Tom Hiddleston will be taking on the role of country music icon Hank Williams in the upcoming biopic I Saw The Light.
Based on the Colin Escott biography of Williams, production on the film begins in Louisiana, this October.
Directed by Marc Abraham, the film follows Williams’ overnight rise to fame as a country western artist and highlight stardom’s profound impact on his health and personal life. Williams died of heart failure at age 29.
Putting his The Avengers role of Loki well behind him, the British actor’s vocal abilities will be front and centre as the actor plans to do all of his own singing for the film.