Tom Hiddleston is possibly the most adorable villain ever.
The British actor was "so excited" to play the character of Thor's brother, Loki , that he sent "The Avengers" director Joss Whedon a very enthusiastic, heartfelt letter after reading the first draft of the script.
The email, along with Whedon's equally enthusiastic reply, was published by the Business Insider on July 25.
In the letter, Hiddleston told "The Avengers" director that he felt like he won a golden ticket, much like Charlie Bucket in Roald Dahl's popular book, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
"I am so excited I can hardly speak," Hiddleston wrote. "Like a classic actor I jumped in looking for LOKI on every page, jumping back and forth, reading words in no particular order, utterances imprinting themselves like flash-cuts of newspaper headlines in my mind."
At the time, the 33-year-old British actor has just been tapped to play Loki opposite Chris Hemsworth in the 2011 Marvel film, "Thor." A year later, he reprised his role in "The Avengers" and then in "Thor: The Dark World" in 2013.
Hiddleston couldn't be more excited to play the anti-hero, and even went so far as to compare Loki to Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber character in the first "Die Hard" movie.
"Thank you for writing me my Hans Gruber. But a Hans Gruber with super-magic powers," Hiddleston wrote. "But really I'm just sending you a transatlantic shout-out and fist-bump, things that traditionally British actors probably don't do. It's epic."
Whedon returned the "uncharacteristic fist bump" in his response, in which he joked that Hiddleston's email was "possibly longer" than the script.
"Tom, this is one of those emails you keep forever. Thanks so much. It's more articulate (and possibly longer) than the script. I couldn't be more pleased at your reaction, but I'll also tell you I'm still working on it ... Thank you again. I'm so glad you're pleased. Absurd fun to ensue," Whedon said.
The exchange is part of Whedon's upcoming biography, "Joss Whedon: The Biography," which will hit book shelves on Aug. 1.
