Tom Hiddleston’s ‘Loki’ will reportedly appear in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, which makes a lot of sense given how ‘Loki’ season 1 ends. The movie is shaping up to a major event for the overarching storyline of MCU Phase 4, as many of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s movies and shows are now dealing directly with the ramifications of a full-blown multiverse. But why exactly would Loki be returning in ‘Doctor Strange 2’, and what could his role be?
Though Marvel’s multiverse has been alluded to at various points throughout the franchise, it came into full focus after the hints at Nexus events in ‘WandaVision’ and mainly over the course of Loki season 1. In the season finale, it was revealed that the TVA and the Time-Keepers were created by a variant of Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) called "He Who Remains", in an attempt to keep the other versions of himself from destroying the entire MCU multiverse through inter-reality warfare. Still driven by grief and rage, Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) kills the Kang variant and restores the multiverse, reopening the possibility for mass chaos at the hands of the other, far more villainous Kang variants in the process.
Given that ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ will, as the name implies, deal directly with the effects of the multiverse’s restoration, it makes perfect sense for Hiddleston’s ‘Loki’ to return. He’ll likely be searching for Sylvie while stuck in his new, altered timeline, in which a new Kang variant has taken control of the TVA. ‘Loki’ appears to feel great remorse at the end of the show for his role in restoring the multiverse, so it’s possible that he’ll join forces with Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) in their journey through it. It’s also possible that Hiddleston could be playing other Loki variants in Doctor Strange 2 rather than the main Loki seen through the MCU.
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