When Sophia Di Martino first auditioned for the Disney Plus series “Loki,” it was in September 2019.
Introduced at the end of Episode 2 the Marvel Studios “Loki,” she is a “variant” of Tom Hiddleston’s beloved god of mischief, someone who had the same inception point as Loki but whose life unfolded much differently.
So I just got the job on the back of this tape, which never happens, and especially with a job like this! It was extremely quick and quite surprising to all involved.
Once she got the role, however, Di Martino stepped inside Marvel Studios’ vibranium-clad cone of silence.
When pitched me the idea when I finally got the job, and she was able to tell me a bit more about it, it was very clear that Sylvia was Sylvie.
You will see, at times throughout the series, that Tom and I do very similar things, like our physicality is similar or when we choreographed fight scenes, we’ll mirror each other.
It’s one of those things where you can say, ‘I was there!’ It was super interesting and important for me to listen to.
So we tried not to give it too much weight, but we knew in the back of our minds how important it was to a lot of people.
I think she was probably like, this is gonna be purple, pink and blue, guys! I mean, it looks beautiful.
Yeah, I was one of those annoying kids who’s always like trying to get my sister to do plays in the living room, and always casting myself in the better part and having her play like the Cinderella character.
And I know that a lot of people are, but I didn’t know that much, to be honest.
It was enough just to start getting in the flow of things and just to start enjoying it before we had to shut down.
We would meet up once or twice a week on zoom, and that was really helpful as well, just to physically get into the body of the character.
And little things like keeping more of my regional accent, and not trying to sound too posh or too well spoken, because it just wouldn’t suit the experience that Sylvie’s had.
Well, luckily, the scene that they gave me, I think, ended up being the scene on the train when they both sat down having a conversation.
Tom and I would just call each other and be like, ‘Oh, we need to say all this stuff, because we’ve got to say to anyone else! Ahh! What about this scene and this bit and this bit?!’ And you know, we’d meet up with Kate and do the same thing.