Famous for his raging roles, Tom Hardy sometimes makes people forget that he is also a likable guy with subtle aspects.
October, Venom : Let There Be Carnage marks the return of Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock – a journalist harboring the fierce Venom monster. The two parts of Venom are filled with explosive techniques with the contrast between a gentle Eddie and a crazy, gluttonous Venom.
Somehow, Tom Hardy has recreated himself in a purely entertaining work: an explosively masculine “theatrical personality” hidden behind a quiet, old man.
“Bad boy” with fierce youth
There is no sign that the son of a British screenwriter will become one of the most famous Hollywood stars .
Chips Hardy’s son was expelled when caught stealing school uniform, was arrested for driving a car theft while owning a gun, addicted to drugs and alcohol as a teenager.
Tom Hardy began studying acting at the Drama Center London but was expelled. In 2001, the 24-year-old seemed to have had a chance to change his luck when he appeared in the miniseries Band of Brothers and the movie Black Hawk Down . In 2002, he continued to be given the opportunity when he transformed into the villain Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis . When the film failed at the box office, Hardy continued to slide in the mud of addiction.
Not long after, Tom got hooked on meth. Using stimulants to cope with arrhythmia, Tom Hardy let himself fall to the point of death. His life was devastated, his first marriage to producer Sarah Ward ruined .
He said: “I kept fainting and waking up in strange places. I could wake up somewhere across London, or in another country. Or in bed with someone you don’t know, don’t know how to get there.”
In 2003, he collapsed on the streets of London in a pool of blood and vomiting. He knew he needed help.
The big big role finally came to Hardy when he transformed into notorious prisoner Charles Bronson in the film Bronson (2008).
In addition to the support from his family, Tom Hardy admits acting helped him defeat the demon inside. Returning from rehab, he plunged into acting.
Dubbed the craziest and most violent prisoner in history, repeatedly attacking people, fellow prisoners and even prison guards, Bronson has terrifying aspects that a normal person can hardly imagine. During filming, Hardy met Charles Bronson several times and the two became friends.
Bronson was impressed with the way Hardy worked out to get in shape like himself. Plus, Hardy’s excellent imitation of Bronson’s personality and voice makes him believe that Hardy is the only one who could play him.
The man who usually covers his face on the screen
It is often joked that Tom Hardy only takes on roles that allow him to hide his charming face, but lately that feels less like a joke and closer to a truth. Tom Hardy’s mark with the commercial blockbuster line is marked by the type of role that is not revealed.
Yet the mass audience had to witness an evil Bane with a mask in The Dark Knight Rises . In Inception , the character Hardy plays is someone who has the ability to disguise himself as someone else in a dream. It could be a hooded hero pilot ( Dunkirk ). A chained Max in the world of Mad Max . Not to mention with Venom , he also had to miss half of the movie because he had to give up acting land to the alien parasite.
Hardy once reached the top 26 sexiest male faces in the world. There’s an uncanny balance between the angular masculine face, the luscious lips and the mysterious British accent. Photo: Ringer.
It’s no coincidence that filmmakers have created that tradition. Hardy has never belonged to Hollywood’s “normal” character model. His dark childhood, youth, and personality created the impression that Tom Hardy could not play a nice neighbor, with a normal, peaceful life like everyone else.
Something about Hardy’s snarling voice, bright eyes, and tattooed curvaceous body gives one a premonition of violence, of frenzy, of crime, of masculine power. When he hides his face, leaving only the ground for body expression, eyes, voice, these impressions are even stronger.
Being able to play the role of “cabinet” in which oneself shines is sometimes a blessing, but it can also be a joy. The role of embracing old boss Al Capone in the 2020 film Capone shows that Tom Hardy is being killed in a series of stereotypical criminal images.
When people only remember Hardy as a role model of violent masculinity, even toxic masculinity on screen, it’s easy to overlook the fact that in real life it’s a human who has defeated that very thing. live a fair and peaceful life.
As a dog lover , Tom Hardy is often seen walking with his dog or bringing his four-legged friends to movie events. In 2015, Vanity Fair calculated how many times the actor declared how much he loved dogs. Hardy once said the word “dog” 62 times in an interview.
An Instagram account dedicated to photos of Hardy with dogs has more than 100,000 followers.
Interspersed with filming schedules, he attended classes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) in England. Dubbed “gentle art” by martial arts, jiu-jitsu classes connect Hardy with a community of veterans and military learners, including war invalids.
His marriage to actress Charlotte Riley, becoming a father to children and the effects of the pandemic changed Hardy’s perspective. Speaking to Esquire UK, the 44-year-old actor said he now “has less reason to act”.
He wants to spend time taking care of his family, wanting to look at life in a different light.
“I spent a lot of time mulling over the concept of adulthood. Thinking about the bad, violent characters I’ve played, I don’t see myself in them anymore. Things that happened in the past were scary and sad, so it was easy for me to recreate them on screen. It’s really hard to imitate things that are soft, nice, and close if you haven’t grown up that way. But now that I’m older, those things have become less scary,” he told People.
