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Will The 'Skrulls' Team Up With 'Loki' In 'The Avengers' Movie?

Actor Tom Hiddleston (Loki) discusses whether or not he'll be getting some help in Joss Whedon's upcoming film.

One of the questions on everyone's minds are whether or not the Skrulls will be an integral part of the plot in Joss Whedon's upcoming Avengers movie. In fact, if you've sat in and listened to our Comic Vine podcast, it's a subject that had been brought up on more than one occasion. Of the entire cast of characters in the upcoming movie, actor Tom Hiddleston who plays 'Loki' in 'Thor' and will be reprising the role in Whedon's 'The Avengers,' has been asked whether or not he will be getting a little bit of help from the alien shape shifters in the upcoming film.

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So, will the Skrulls make an appearance? At the premiere of Tom Hiddleston's new film, The Deep Blue Sea, the actor was asked by a fan if there will in fact be Skrulls in the upcoming movie, to which Hiddleston responded (smiling) "no comment." Certainly a "no comment" is a little bit better than a straight "no" answer. However, this isn't the first time that Hiddleston shied away from answering the question. In an interview late last week with MTV, the actor was asked whether or not Loki would be "getting some help" in the upcoming film; his response during the interview was a little bit more in depth. The video interview with his response is below; however if you live outside of the United States, you may not be able to watch it so we've transcribed the quote for you.

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" Loki has help, but obviously, because if Thor can beat Loki on his own at the end of 'Thor' [movie] then surely, logically, does it take eight of them [The Avengers team] to beat him this time? But there is also evolution to Loki as well; he's more self possessed he's more menacing, and I think he knows if the Loki in Thor was about a "spiritual confusion," meaning, "who am I, where do I belong in this world," the Loki in 'The Avengers' is "I know exactly who I am and I am going to make this world belong to me."

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Hiddleston was then asked whether avid fans (or "fanboys") will be pleased when they find out the "extent of the villainy," and whether it will be rewarding for people who have read the comics, to which Hiddleston, smiling broadly, gave a strong nod.

While we don't want to speculate too much, it is fun to wonder whether or not the 'Skrulls' will make an appearance in the upcoming film. But either way, as long as the movie is good, that's all we care about.

What do you think? Do you think that we'll see Skrulls in Whedon's 'The Avengers'? Is that something you would like to see?

Source: MTV

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Edited By luckydomino1

if the skrulls are the villian im not watching the movie

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Edited By PowerHerc

Interesting possibility, though I'd rather see the FF fight skrulls.

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I was thinking the same thing Hiddleston said, why does it take Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and probably Nick Fury and others to defeat Loki if Thor is capable of such a feat on his own? And if there's only one villain, who are all of the Avengers going to be fighting? There has to be more going on than what we know.

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I like loki, he seems like a really nice person. Sometimes I find myself rooting for him.

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@ThomasElliot said:

I thought there was some synopsis or something about the upcoming Avengers movie-tie-in video game that accidentally spoiled it already?

I believe screens from the Avengers game showed them fighting skrulls.

but that doesn't man a damn thing. The Hulk video game based off movie he was fighting villians that weren't in the movie..same with Iron Man..same with Thor..same with EVERY comic-book movie tie-in video game.

you absolutely cannot, in even the slightest sense, call any enemy/boss in a movie-based video game a spoiler at ALL.

now that doesn't mean the Skrulls definately won't be in the movie...but them being in the video game, in no way, means they will be.

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I thought there was some synopsis or something about the upcoming Avengers movie-tie-in video game that accidentally spoiled it already?

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@TheMess1428 said:

How about Dr. Doom instead of the Skrulls???

hmmmmmmmmmmmm????

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Whether the skrulls are in it or not there HAS to be more then just Loki.

We JUST saw him in Thor, he was defeated..giving him the cosmic cube and having it be just him would be absolutely idiotic.

there has to be a real reason why the team was formed.

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The trailer shows Cap fighting against someone that looks an awful lot like Thor, which makes me assume that he is fighting a Skrull. Beyond that, there's also all the destruction in the city. What is causing all of that? What it is, it has the ability to shoot laser beams. Skrull ships can do that, right?

Personally, I'm sure that the Skrulls are still in it.

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I don't care much if the skrulls will be part of this film. What does keep me awake @ night is if Loki will unleash The Hulk like in the comics because thats what brought the Avengers together, and if Sharon Carter -S.H.I.E.L.D agent who has been romantically involved with Steve Rogers(Captain America)- will appear in this film or in any other film in the near future???

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I think that would be pretty cool, but to have a twist to it, maybe have Loki trick the Skrulls, or something like that.

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i would rather see the skrulls in the after credits scene, so a possible sequel could happen with them as the main villians

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I bet it'll be Red Skull

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What about the Infinity Gauntlet? What if he got a hold of it from S.H.I.E.L.D.? Assuming they even have it.

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I like the Skrulls but I think they should save them for Avengers 2 or for a new FF movie- would be cool to see Kl'rt intorduced in one of the movies... I'm hoping that Loki uses the Hulk as his pawn (the pic with Cap fighting a dude in a motion capture suit could be a fight scene vs the Hulk). If not the Hulk I would rather see him use his powers to create the Wrecking Crew or the Absorbing Man or something - those character are good villains but dont really need a big introduction or back story as they are just criminals who have been given powers. With all the characters involved I think you need the villain "soldiers" to be something that is easily explained. Unless they introduce the Skrulls as part of one of the 9 realms connected by the world tree I dont think they would fit in with Loki very well. If they are going to have aliens I would rather see the Kree as Avengers foes, I think of the FF when I picture Skrulls...

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Edited By KNIGHT SAVIOR

l see them in an 'Fantastic Four' movie than the 'Avengers' movie, but it should be Kree than the Skrulls

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I think brining the Skrull into this is a bit too much. What I would do is bring back Hydra and hopefully the Red Skull.

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@leokearon said:

According to Whedon, he is creating a new villian for the movie

really? I hadn't heard about that....

@RedHush1 said:

Well If this is suppose to be like the first time the Avengers meet shouldn't this be the time where Loki takes over hulk? -.-

that's what I was thinking. And if I'm not mistaken, the initial reports when the movie was first getting shopped around were that Hulk was a villain in the movie.

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Probably multiple unrelated threats, which will convince the world there's a need for a team such as the Avengers!

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I think the skrulls will be in the movie and the only reason I say that is because Marvel is notorious for almost syncing their movies with what they have going on in their comics, such as launching invincible iron man the comic when the movie came out and making steve rogers captain america when it came out. I know its not a comic, but if you watch the Avengers show on Disney XD then you saw at the end of the first season their next arc will include the skrulls. I can see them using that to familiarize audiences with it a little bit before the movie releases. 

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According to Whedon, he is creating a new villian for the movie

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Well, for all we know the Skrulls have been in there since Iron Man

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If they're in it, I can guess that it will pretty much be as the canon fodder opponents for The Avengers and not much else, much as the duplicate Iron Mongers were in Iron Man 2, the Frost Giants in Thor, ect.

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Well If this is suppose to be like the first time the Avengers meet shouldn't this be the time where Loki takes over hulk? -.-

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I would prefer it be just the same as it is in the Avengers #1. Loki fools Hulk with magic to fight against the Avengers before he realizes he's been duped. Skrulls would take way too much time to explain to the uninformed masses...But I trust Whedon.

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I doubt that a Norse God will team up ALIENS....

If I had to guess....he'll be assembling his own team....THE MASTERS OF EVIL

OR....recruit HYDRA and bring back THE RED SKULL.

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Can't wait to see the Avengers movie!

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I think they will. and i trust Whedon to do them correctly...

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No comment means yes. End of discussion

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Pretty sure they're in there. It would explain why we've seen shots of Avengers fighting Captain America.

My only question is: Will there be Skrull Beatles?

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@Gambit1024 said:

Skrulls? Meh. Now the Kree? Let's give them a shot.

I like this idea... :D

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Personally I don't want to see the skrulls. The whole alien invasion thing has been done way too much in the movies for me. What I think would be awesome is loki starting his own masters of evil with him being the foe for thor, red skull (remember red skull's fascination with norse mythology in the first avenger. the avengers could have him working side by side with a norse god) for captain america, crimson dynamo for iron man, and the abomination or the leader for the hulk. I don't know if hawkeye or black widows have any villains of their own to fight.

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Skrulls? Meh. Now the Kree? Let's give them a shot.

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I've just always associated the Skrulls as being more of more nemeses of the FF rather than Avengers, so for me it wouldn't matter one way or another whether they appear in the upcoming movie. If they do, then all the better a story I say!

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@Larkin1388 said:

I hope the Skrulls are in the Avengers.

Me Too =/

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@Burnstar1230: probably the hulk dude.

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the "behind the scenes" images that has been showed up, to all of us, show a bunch of army guys, maybe aren't the Skrulls, but we gotta think, in other teams that could be., idk, the brood?

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in the canceled avengers game all of the avengers fight scrulls. Look it up on youtube it was cancelled in alpha-stage.

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Oh how I wish our large purple universe crushing gauntlet weilding mad titan were in this...transmuting people into butterflies and then eating them. B-)

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The Skrulls, although they should be in the film seeing as how they're an integral part of Marvel villainry, would be really tough to incorporate into the movie. There's a lot of things that have to happen in this movie already, and I just don't see how there would be time to implement the Skrulls in a believable and proper way. I'd rather no Skrulls than half-assed Skrulls any day of the week

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IF the Skrulls pop up in The Avengers movie, it will be after the credits. There's just going to be too much going on already between forming the team, fighting Loki, and inevitably resurrecting Red Skull with the Cosmic Cube to add - not just another super villain, but and entire race of super villains!

It's only a 3 hour movie, folks! It can't have everything!

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Personally, I'd prefer to see The Avengers take on Loki and the scourge of telemarketing.  The telemarketers could be Skrulls though.  I'd accept that.

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Wow you are really persistent with the skrulls thing, you have to love them

PD: I don't read Marvel :P but I know who they are (I read power pack year one ^_^)

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I hope the Skrulls are in the Avengers.

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@pspin: I think this is a possibility, they might well appear in some form, but they might not be called Skrulls in the film, just like the aliens in Cowboys & Aliens weren't called aliens through that film.

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Well, there was a picture of Cap using his shield to block an attack from a guy in a Motion Capture Suit, so whoever it is, probably won't be human, but at least 'human sized'. I don't really care who it is as long as there is a reason why they're helping Loki instead of just being his cannon fodder.

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@ TheMess1428 Agreed! The FF has so much potential but FOX has done a piss poor job with them.

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Tom is awesome....

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@ LordRwquiem I've also heard the rumors about Thanos and would make alot more sence than the skrulls. Also given that Marvel does want to make a Guardians o/t Galaxy film later on. Cosmic is the Way to go.

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