HIDDLESTON TOM: (1981- ) English actor. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Hiddleston in a head and shoulders pose on the occasion of the United Kingdom film release of the British crime film Brighton Rock (2010) at the Odeon West End in London, February 2011. Signed by Hiddleston in black ink with a somewhat hurried signature across a light area at the base of the image. A printed sticker neatly affixed to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at the premiere of the British dystopian thriller film High-Rise (in which Hiddleston starred in the role of Robert Laing) at the Odeon Leicester Square, London, during the BFI London Film Festival on 9th October 2015. EX

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