'Loki' Season 2 Has 'Goonies' Easter Eggs, And The Producer Tells Us Where To Look For Them
Marvel Studios fans are preparing to return to the TVA when "Loki" returns for Season 2, available to anyone with a Disney+ subscription. There are a number of questions that we need answered from the Season 1 finale, including where Loki (Tom Hiddleston) ended up after Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) kicked him through a time door, and the repercussions from the death of… well, we’ll protect that in case you are trying to catch up on Marvel’s Phase 4 and 5. But when critics were allowed to weigh in on the first few episodes of "Loki" Season 2, they all praised "The Goonies" and "Everything Everywhere All At Once" standout Ke Huy Quan, and his portrayal of TVA employee Ouroboros. And there’s more Goonies in the show than you might expect.
We're leaving all spoilers out of this conversation, so you can read the quotes and prep for the launch of "Loki" Season 2, of which we already know a decent amount. But I can tell you that the production values, costume, and set design in the opening episodes of "Loki" Season 2 have been incredible, including the office that Ouroboros (Quan) occupies… featured below. When speaking with "Loki" executive producer Kevin Wright ahead of the drop of Loki’s season premiere, we mentioned how Ouroboros reminded me of Ke Huy Quan’s "Goonies" character, Data.
We're leaving all spoilers out of this conversation, so you can read the quotes and prep for the launch of "Loki" Season 2, of which we already know a decent amount. But I can tell you that the production values, costume, and set design in the opening episodes of "Loki" Season 2 have been incredible, including the office that Ouroboros (Quan) occupies… featured below. When speaking with "Loki" executive producer Kevin Wright ahead of the drop of Loki’s season premiere, we mentioned how Ouroboros reminded me of Ke Huy Quan’s "Goonies" character, Data.
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00:00 And in those early meetings, I remember
00:03 he was trying to figure out how he would fit in between Tom
00:06 and Owen, which already have such a established dynamic.
00:10 And we just kind of talked through it.
00:13 And it was like, it's you.
00:15 Like, we want you.
00:17 You know how to be this character better than anyone.
00:20 We want you to just imbue it with you, whatever that
00:25 means as a performance.
00:27 And he took it and ran with it.
00:28 But he's just-- He's not unlike Data.
00:30 He's very much like his Data character from the Goonies.
00:34 Which Key has said.
00:35 And I would say, look, just search around his workshop.
00:38 And there's some nice Easter eggs in there, I think,
00:41 for--
00:41 Stop.
00:42 Now I have to--
00:43 [LAUGHTER]
00:45 [BLANK_AUDIO]