So we were always adapting and shifting the story. It reminded me a bit of improv where you’re always building, always trying to push the story to the best place. Then it was building upon that and throwing in ideas for where he could go later in the show. “Oh, we could do this with this character.” The pilot was really well written by Michael and I really liked what they were doing with the character and the story. They sent me the outline, so I knew the overall story. When did you finally get the scripts? How did that change your thoughts on what you want to do? I met him and then flew straight from meeting him to D23. It was this intense, five-hour conversation with him basically. We just spoke about Loki and what was really important to us about the character and where we thought it would be fun to take him, as well. He was in Betrayal at the time, on Broadway, so we basically went on this amazing walk around New York. Herron, Waldron and Feige at D23 in 2019. “What is going on?” ( Laughs.) I met Tom that week as well, so it was a bit of a whirlwind kind of thing. The Lady and the Tramp dogs were in front of me and Michael on the red carpet. They flew me to D23 and that was crazy because I think I found out I got the job 48 hours before, and then I was onstage. He was like, “Look, we want you to direct it.” Oh my God. I didn’t have the job, but I found out they were interested and then I remember Kevin Feige called me, and when he was in London, we had coffee. That was very surreal because they flew me to Burbank and I pitched at Marvel Studios. Then after a few interviews with Kevin Wright and Stephen Broussard, two of the Marvel executives who got me ready for the big match, I went in to pitch to Kevin Feige, Victoria, Lou, the whole team there. That was in England, in southeast London on Zoom. I knew I’d be up against some really big directors, and I knew I wouldn’t be the most experienced in the room, so I, “OK.
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I made a 60-page document full of references, story ideas, music. And I just prepared a massive pitch for it. So I got as much information as I could, and they sent me a little bit about the show. were like, “Look, it’s just a casual conversation, they just want to get a sense of you,” and basically I was like, “OK, I’m just going to pitch them.” Because I thought, they might not meet me again. What was your process of sitting down with Marvel for this? Over Zoom from her freezing Atlanta apartment (she still hasn’t figured out the quirks of the air conditioner), Herron dives into Loki ahead of its June 9 debut on Disney+. Herron is now working long days finishing up Loki in Marvel’s production hub in Atlanta, where the British filmmaker has largely lived since getting the job in 2019. Just a few days after officially landing the job, Herron found herself on a five-hour walk through New York with Hiddleston discussing Loki and flying to D23 in Anaheim to be greeted by thousands of screaming fans alongside Loki head writer Michael Waldron. I’ll just be the most passionate,'” recalls Herron. “I knew I’d be up against some really big directors, and I knew I wouldn’t be the most experienced in the room, so I, ‘OK. When Herron finally landed one, the Loki superfan cleared her schedule and spent two weeks putting together a 60-page document, even though her agents tempered her expectations by noting it was just a meet-and-greet. Then Herron finally achieved breakthrough success directing episodes of the Netflix hit Sex Education and soon was hounding her agents for a Marvel meeting. It was all part of a whirlwind few years for Herron, who not that long ago was temping at a fire extinguisher company and struggling to land directing work even though she’d already helmed a BBC project with Idris Elba. She answered his questions about Avengers: Endgame, about time travel, about how this version of Loki was not the one fans knew from films like Thor: Ragnarok, but rather one plucked from an alternate timeline from 2012’s The Avengers. Wilson instantly put Herron at ease with his laid-back charm as she walked the actor through 10 years of onscreen lore for Loki, the god of mischief played by Tom Hiddleston. 'Loki' Composer Natalie Holt on Finding the Title Theme and Landing Danny Elfman's Blessing for 'Batgirl'
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