9/12/13: Tom Hiddleston LIVE on Twitter

This morning, @marveluk sponsored a one-hour live chat with actor Tom Hiddleston on Twitter. Needless to say, the internet went a little crazy! I've never witnessed anything quite like this before, and until today I had very limited knowledge of how to even use Twitter, but I guess that only made it all the more exciting!

Fans from across the globe immediately began tweeting their questions to Tom when this event was announced on various social media sites yesterday. The conversation was based strictly on whatever items Hiddleston decided to answer.

Just to stir up a bit of excitement before the chat began, Tom posted this behind-the-scenes photo from the set of Thor titled Filming Loki's Demise (2011). This photo definitely got me really excited, and may very well be my favorite thing to come out of the entire event. In the movie, this scene has such an intense emotional resonance, that seeing it all laid out with the green screens makes it infinitely more awesome!

Before I even get into the content of this conversation, can we just take a minute to appreciate the immense modesty of this man?

He never ceases to be amazed by the quantity of his followers and his sincere appreciation of us all is quite endearing.

Now, even though this was a live chat, it obviously takes time for a person read through a massive pool of questions, chose one to answer, and then give a concise and adequate response. It was a lot of fun watching new items gradually pop up in my feed. And in between Hiddleston's tweets, you could relish in and laugh at the comments posted by other people. 

What really blew mind though, was the number of people who were online and actively involved in this event world-wide. Tom would post something and within mere seconds it had hundreds of notes. There's something truly magical about the instantaneous communication that is made possible by the internet, but I digress...

In addition to sharing his favorite Shakespearian insults and his preferred song to jam out to on the set of Thor: The Dark World, Tom also revealed that his latest film, Only Lovers Left Alive will reach the US sometime in late March or early April 2014. 

While this conversation was only scheduled to last one hour, Hiddleston was gracious enough to continue answering questions far beyond the time limit, and the event eventually ended the way it started: with "Lots of Love" from Tom. 

So rather than trying to summarize everything that went on during the chat today, I've posted bits and pieces of the Q&A that I found particularly interesting below. Enjoy!

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(aww, can't wait to see this mother-son relationship depicted in the movie)

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All in all, the whole thing was a fun little affair. I learned a lot about Tom Hiddleston and even more about Twitter.

You can follow Tom on his official Facebook account here: https://www.facebook.com/twhiddleston
                                                       Twitter account here: https://twitter.com/twhiddleston