ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Let’s start by talking about Brad, a.k.a.
X-05, who’s escaped the TVA and is now moonlighting as an actor.
How did you approach those ’70s movie premiere scenes?
Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) in ‘Loki’.Marvel/ Disney+
DAN DELEEUW:It was pretty great.
We based the premiere on a lot of the James Bond movies.
We had to figure out ways to check that that the mods made sense in ‘77.
or “That’s a cool-looking punk!”
Time travel is fun.
We haven’t gotten to see a lot of that in the show so far.
How did you want to approach that sequence?
Well, he’s stripped of his magic in season 1.
It was something that I missed, but they needed to do it for story reasons.
But it was originally scripted as just a chase through London.
Why is he chasing this guy?
So, we did a bit of a misdirect.
He could have just caught him, but he really needs to twist the knife a little bit.
So, it was really great designing that.
What do you remember most about filming that sequence with Owen and Tom?
We wouldn’t just focus on, say, my episode.
I would be there for all the other episodes as well, and we would work it all out.
It was a place where you didn’t have the tension of the day to get things done.
You could just sit there and play all day long.
So much of those interpersonal relationships and chemistry were built in that room.
You had those lovely moments of Loki actually being concerned for Mobius, which is a first for Loki.
He’s actually not wanting anything from him.
It’s a straight moment, where you see how much he’s actually shifted.
He actually cares about someone, and it’s honest.
I also wanted to ask about the McDonald’s scenes with Sylvie.
Tell me a little bit about working with the production design team to create that era-accurate McDonald’s.
We talked about it, like, how are we going to achieve this?
For a while, it was like, let’s build a set.
And then [production designer Kasra Farahani] pushed, like, “Let’s find a location.
Ultimately, it’ll be better.”
But they found a restaurant that had not been in business for a while.
We walked in, and we were like, “Oh, wow.”
Kasra was there with all his designs and his artwork.
Kasra reached out to McDonald’s, and he got all the wallpaper designs.
He also got a mold, so he could cast his own [plastic] hamburger.
It was this strange time warp.
Were there any details you particularly loved?
Well, because McDonald’s was a partner, they just focused on everything.
I don’t think there was anything that really gave it away.
So, we had to be careful with those.
But all the logos, all the artwork.
There was a kitchen back there.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
