--- description: The British actor takes on the role of country music legend Hank Williams title: See Tom Hiddleston Sing as Hank Williams in First Clip from 'I Saw The Light' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt630018044fefdd21/6988632f428a9e5eb9ccf0e8/tom-hiddleston-hank-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Tom Hiddleston Sing as Hank Williams in First Clip from _I Saw The Light_ by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2015 11:40 AM CUT  Sony Pictures by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2015 11:40 AM CUT Ahead of _I Saw The Light’s_ premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend, Tom Hiddleston has shared the first clip from the Hank Williams biopic on Twitter — and the first official sampling of Hiddleston’s singing voice. In the scene, Hiddleston records the iconic country singer’s 1947 hit, “Move It On Over,” in Nashville. Hiddleston sings and plays guitar on every Williams song in the film, and he studied with Grammy winner Rodney Crowell for months to perfect Williams’ signature sound. “Every note, every line, everything is Tom,” director Marc Abraham [told EW](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/17/tom-hiddleston-channels-hank-williams-i-saw-light "undefined"). “He’s crazy talented. If you didn’t like him, you’d be jealous of him.” The clip also includes a brief glimpse of Elizabeth Olsen as Williams’ wife, Audrey. _I Saw The Light_ follows Williams from his rapid rise to fame through his struggles with substance abuse and his complicated relationship with his wife. > [](https://twitter.com/twhiddleston/status/642009071806124033) _I Saw The Light_ will hit theaters on Nov. 27. [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/10/tom-hiddleston-sings-hank-williams-i-saw-the-light-clip "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4030917/tom-hiddleston-hank-williams-saw-the-light/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4030917/tom-hiddleston-hank-williams-saw-the-light/"},"headline":"See Tom Hiddleston Sing as Hank Williams in First Clip from I Saw The Light","datePublished":"2015-09-11T11:40:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:51:58.261Z","description":"The British actor takes on the role of country music legend Hank Williams","url":"https://time.com/4030917/tom-hiddleston-hank-williams-saw-the-light/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt630018044fefdd21/6988632f428a9e5eb9ccf0e8/tom-hiddleston-hank-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt630018044fefdd21/6988632f428a9e5eb9ccf0e8/tom-hiddleston-hank-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tom Hiddleston hank williams","caption":"Tom Hiddleston hank williams","creditText":"Sony Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4030917/tom-hiddleston-hank-williams-saw-the-light/","name":"See Tom Hiddleston Sing as Hank Williams in First Clip from I Saw The Light"}}]}] ```