‘Loki’ was always designed to smash the MCU, director says

From the start, “Loki” was designed to leave more questions than answers, even before a second season was confirmed.

“With the multiverse out, we always knew this was where the ‘Loki’ story was going to end,” director Kate Herron told TheWrap.

Marvel boss Kevin Feige had long promised that the Disney + series would be of great significance to the overall Marvel Cinematic Universe narrative. With “Loki” Chief Writer Michael Waldron also Writing the upcoming movie “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” Herron basically said the show’s pitch is to break up the MCU.

It wasn’t until they found out they were getting a second season, which came much later in the show’s production schedule, that they added the final scene at the end, which sees Loki ( Tom Hiddleston) end up at a much different TVA.

“I think we found out quite late. I think it was probably when we were in office. It just came from the fact that everyone was really excited about the work that we had all done. And I clearly felt that there was so much more to go with the characters, ”Herron said. “In terms of the end, where it’s VAT, and it goes through, and it’s like, is it VAT as we know it?” Definitely we worked on [that] once we knew the story continued. But I think we always intended to have questions for the characters.

Herron also confirmed that the TVA Loki ends up at the end – where Hunter B15 (Wunmi Mosaku) and Mobius (Owen Wilson) don’t remember who he is and the Time Keepers statue is replaced by one of the characters from Jonathan Majors. – is in fact a different VAT as that of the season.

“Our interpretation was that [Sylvie] thinks it refers it back to VAT as we know it, but because of what’s going on outside that window, it’s in another branch and it’s a different version of VAT. This reality as we know it has changed, ”she said. “He’s far from home.

Even though the finale felt like it was more designed to tease the future of the MCU, Herron argued that it still serves the Reformed God of Hiddleston for a full moment.

“I think the whole show implemented the idea of ​​variations; what is the variant? she said. “In the first episode, he wanted the throne. And then we see him make this incredible trip and in episode six, he doesn’t want the throne, he just wants Sylvie to be okay. And I think that was really the key for us and talking about his own growth as a character and how far we’ve come.