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Tom Hiddleston, the British actor best known as playing Loki in the Avengers, has taken to the stage to cover two Hank Williams songs. Watch the video below.
As reported by Buzzfeed at this weekend's Weheatland Music Festival in Remus, Michigan Hiddleston performed two Williams tracks' "Move It On Over" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". He was joined on stage by Grammy Award-winning country singer Rodney Cowell.
Below: Watch Tom Hiddleston cover Hank Williams live on stage.
Hiddleston is playing Williams in new film I Saw The Light, which starts shooting in Louisiana in October. According to Variety, the film is being produced by Brett Ratner's RatPac Entertainment and the script will be directed by Marc Abraham, based on the 1994 book Hank Williams: The Biography by Colin Escott.
Another Wheatland Music Fest pic for you @twhiddleston fans. He sang "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" w/@RodneyJCrowell: pic.twitter.com/GsGYaITX2f
— Elisabeth Waldon (@elisabethwaldon) September 7, 2014
Unlike Andre Benjamin's Jimi Hendrix biopic due out later this year, the filmmakers have secured writes to use Williams songs in the biopic. These include “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” “I”m So Lonesome I Could Cry” and “Hey Good Lookin’.”
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