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Tom Hiddleston’s Epic Dance Is the Most Important Scene in ‘The Life of Chuck.’ Here’s How He Learned to Move Like Gene Kelly


Dancing is a major part of the new movie "The Life of Chuck," and Tom Hiddleston had a unique method of learning his moves.

Moore first heard of the project when director Mike Flanagan and producer Trevor Macy reached out to her about choreographing a Stephen King adaptation based on his novella “The Life of Chuck.” In the film, Chuck — who appears at various ages played by Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, Benjamin Pajak and Cody Flanagan — is drawn to the world of dance by watching classic musicals as a boy, and it ends up as an essential creative outlet for him. A secret weapon of getting the whole dance together was inviting drummer Taylor Gordon, who plays a busker in the movie that creates the beat to this fantastical scene, to develop the soundtrack.

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