Tom Hiddleston says that Thor 2 carries on the tone that was set on the first film.
The actor will reprise the role of Loki once again while Chris Hemsworth is back in the title role.
However Kenneth Branagh is not back in the director's chair and it is Alan Taylor who is at the helm this time around - and Hiddleston admits that it has been fantastic working with the Game of Thrones director.
Speaking to The Huffington Post the actor said: "Ken established the tone, so we've taken the baton and kept running," said Hiddleston.
"Alan Taylor is fantastic, one of the men responsible for Game of Thrones which is so of that world, a very grounded, gritty, earthy world where warriors and swords and monsters and magic all meet, so his experience of that has given him a fantastic take on the whole world of Thor.
"I went to a summer screening of a Marvel short film. Ken came and so did Alan, it was very clear how much mutual respect [there was] between them and I thought, 'OK, it's going to be fine'."
Hiddleston reprised the role of Loki this year for Avengers Assemble - a movie that is still the biggest grossing film of 2012 having taken in excess of $1.5 billion worldwide.
Filming on Thor: The Dark World is currently underway and the movie will hit the big screen next November.
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