examples that it's strange that so many of us don't give actors the benefit of the doubt more often when they seem miscast (myself included), With those and other performances in mind, I think it's way too early to pass judgement on Hiddleston just yet. He is a fine actor who has every chance of turning in a good performance in the role. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maxmoser3 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 This might be interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I'm rather intrigued by this flick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I'll see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 since it checks off playing a real life person who will likely die during the film This might get some acting noms for Hiddleston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Is the fact that hank williams is dead a spoiler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Decided to play it safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Variety Insight @VarietyInsight Tom Hiddleston (@twhiddleston) sings ‘Move It on Over’ in ‘I Saw the Light’ first clip http://ow.ly/S35AO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
