Wunmi Mosaku Didn’t Know She Was Auditioning for ’Loki’ When She Auditioned for ’Loki’

With director Kate Herron’s Loki now streaming on Disney , I recently spoke with Wunmi Mosaku about making the latest Marvel series. Loki takes place after the God of Mischief (Tom Hiddleston) has stolen the Tesseract (again) due to the events of Avengers: Endgame, and an alternate version of the character is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority to give him a choice: either be erased from existence, or help fix the timeline. In addition to Hiddleston, the show co-stars Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Lexus Renslayer, Sophia Di Martino, Richard E. Grant, Sasha Lane, and Erika Coleman. During the interview, Wunmi Mosaku talked about what surprised her about making a Marvel series, how time is different in the TVA, how she didn’t know she was auditioning for Loki, what’s a day or two from filming she’ll always remember, and the status of Lovecraft Country Season 2. Finally, I was able to watch the first two episodes of Loki before doing interviews and am hap