Hardy in 2014 Born Edward Thomas Hardy ( 1977-09-15) 15 September 1977 (age 40), Occupation Actor, producer Years active 2001–present Spouse(s) Sarah Ward ( m. 1999; div. 2004) ( m. 2014) Children 2 Relatives (father) Edward Thomas Hardy (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor and producer. His film debut was in 's 2001 action film.
His other notable films include the science fiction film (2002), the crime film (2008), biographical psychological drama (2008), sports drama (2011), Cold War espionage film (2011), crime drama (2012), drama (2013), mobster film (2014), and the biographical western thriller (2015), for which he received a nomination for the. He portrayed in the post-apocalyptic film (2015), and both of the in the crime thriller (2015). He has appeared in three films: the science fiction thriller (2010), the superhero film (2012), as, and the action-thriller (2017), based on the British evacuation in World War II. Hardy has been cast as / in a, set to be released in 2018. Hardy's television roles include the war drama miniseries (2001), the historical drama miniseries (2005), 's (2008), the drama series (2009), and the BBC historical crime drama series from 2013 to 2017. He created, co-produced and took the lead in the eight-part series (2017) on and. Hardy has performed on both British and American stages.
He was nominated for the for Most Promising Newcomer for his role as Skank in the 2003 production of, and was awarded the 2003 for Outstanding Newcomer for his performances in both In Arabia We'd All Be Kings and for his role as Luca in Blood. He starred in the 2007 production of and received positive reviews for his role in the 2010 play The Long Red Road. Hardy and promoting in 2009 In 1998, Hardy won 's Find Me a Supermodel competition at age 21 (and with it a brief contract with Models One). Hardy joined in September 1998, and was taken out early after winning the part of US Army Private John Janovec in the award-winning -BBC. He made his feature film debut in 's 2001 war thriller. In 2003, Hardy appeared in the film, and then travelled to North Africa for Simon: An English Legionnaire, a story of the. In the same year, he gained some heavy international exposure as the, a of Captain in.
He then returned to the UK to feature in the 2003 film. Hardy was awarded the 2003 for Outstanding Newcomer for his performances in Blood and performed at the and. He was also nominated for a 2004 for Most Promising Newcomer of 2003 in a Society of London Theatre Affiliate for his performance as Skank in the aforementioned production of In Arabia We'd All Be Kings. Hardy appeared in the 2005 BBC miniseries as, a childhood friend of. The miniseries portrays them as having a platonic, though highly romantic, affair throughout her reign over England during the 16th century. Hardy featured in the adaptation of the 1960s series.
In 2007, he appeared in 's drama based on a true story,. He played the lead role of Stuart Shorter, a homeless man who had been subjected to years of abuse and whose death was possibly a suicide. In February 2008, he played a drug-addicted in the British horror-thriller. In September 2008, he appeared in 's London gangster film,; Hardy played the role of gangster Handsome Bob.
Though a sequel to RocknRolla, titled The Real RocknRolla, has been rumoured to be in production, in which Hardy will reprise the role of Handsome Bob, filming has yet to commence on the project. In 2008, Hardy starred in the film, about the real-life English prisoner, who has spent most of his adult life in. For the film, he put on three (19 kg/42 pounds).
In June 2009, Hardy starred in 's four-part TV drama on, as a drugs and alcohol fuelled gangster. The role gained him a Best Actor nomination at the 2009. In August 2009, he appeared in 's, playing the part of Heathcliff, the classic love character who falls in love with his childhood friend Cathy. And Hardy promoting at the In early 2010, Hardy starred in The Long Red Road at the in.
The play was written by Brett C. Leonard and directed. Hardy won some good reviews for his portrayal of Sam, an alcoholic trying to drink away his past. In 2010, he starred as Eames in 's science fiction thriller for which he won a Rising Star award.
Hardy replaced in the of, released on 5 September 2011 at the 68th edition of the in. In March 2010, Hardy signed a at In 2011, Hardy starred in the film, which was released on 9 September 2011 by Films.
His performance as Tommy Riordan, who is trained by his father to fight in a mixed martial arts tournament against his brother, gained praise from critics. Hardy also starred in, a 2012 romantic comedy film directed. He played the in, the final film in 's, released on 20 July 2012. He played a bootlegger in 's (2012).
Hardy has signed up to play the lead role of in 's upcoming film adaptation of their video game series. He also appeared in 's music video for the song 'Sour Times'. In 2014, Hardy starred in the film alongside, in what would be the latter's final appearance in a feature film before his death. Hardy also joined the cast of the series in its second series.
He portrays Alfie Solomons, the head of a Jewish gang and runner of a distillery which disguises itself as a bakery. Hardy at the premiere of in 2014 Hardy starred in five films in 2015. The first, set in 1950s, saw him playing Leo Demidov, a Soviet secret police agent who investigates a series of child murders. Despite mild praise for his acting, Child 44 was reviewed negatively by critics and was a box office failure. Hardy then played the title character, in the 2015. His performance was praised by critics and overall the film received critical acclaim and became a box office success, grossing over $378 million against a $150 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film in the Mad Max franchise.
He played a dual role as London gangsters in the crime thriller (2015). On 7 December 2015, Hardy won Best Actor at the for his portrayal of the Kray twins, and on the same night attended the premiere of the biographical western thriller, in which he co-stars with, at, London. On 14 January 2016 Hardy received his first nomination for for his performance in The Revenant.
Hardy co-starred in 's 2017 action-thriller, based on the British military in 1940 during the. He appeared alongside, and. He will also star as iconic war photographer in a film based on McCullin's autobiography, Unreasonable Behaviour. He will star in 's biopic Fonzo. In 2017, Hardy co-produced and starred in the eight-part television drama series.
It was created by Hardy, and Hardy's father,. Taboo was aired in the U.S. In May 2017 it was announced that Hardy will star in, as, based on the source material.
The film will be released on 5 October 2018 and will be the start of 'Sony's Marvel Universe' (along with ) but will be connected to the as an 'adjunct' film. Personal life In 1999, Hardy and producer Sarah Ward married, divorcing in 2004. He has a son born in 2008 with his then-girlfriend, assistant director Rachael Speed, whom he met on set of in 2005. They separated in 2009 after four years together. In 2009, Hardy began a relationship with actress, after they met on the set of. They were married in July 2014.
In October 2015, their first child was born. They had two rescued dogs, Max and Woodstock, one of which Hardy appeared with in a advert to promote.
Woodstock died on 5 June 2017 due to an aggressive case of polymyositis. In 2010, Hardy became an ambassador for, a leading UK youth charity which provides training, personal development, business start up support, mentoring, and advice.
In 2012, he and Riley became patrons of Bowel Cancer UK. Prior to the inaugural held in London in September 2014, Hardy, along with other entertainers and athletes, read the poem ' in a promotional video. Hardy was named one of magazine's 50 best dressed British men in 2015. One of the highest profile actors in contemporary, Hardy appeared on 2016 list of the most influential people in the UK. He has named actor as his 'hero', adding that he imitated scenes from the actor while at drama school. Hardy has said that he was 'out of control' on drink and drugs before he turned his life around, and was lucky that he did not contract HIV while he was at his lowest. The actor was addicted to alcohol and crack cocaine until his mid-20s, after which he checked himself into rehab.
During the filming of Hardy met with several times and the two became good friends. Bronson was impressed with how Hardy managed to get just as muscular as he was and how well he could mimic his own personality and voice. Bronson has stated he believes Hardy was the only person who could play him.
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Quotes first lines: London in the 1960s. Everyone had a story about the Krays. You could walk into any pub to hear a lie or two about them.
But I was there and Im not careless with the truth. They were brothers, but bound by more than blood.
They were twins as well, counterparts. Gangster princes of the city they meant to conquer. Ron Kray was a one-man London mob. Bloodthirsty, illogical, and funny as well.
My Reggie was different. Once in a lifetime do you find a street-fighting man like Reg. The original film about the subject 'The Krays' (1990) had Billie Whitelaw as their mother and, somehow, she dominated my memory of the film.
Here the twins have a mother but she is, on the film, a distant character and that's what I missed here. I missed their interaction. She clearly had a massive influence in their characters but in Legend, those pieces of the puzzle are unfortunately missing. But, Tom Hardy compensates for any flaws.
He is extraordinary, twice. The twins are total individuals, totally two people. What they carry in common is a sort of sexual danger, one explicitly the other implicitly but both as powerful. They dare us to get close.
Amazing performance(s).
'The Dark Knight Rises' actor on manliness, working with James Gandolfini and dialing it down for the gritty thriller 'The Drop' Writer-director Brian Helgeland uses Frances to narrate the film, a device that fails to pay off, since even a voice-over can't make sense of Ronnie. The gay Kray is indisputably cray-cray, a monster given to sadistic violence and orgies involving Lord Boothby (John Sessions) and Teddy Smith (a terrific Taron Egerton). Of course, Ronnie loves his mum (Jane Wood). But his outbursts with an American Mafioso (Chazz Palminteri) drive Reggie bonkers. At one point, the brothers punch each other out.
It sounds silly, and often it is. Peter Medak's 1990 film The Krays, starring Gary and Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet, had more narrative force. Helgeland's script is hit-and-miss, not on the Oscar-winning level of his. Still, Hardy is a show all by himself, an actor flying without a net and having a ball.
You will too.
. France. United Kingdom Language English Budget $20–25 million Box office $43 million Legend is a 2015 written and directed. It is from 's book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins, which deals with the rise and fall of the; the relationship that bound them together, and charts their gruesome career to their downfall and imprisonment for life in 1969.
This is Helgeland's fifth feature film., and star with, and as well as singer featured in supporting roles. Contents. Plot In the 1960s, Reggie Kray is a former boxer who has become an important part of the criminal underground in London. At the start of the film, his twin brother Ron is locked up in a psychiatric hospital for insanity and paranoid schizophrenia.
Reggie uses threats to obtain the premature release of his brother, who is rapidly discharged from hospital. The two brothers unite their efforts to control a large part of London's criminal underworld. One of their first efforts is to muscle-in on the control of a local night club, using extortion and brutal violence.
Reggie enters into a relationship with Frances, the sister of his driver, and they ultimately marry; however, he is imprisoned for a previous criminal conviction, which he cannot evade. While Reggie is in prison, Ron's mental problems and violence lead to severe setbacks at the nightclub. The club is almost forced to close after Ron scares away most of the customers. When Reggie is finally released from prison, the two brothers have an all-out fist fight on the first night after Reggie's release, but they manage to partially patch things up. The brothers are approached by of the on behalf of and the, to try to interest them in a crime syndicate deal.
Bruno agrees to a fifty-fifty deal with Reggie to split London's underground gambling profits in exchange for local protection from the Kray brothers. Initially, this system is highly lucrative for the Kray brothers. However, the results of Ron's barely concealed violence continue to cause problems with, who open a full investigation of the Kray brothers. Reggie beats and rapes Frances and she leaves him.
Reggie then approaches her to start afresh offering her a holiday to. However, she is soon found dead after committing suicide with an overdose of prescription drugs. The brothers' criminal activities continue, and they are unable to thwart the escalating Scotland Yard investigation by Detective Superintendent Leonard 'Nipper' Read, who soon arrests Ron. The final scene shows a police squad breaking down the door to Reggie's flat in order to apprehend him. The closing captions indicate both brothers receiving criminal convictions for murder.
They died five years apart, Ron from a heart attack in 1995, and Reggie from cancer in 2000. Cast.
as Identical twins who terrorised London during the 1950s and 1960s. as Frances Shea The wife of Reggie Kray. She met Kray at 16 and married him aged 22 in 1965. She committed suicide in 1967, and narrates the film from beyond the grave. as A Detective Superintendent in charge of taking down the Krays. as Leslie Payne The Krays' business manager. He considered himself a cultured man and he was sickened by the twins' violence.
as Edward 'Mad Teddy' Smith A psychopathic gay man rumoured to have had affairs with Ronnie. as The head of the and friend and business associate to Ronnie and Reggie. as Charlie and his brother Eddie were leaders of a notorious south London gang (also known as the ), which had a feud and war with the Krays' gang 'The Firm' during the 1960s. as Frankie Shea Reggie's driver at the Kray Firm, and older brother of Frances. Described as a 'young and very good-looking man.' Shea, Frances and Frankie's mother.
as A fashion photographer in the early 1960s. as Albert Donoghue The gofer of Ronnie and Reggie Kray, and Reggie's chief lieutenant.
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as Big Pat Production Development On 12 October 2013, it was announced that had written a script and would be directing a film focusing on the life of Reggie Kray who, with identical brother Ronald, formed the notorious. Helgeland said the film would concentrate on Reggie's attempts to control the psychopathic tendencies of his younger twin. Helgeland spoke of hanging out in London with well-known Krays associate, saying, 'I had drinks with him in his local haunt.
When we finished he got up to go and they feted him at the bar. I said to him, 'what about the bill?' And he replied, 'we don't pay.' Helgeland attended the with 's and Chris Clark to talk to potential buyers of the film and showing test footage of Hardy playing the twins.
Casting On 18 April 2014, it was announced that Helgeland would write and direct the film, with the shooting being based in the United Kingdom and with Hardy starring as the male leads. Five days later it was stated that Browning was in negotiations for a role as the film's female lead. Filming Crews and cast were spotted filming scenes at Falmouth Road, London, in and in the Windmill Walk area around. Filming also took place in Caradoc Street in, London in June 2014. Started on 12 June 2014.
The film was released in September 2015. Release Financing for Legend was provided by, which also distributed the film throughout the territories of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany in addition to handling international sales, which started at the beginning of the Cannes Film Festival. On 30 April 2014, 's acquired the North American distribution rights to Legend from StudioCanal, with a planned 2015 theatrical release through in its distribution deal with the studio and Oliver also named as a producer on the film. Sales to other territories such as Asia, Africa and much of Europe are being completed. The film was originally set for an 2 October 2015, U.S.
Release, but it was moved to 20 November 2015. Legend premiered at the on 12 September 2015. Marketing On 13 June 2014, the first image of the film was published, featuring Hardy as the Kray twins. A promotional poster attracted publicity because it made a two-star review from appear to be a four- or five-star review by placing the two stars between the heads of the Krays. Home media Legend was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on 25 January 2016 and in the United States on 1 March 2016.
Reception Box office As of 31 January 2016, Legend has grossed $41,636,816 worldwide; $27,960,112 in the United Kingdom and $1,872,994 in North America. Critical response On, the film holds an approval rating of 61% based on 146 reviews and an average rating of 6/10. The site's consensus reads, 'As a gangster biopic, Legend is deeply flawed, but as a showcase for Tom Hardy – in a dual role, no less – it just about lives up to its title.' On the film has a score of 55 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref 2015 Won Tom Hardy Nominated Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Picture Nominated Tom Hardy Nominated 2016 Nominated Tom Hardy Nominated Best Actor Tom Hardy Nominated Tom Hardy Nominated Tom Hardy Won Nominated Tom Hardy Won See also.
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Tom Hardy is on point, the comedy is on point, the acting from everyone in this film is on. point.
The violence is on point as well. I sat with people talking behind me and I was still sucked into this movie. Simply, a revelation in film-making. I adore this movie to. even with a Tom Hardy is on point, the comedy is on point, the acting from everyone in this film is on.
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I sat with people talking behind me and I was still sucked into this movie. Simply, a revelation in film-making.
I adore this movie to. even with a thorough running time.
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It's hard to make the perfect crime film. After Goodfellas, The Departed and The Godfather Part II It's extremely hard to make a perfect mob movie. But legend did an exceptional job.
It's not perfect but I can easily say that it's one of the better films in theaters right now. The acting was It's hard to make the perfect crime film. After Goodfellas, The Departed and The Godfather Part II It's extremely hard to make a perfect mob movie. But legend did an exceptional job. It's not perfect but I can easily say that it's one of the better films in theaters right now.
The acting was amazing! Tom Hardy did an amazing job getting into both of his roles as Ron and Reggie Kray. I haven't seen an actor fulfill both his roles so well and with both characters personality's being almost completely different.
It's quite an achievement on Tom Hardy's part. Ron Kray's romance side plot felt like it was used only to fill up time. It could have been done better but I can't complain about it that much because it's a true story and I would probably criticize it more if it wasn't included in the movie but It just felt so forced and unneeded. This movie is very dialogue driven and there aren't explosions going on all the time but the dialogue is so captivating that you just get lost in the movie ear/eye candy. I say ear/eye because not only is the screenplay phenomenal but the cinematography even more so. You always feel like you are in 1960's London and never in present day.
In the end, legend was pretty awesome. The Writing, chemistry, directing, cinematography and acting are spot on. Some parts did drag on and it was a bit longer then it should've been but besides that. I'm giving this one an 8.5/10. Tom Hardy is excellent as both the Kray Brothers in the mediocre film ‘Legend’. ‘Legend’ is mediocre because in the way the story is told. It is narrated by Frances Shea, the dead wife of Reginald ‘Reggie’ Kray.
She committed suicide at the age of 24, too young to die but it’s a plot Tom Hardy is excellent as both the Kray Brothers in the mediocre film ‘Legend’. ‘Legend’ is mediocre because in the way the story is told. It is narrated by Frances Shea, the dead wife of Reginald ‘Reggie’ Kray. She committed suicide at the age of 24, too young to die but it’s a plot device that doesn’t quite work as she’s telling the story from beyond the grave. Tom Hardy does indeed play both Kray Brothers. He’s Reggie, confident, goodlooking, extreme extrovert, who always gets the girl.
He’s also Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Kray, the not-so-goodlooking, introvert, schizophrenic brother, who was also gay. It’s Reggie who seems to hold all the cards and makes most of the most decisions for the brothers, and Hardy goes all out in playing both of these characters. When tough, he’s Reggie, when a bit soft, he’s Ronnie, and when he’s playing either one he’s excellent. ‘Legend’ is based on the book ‘The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins’ by John Pearson. The brothers sure did rise, ruling over East London during the 1960’s, ordering killings during the day and then going over to mum’s house for dinner the same evening. They also ran clubs and protection rackets.
‘Legend’ is a slick retelling of the brothers story. Written by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential and Mystic River), the film primarily focuses on Reggie Kray’s relationship with Shea (played a bit overdramatically by Emily Browning), yet downplays any real relationship that Ronnie was involved in.
Sure, he had male hangers-on who were presumably with him for his money and power (definitely not for his looks), but it’s all about Reggie and Shea. Their relationship was true love, and while Shea was very young when she started dating Reggie, at age 16, and then they got married when she was 22, and as played by Browning, not everything was right with her mind. Hardy is excellent as both brothers (Hardy has yet to give a bad performance, just this past year he was in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ and ‘Child 44’ and last year was his best performance to date, as the only character in the film ‘Locke,’ – it’s a must see).
But it’s also a bit distracting watching him play both roles, especially when in scenes together. I kept on looking for irregularities, yet it was a bit obvious that doubles were used, especially in the fight scenes. Anyway, the brothers were imprisoned in 1969 for their long laundry list of murders, which is when their reign of terror ended. Legend was supposed to have been released on October 2 but the film studio felt that that weekend was ‘bulked up’ with too many guy pics; 20th Century Fox’s ‘The Martian’ and Sony’s Imax-fueled ‘The Walk’. So ‘Legend is now available on DVD. Great job by the cast, The movie is truly well acted and Tom Hardy does a wonderful job.
That being said, It's one of the most shallow films I've seen. There's no depth to the plot, It's time jump after time jump. There never feels to be any real story or narrative to it and I think that's Great job by the cast, The movie is truly well acted and Tom Hardy does a wonderful job. That being said, It's one of the most shallow films I've seen. There's no depth to the plot, It's time jump after time jump. There never feels to be any real story or narrative to it and I think that's what stops it from being anything other than average.
I don't know, I don't consider this movie as great as most of others here did. Yes, I liked the premise, the way it shows gangster life, the trailer was good, Tom Brady was promising and did provide his acting chops at highest level as usual, but the whole story itself was quite boring - I I don't know, I don't consider this movie as great as most of others here did. Yes, I liked the premise, the way it shows gangster life, the trailer was good, Tom Brady was promising and did provide his acting chops at highest level as usual, but the whole story itself was quite boring - I wanted something more interesting or more comic, as it felt it might be a good comedic gangster movie. But really, this movie is quite forgetabble, I watched it 2 months ago and barely remember what happened in the middle, besides the bar fight and the ending. I think it could've been a lot better. Only thing I really did enjoy was Tom Hardy's performance.