Date 23/02/2016 - News People
Tom Hiddleston turned to acting when his parents divorced.
The 35-year-old actor admits he found his parents' split "really distressing" and used acting as an outlet for his emotions.
He said: "I started acting because I found being away at school while my parents were divorcing really distressing. It's only now I've got a retrospective angle on it. When you are a teenager you harbour secrets in a different way.
"If you are at a boys' school, especially, there is a level of bravado you have to keep up otherwise you'll get picked on. I was really quite upset and probably sad, vulnerable and angry. Acting presented a way of expelling those feelings in a safe place ...
