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The thing about playing gods, whether you're playing Thor and Loki or Greco Roman gods or Indian gods or characters in any mythology, the reason that gods were invented was because they were basically larger versions of ourselves.

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Tom Hiddleston
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: February 9
Actor
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Stage Actor
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City of Westminster
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Thomas William Hiddleston
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