Tom Hiddleston is 'always open' to starring in a musical.

Tom Hiddleston is "always open" to starring in a musical.

The 44-year-old actor has a number of dance sequences in his latest film 'The Life of Chuck' - in which he plays the adult Charles Krantz - and though it took a lot of work to hone his footwork, he admitted he has long admired movies that feature big musical numbers and he'd be happy to be approached about starring in one himself.

He told The Hollywood Reporter: “I’ve never danced quite like this before and I had some steps to dance, some miles to go before I felt skilled enough and practiced enough to pull off some of the techniques and styles that Chuck pulls off.

“I have a great affection for movie musicals, I really was thinking about them a lot in making this — thinking about 'Swing Time' and 'Singin’ in the Rain' and 'Cover Girl'.

"I’ve always loved dance in movies and it’s not actually just those, if you think about Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in 'Dirty Dancing' or Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in 'The Mask' or Joseph Gordon-Levitt in '500 Days of Summer' or 'Little Miss Sunshine', dance is a part of the DNA of movies.”

Asked if he'd star in a musical himself, he added: “No one’s knocking on the door yet but I’m always open.”