tom hiddleston: that's an actor, yeah, yeah, exactly.zabeth: with martin short and jean smart, jung ho-yeon and sandra oh, and tom hiddleston and lily james. ♪♪♪ elizabeth: welcome to "variety studio: actors on actors." i'm elizabeth wagmeister. clayton davis: and i'm clayton davis. in this episode, we're takin' a look back at some of the best television shows from the past year and the accomplished actors who brought them to life. comedic charm is the common denominator when martin short and jean smart come together to talk about their illustrious careers. martin short's ability to make an audience fall in love with

we need to see tom hiddleston pregnant with a horse. >> stephen: feet up in the stirrups. >> yeah. ( laughter ) >> stephen: we have a clip here. can you tell us the moment here? >> okay, i'm so nervous about giving anything away. this is a clip, and it's a crowd scene. it's my character, korg. i'm not just a voice, guys. i'm in the scenes. i'm acting. i'm acting my heart out. >> stephen: yeah. ( applause ) >> that's me acting my heart out. they just-- they just paint a big rock guy over the top of me. so thor and i, in this scene, and it's... he hasn't seen jane foster, his ex-girlfriend, for many years. and it's him checking her out. >> stephen: and she now has a different identity. >> she now is holding his hammer, and she is the mighty thor. >> stephen: jim. >> that's the ex-girlfriend, is it? >> the old ex-girlfriend. >> jodi foster. >> jane foster. >> the one that got away. >> the one that got away. >> that means escaped. >> yeah, yeah. >> must be hard for you to see your ex-girlfriend and your ex-hammer hanging out and getting on so well. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what you up to? >> come to

and obviously, tom hiddleston played that character for such a long time.mmy: -- to the world. >> yeah. >> jimmy: do you -- do you understand the multiverse? >> does anybody understand the multiverse [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i don't know i'm a little -- i think i do i act like i do. [ laughter ] but don't test me on it. >> i know. i, kind of, feel like we need a tutorial on it when we first started the first season of "loki," tom gave us a big "loki" presentation, kind of, a powerpoint on his character and history. >> jimmy: he explained it? >> yeah.anstic >> from the horse's mouth, but i feel like we need one for the multiverse >> jimmy: do you -- are you filming season two >> yes, we just started. >> jimmy: oh, really >> yeah. >> jimmy: over in london, right? 'cause i -- >> that's right, yeah. >> jimmy: and then -- everything is quiet and under wraps and -- >> it is it is, i'm afraid. i'm not allowed to give too much away. but -- >> jimmy: no >> but no, it's really, really great to be back and it, kind of, feels like, you know, because my character deals wi