A biopic on the late great Hank Williams, Sr. is set to film in Louisiana! Wait til you see who’s starring as The Hillbilly Shakespeare.

The movie, titled I Saw The Light, is set to film in Shreveport starting in October. But who will be playing Hank Williams, Sr.? That honor goes to Loki hisself, Tom Hiddleston!

Williams, Sr. died at the young age of 29 after years of substance abuse. The movie is set to chronicle his rise to fame, and of course his death.

Hiddleston is said to be doing his own singing in the film, a la Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line (and many more of course).

I Saw The Light is shooting for a 2015 release.

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