Did it really start because Tom Hiddleston was interested in making a series about Pompeii? The story told in the series is true: Tom visited Pompeii when he was 17. Pompeii has never been far from his mind, and it even appeared as a reference in Loki (The Marvel TV Series, Season 1). Many people know only the basic story that Pompeii was wiped out by a volcano and that people were preserved in stone. There are many documentaries and series about Pompeii, so we first asked what we could bring to the table.