Warning: This story contains spoilers for theLokiseason 2 finale, “Glorious Purpose.”
Lokiends with its titular god claiming his throne just not the one he expected.
The Marvel Disney+ show concluded its second season this week, seemingly saying goodbye toTom Hiddleston’sLoki.
Tom Hiddleston on ‘Loki’.Disney
With help from Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), Mobius (Owen Wilson), and O.B.
Eventually, Loki admits defeat and chooses to sacrifice himself to save every universe.
(It’s a nod to the legendary world tree Yggdrasil from Norse mythology.)
Tom Hiddleston in the ‘Loki’ season 2 finale.Disney
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When did you decide this was how you wanted Loki’s story to end?
KEVIN WRIGHT:I think we knew in season 1.
That was always the easy thing.
The ‘Loki’ season 2 finale.Disney
The question was: How do you want that to feel for the audience?
There’s a version that’s triumphant and super heroic.
There’s a version where it’s an evil turn.
But it was always about the emotional journey we wanted people to go on.
It was always about building that arc to be as fulfilling as possible.
What was fun about getting to do that endless loop?
So much of that is total credit to Paul Zucker, the editor of the episode.
That montage wasn’t scripted per se.
All the cast thought something very different would happen.
There were very few people that fully understood what we were building in that finale.
It just felt like this little secret.
What do you remember most about watching Tom film those final scenes?
Two moments really jump to mind.
The first is a little bit of a longer story.
There’s the scene with He Who Remains, and that was scripted one way.
We knew we weren’t nailing it, and I had to make the call.
They just quickly rewrote this new scene and shot it.
It was just the pinnacle of what Tom does.
He has such a finger on the pulse of this entire series and how that scene had to go.
In a moment, he was able to reconfigure it with all of our collaborators.
We were like, “God, why did we not write that?”
It was perfect, and it was 100 percent Tom.
It was 100 percent Tom.
And on the final take, Tom said, “Hey, can I try this?”
It almost gave meTruman Showvibes, that final sign-off, looking straight down the camera.
But that story gets to the heart of how Tom is always trying to make things better.
We just had to build a series that could give him the framework to have those creative pivots.
For you, where does this finale leave Kang and his future in the MCU?
In my mind, it’s what Sylvie said: “At least give us a chance.
Let us fight that battle for ourselves and define our own destiny.”
Why was that the right ending for Mobius?
In the big picture of the show, we wanted this to feel like a real ending.
But you could plant new seeds that could become new stories.
My feeling with that scene in Ohio is that it’s Mobius overcoming a personal obstacle.
He just had to go and look.
I think both are possibilities.
But the important thing was the character growth of him going to do the thing he has been avoiding.
I think it took what Loki did to cause Mobius to go, “I have this opportunity.
This opportunity was given to me by Loki.
The least I can do is go.”
So that being said, is this the end forLoki?
Is this a season finale, or is ita series finale?
Let’s wrap up the book!"
But I don’t think that means you gotta have this story every year or every two years.
It’s about doing it when we have a good story to tell.
I would love to keep working with these filmmakers.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
