Tom Hiddleston, star of Loki and The Night Manager, wants to challenge what you think you know about Pompeii. AdHis National Geographic docudrama follows three real Romans from the historical record through the disaster to ask: could anyone survive? Ahead of the launch, HistoryExtra’s Kev Lochun sat down with the Hollywood actor to find out how ancient history reaches through time, how we tell stories of the past without making them about ourselves, and how he would have reacted if he’d been in the Forum in AD 79 when Vesuvius erupted. National Geographic’s Pompeii: Out of Time premiered in July and is available to stream on Disney+ now. AdFor more on ancient Pompeii, don't miss Kev's four-part podcast series with Dr Jess Venner, all episodes available now