Tom Hiddleston says that he was drawn to High-Rise because it was a project that offered him the chance to do something 'brave' and 'risky'.
Tom Hiddleston
Hiddleston has returned to the big screen this weekend as he takes on the central role of Dr. Robert Laing in the adaptation of J.G. Ballard's novel of the same name.
The movie sees Hiddleston work with filmmaker Ben Wheatley for the first time while Amy Jump has adapted Ballard's novel into a screenplay.
Speaking to HeyUGuys, the actor talks about what it was in the script that drew him to the project: "I found its provocation and rebelliousness really appealing because I think there aren't that many films like this being made anymore. It was a chance to do something quite brave and risky.
"The provocation is in the DNA of the novel; J.G. Ballard's High Rise has become a classic of counter-culture for its challenge and for its prescience and Amy had retained all of that in her adaptation. I found it frightening and immediately appealing."
The actor leads an all-star cast in High-Rise as Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, James Purefoy, Elisabeth Moss, and Keeley Hawes are all on board.
High-Rise is the first time that we have seen Hiddleston on the big screen since the release of Crimson Peak last autumn. However, the actor has been whipping up a storm on our TV screens with his role in the adaptation of the John le Carre novel The Night Manager.
2016 is set to be another very busy year for the popular actor as he is also set to play Hank Williams in new biopic I Saw The Light. Hiddleston is currently filming Kong: Skull Island.
The movie is an origins story to King Kong and will also star Brie Larson, John Goodman, Samuel L. Jackson, Toby Kebbell, and John C. Reilly.
Hiddleston will also be returning to the role of Loki when filming on Thor: Ragnarok gets under way. This is the third Thor solo film and is due to hit the big screen in autumn of next year.
High Rise is out now.
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