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Tom Hardy is one of the brightest actors of our time, but his biography contains many dark spots. Despite the care and support of parents, the future star grew up as a naughty child. As a teenager, he became addicted to alcohol and drugs and was even expelled from school. The only interest in the life of a violent teenager was the London School of Drama, where he disappeared for days on end.
The cinema saved him – in 2001 he got his first small role in the series. For the next 7 years, Hardy will struggle with his addictions and try to get the main role, and only in 2008 his dream will come true, and he will play a maniac in the movie Bronson.
From that moment to the present, Tom has remained a sought-after Hollywood actor who can transform into almost any character. We bring to your attention the top 10 best films starring Tom Hardy: a list of outstanding works with which he entered his name in the history of cinema.
10 Means War (2012)
In the action comedy, Tom Hardy starred in an unusual role for himself. According to the plot, he plays a CIA agent who falls in love with a stranger. But his close friend and colleague begins to build a relationship with her. Romantic problems within this “triangle” become the main intrigue of the tape.
«Means war“It is full of events: the action in it is enough for the most sought-after viewer. Hardy played his character perfectly, and Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine accompanying him only strengthened the overall positive impression of the film.
9. Legend (2015)
Film “Legend“Received mixed reviews from Russian viewers. It is curious that in Britain the tape has become one of the highest grossing in the history of cinema. The plot tells about two twin brothers who are actively building their own criminal empire. One man is extremely smart and reasonable, while the other is a real monster, thirsting for blood and murder.
Both characters in the film “Legend” were played by Tom Hardy and did it so masterfully that in common scenes the brothers look not only different in character, but also in behavior and even in appearance.
It is the actor who bears the entire emotional component of the film. At the same time, the main complaints from critics were to other heroes – the characters seemed faceless and dull.
8. Venom (2018)
Film “Venom”was preparing for the release for a long time. The dates of his shows were constantly postponed, the directors and potential performers of the main role changed. In the end, the project resumed when Tom Hardy agreed to take part in it.
According to the plot, Venom is a kind of antipode to Spider-Man. Symbiotes from outer space – and Venom is not alone on this planet – dream of destroying the Earth, but the hero of the film likes it here, and he is not averse to saving the world.
Critics left mixed reviews about the work – many did not like the cut script too much. Of the film’s running time of almost 3 hours, the creators left a little more than half. As a result, some scenes were lost and others appear “crumpled”. The relationship between Hardy and his evil character is perfectly shown: only because of their dialogues the tape is worth watching.
7. Commoner (2014)
Hardy Bob’s character works at a bar in a tough neighborhood. The owner of the institution has long been forced to cooperate with all sorts of mafiosi and not only pay them a percentage, but also provide a room for storing the “common fund”. Once there are robbers who decided to deceive criminal authorities. As is often the case, only the main character can correct the situation.
In your desire to doCommon fund“Not an ordinary thriller with criminal overtones, the creators of the tape overdid it a bit. The two storylines in the film are constantly intertwined, but do not create a sense of integrity and objectivity. While Tom Hardy’s character received mostly favorable reviews, it wasn’t enough.
6. The Lock (2013)
Tape “Locke“created by a rookie director – for Stephen Knight, a famous screenwriter, the film became the second directorial work. And immediately hit the hearts of the audience.
According to the plot, the main character gets into the car and for the next hour and a half he experiences difficult moments in it, trying to choose between the feeling of a dog and the desire to live as before.
The charisma of Tom Hardy here is simply immense: in fact, there is only one place of action in the film – the interior of a car, and all the drama is based only on the emotions of the actor. The whole plot unfolds in telephone conversations, which are built simply brilliantly.
5. Bronson (2008)
The tape is based on real events from the life of a person who actually existed. Charles Bronson is one of the most dangerous criminals in Britain. According to the script, the story about the hero has been going on since his childhood, the tape reveals the reasons for his imbalance and mental instability.
Special intrigues from the film “Bronson»You should not wait, but a huge number of fights are concentrated in the tape. It was one of the first films where the talent of Tom Hardy was revealed. The actor so convincingly played a psycho, constantly running into trouble, that the directors noticed him.
4. Mad Max. Fury Road (2015)
At first, the audience was wary of the sequel to the legendary film of the 90s – after all, Mel Gibson, as it seemed, had already “squeezed out” everything possible from his character and his story, stretched into several parts. But the newMad Max. fury road“Not only is it not inferior to the previous parts, but also surpasses them.
The film was shot in a very stylish way, the stunts were performed with the participation of professional acrobats, and the star performers of the main roles – Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy – literally reincarnated as their characters. The tape collected a large box office at the box office and became a reference example of modern action.
3. Survivor (2015)
Despite the fact that the main character of the film “Survivor”embodied on the screen by Leonardo DiCaprio, who received the coveted Oscar for this role, one cannot help but pay attention to the secondary character played by Tom Hardy.
Initially, Sean Penn was supposed to play John Fitzgerald, but he refused, and then DiCaprio himself offered to turn to Hardy. The actor immediately accepted his friend’s offer and, with his characteristic stubbornness, began work on the character of his hero, placed in difficult conditions.
2. Warrior (2011)
Critics did not expect much from this tape, because there had previously been a lot of films on similar topics. The plot is quite standard – a young wrestler is trained by a drunkard father, but in the ring the hero has to stand up against his own brother. On these difficult family relationships, the intrigue of the tape is built.
The main advantage of the filmWarrior“was the game of Tom Hardy. It was he who was able to turn an ordinary sports drama into a movie with deep psychological overtones.
1. The Dark Knight. Rebirth of a Legend (2012)
After the resounding success of the previous part of The Dark Knight, where the role of the Joker was played by the incomparable Heath Ledger, it was difficult to make a tape that would cause a similar response from the audience. But Christopher Nolan did it. The final part of the director’s Batman trilogy is good from both a script and a visual point of view.
Now, a villain in a strange mask named Bane is rising against the superhero, who keeps Gotham in horror. Even though Tom Hardy’s face was hidden for almost the entire film, he played the role of the villain brilliantly. By the way, for filming, he had to seriously work on his figure – the audience appreciated the muscles of the star.
But Bane is not the only negative character in the film. And here the audience will be waiting for a plot twist, which they could not have predicted in any way. It is the filmThe Dark Knight. Rebirth of a legend“brought the entire trilogy the title of the best series of films about Batman.