Tom Hardy Does Double Duty Giving Life To Gangster Brothers In ‘Legend’

The underworld crime bosses dominated the “swinging” London within the 1950s and ’60s, bouncing between lavish movie star events involving Frank Sinatra and acts of utmost violence.

Helgeland was drawn to the Krays as a result of they “did issues that should you invented [them], it will stretch credibility”.

Separating fact from fiction was a difficulty for the director, but he didn’t try to present an entirely factual account.

“Of course I have”, Hardy said in the interview at the time when asked if he’d ever had sexual relations with a man. “I’ve played with everything and everyone”.

Helgeland added that he didn’t need to “excuse” them, however neither did he need to “demonize” them as a result of it was far more compelling to attempt to “humanize” the duo.

In the movie, Hardy fights himself thanks to some quick camera cuts.

Using the visual shorthand of a pair of spectacles to distinguish between the two Krays, Hardy plays Ronnie as a blackly humorous psychopath, who seems to be one giggle shy of Jack Nicholson’s Joker.

“A lot of acting is about reacting”. But ultimately, Hardy (who will have an uphill battle for an Oscar nomination) and Caroline Harris’ period costumes are the most memorable thing about “Legend“, which is basically Scorsese lite.

The actor shut down questions about the difficulties of discussing sexuality (Ronnie is openly gay in the film) from a local LGBT news organisation, and another concerning the notoriously troubled shoot for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s forthcoming film The Revenant, in which Hardy co-stars with Leonardo DiCaprio. He may have been attracted to the bond I had with my brother, and the bond he had with his brother. When the questioner responded yes, Hardy met it with a straightforward “Why?” “I just came to deliver a pizza and I’m doing pretty well”.

Australian actress Emily Browning was also on the panel.

An Irishman who was assaulted and left for dead was sent an extraordinary tape from notorious English gangster Reggie Kray, pleading with him to “open his eyes”.

Helgeland calls her “the ghost that haunts the story”.

LEGEND opens in theaters October 2.

It’s a great credit to the actor that within fifteen minutes of the introduction of both characters onscreen, you forget that Ron and Reg are being played by the same person.

Studiocanal CEO Danny Perkins said today, “We worked closely with the filmmaking team as they crafted a superb film around a truly unique central performance and it has been fantastic to see this inspire such an incredible amount of excitement and appreciation from United Kingdom audiences”.