Here are some photos of Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska in NYC for the unveiling of the Crimson Peak-inspired window at Bergdorf Goodman. My body language analysis says that Chastain gets the giggles around Tom and he really does try to make her laugh. My take is that Mia is a total pro, almost to a boring degree.

So, what’s new in Dragonfly Land? There’s a new interview with Tom in Today Online – you can read the full piece here. It’s written by a true Dragonfly who adores him and wants to marry him, so… you know, you have that to contend with. Some highlights from the piece:

His Crimson Peak character: “The character I read in the screenplay was not a villain. And everyone knows I play villains before. But this character was different. And I wanted to make him different. Because in Thomas Sharpe is the tension in the film between the past and the future. He is absolutely trapped by his past. Trapped by his guilt, his shame and his responsibility for the past. But he is struggling to free himself and live in the future. And be a better man. And the arc for me, is one from a place of darkness into light. Edith is the light that shows him it’s possible to be good.”

Ghost experiences: “It’s funny you know? Round the campfire as a teenager, when you’re on holiday with friends and people start telling ghost stories, I thought I had a couple of experiences when I was a child. But I am sure they were just projections of my overactive imagination. I don’t know if you’ve had this, but I’ve walked into a building and felt a strange energy. And then found out that some terrible things happen there. I don’t know if buildings can somehow retain an echo of things that have happened in the past. Like when I was at this very old hotel in Reims, France, and there was very weird energy in my room that night. Plus, it was overlooking the one of the most famous gothic cathedrals in the world (Notre-Dame de Reims). Pretty spooky.”

What scares Lord Dragonfly? “What really scares me? My imagination mostly. My imagination is responsible for my fear of sharks, for example. So I’ll be swimming in the sea and suddenly I’ll want to swim back because I can’t see what’s beneath me. It’s just the fear of the unknown! I also think hysteria is terrifying! I find collective hysteria very scary. I think when people or a crowd gets whipped up to a place where they can’t think logically anymore, I find that energy quite frightening!”

What he learned from Tilda Swinton about showing his butt: “I worked with Tilda Swinton (in the film Only Lovers Left Alive, where they shared a naked embrace). And I remember her saying, ‘Oh we are all born this way. It’s not like we’re showing anything new! So, yes, definitely, the psychological tension was harder.”

[From Today Online]

I think a fear of sharks is pretty reasonable, especially if you’re the kind of bloke who swims in dark, deep, shark-infested waters. Mass hysteria is also legitimately scary, especially if you’re one of the few people with a level head.

Here’s a video interview that everyone is talking about today – around the 2:10 mark of this video, Tom is asked why he’s always cast as these dark, brooding or villainous characters and whether he’s the kind of guy who hates puppies and Beyonce. To which Tom replies, “No, I love Beyonce. I love puppies too! I was just talking about Beyonce this morning in fact.”

Photos courtesy of WENN.