Tom Hardy

Humza Arshad On Being A Youtube Comedy Sensation With 76 Million Views

... Arshad is hardly ancient at 31, fellow #Made For You stars Joe Sugg and Emma Blackery are both 25). But then the fresh-faced and Bambi-eyed have a particular confidence that allows them to expose themselves, no-holds-barred, on the internet. “When you’re younger you have that extra bit of energy to go and do stuff on impulse. With You Tube I had fun making videos, so I put them out there. I just did it.”. One major benefit of You Tube is that it’s “equal opportunity. Not even just the colour of your skin but just different types of people: people who are socially awkward or being bullied, they can still make their own content and people can watch it if they want to. That’s cool.” It’s also why, despite fulfilling his dream of getting on to the BBC, Arshad still reckons “online is the new TV”. His aim is a million subscribers (he’s currently at nearly 334,000). “I don’t want to be doing this until I’m ...

Would Tom Hardy Ever Do A Romantic Comedy Again

... on FX. The Evolution of Tom Hardy: From 'Band of Brothers' to 'Taboo' (Photos). Tom Hardy has done it all. He's played witty rogues, brutal villains, brooding heroes, and now it's time for America to see him as the vengeful James Delaney on the FX series, "Taboo." Take a look back at the English actor's career trajectory. HBO/ Warner Bros./ FX. Hardy's first big role came in 2001 on the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" as Pvt. John Janovec, a replacement soldier whose first scene features him getting caught having sex with a German woman by his commanding officer. That same year, Hardy had another small role as a soldier in "Black Hawk Down," a war film about the bloody Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia between U. S. forces and rebel militias that have started a civil war. Columbia Pictures. Before becoming Bane, Hardy got some practice playing a supervillain in the maligned "Star Trek: Nemesis." He played Shinzon, a clone of Captain Picard who has staged a rebellion against the Romulan government, forcing the Enterprise to come to the aid of their most ...

A Vicious Whistleblower Taking On Corrupt Big Business

... was that powerful at the time, that there were possibilities of corruption,” he says. “You hear about it all the time with lobbyists and financiers in big business where the ethical turpitude is questionable, so ultimately James Delaney is at the bottom of this massive infrastructure—in the militia/military wing of it—and because he’s a part of that infrastructure, it sort of takes one to know one. He’s of that same beast; he’s Frankenstein’s monster from the machine of this particular company.”. “He’s trying to determine what’s right in a world that is grey, where big business is very profitable and there is a lot of darkness and suffering in the name of profit,” Hardy continues. “We’ve created a character who is meant to audit the accounts of the corrupt and evil, and in order to do that he’d have to have been through the system himself. It’s like a western. He could well be dead. ...

We Asked A Victorian Sex Expert About Tom Hardy's 'taboo

... some kind of magic. The show is compelling and fun, but surely it can’t be an accurate depiction of 19 th century Britain, right. To find out, Inverse spoke to Sharon Marcus, a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and the editor in chief of Public Books. Marcus is an expert in 19 th century British and French literature and the history of gender and sexuality. Her book Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England won the Perkins Prize for best study of narrative, the Albion prize for best book on Britain after 1800, the Alan Bray Memorial award for best book in queer studies, and a Lambda Literary award for best book in LGBT studies. She is currently finishing a book on the history of celebrity. When asked about Taboo, Dr. Marcus said the Victorians were as sexually complex as we are today. What’s the most common misconception we have about Victorian society. We now have several primary sources, such as ...

Tom Hardy's Bbc Drama Makes For Frustrating Viewing

... Cast: Tom Hardy, Oona Chaplin, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Kelly. Plot: Set in 1814, the drama follows James Delaney, an adventurer who uncovers a dark family conspiracy upon returning home from Africa with the aim of avenging his father's death. Premiere date: 7 January, BBC One. 3/27 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Creator: Lemony Snicket, Mark Hudis. Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Joan Cusack, Malina Weissman. Plot: This adaptation of Daniel Handler's best-selling children's novels follows a trio of Baudelaire orphans as they find themselves perpetually hounded by the mysterious and sinister Count Olaf, hell-bent on landing the orphans' inherited fortune. Premiere date: 13 January, Netflix. 4/27 Homeland season 6. Creator: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa. Cast: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Rupert Friend, F Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Marvel. Plot: Carrie and Saul are back, this time in New York, attempting to foil ...

Taboo’ Ep Steven Knight On Working With Tom Hardy & Future Of ‘peaky Blinders

... then you should do it, and hopefully Tom likes to do the work that I do, so long may it continue. DEADLINE: Taboo has been a partnership between FX and the BBC. How did you find the transition to working for an American cable network. KNIGHT: It has been exactly the same as working with the BBC in that creatively they do that precious thing which is to only make a comment when a comment needs to be made. You work, especially in the movie business more than in TV, but you have an environment where people feel obliged to have an input because that’s what they do, and I think sometimes it can clutter things up and make things more problematic. But with FX in particular, they’ve been fantastic and were really hands off. I mean, it helps that you’ve got Ridley Scott on your side, do you know what I mean? In other words, when you have someone with that authority, then you tend to be left alone. But they were good and they’re ...

Tom Hardy And Channing Tatum Circling A Brutal Crime Drama, Get The Details

... project and it was soon forgotten. It was several years before Triple Frontier's name came up again, resurfacing in early 2016 where it drew the attention of one Johnny Depp. Obviously, that version never happened either, but the project has routinely drawn the eye of big Hollywood names- so we'll see if Hardy and Tatum will be actors to take the gig. The combination of Tom Hardy and Channing Tatum is a solid one, and it should gain this film some attention. While Hardy made playing rough and brutal characters (mostly with goofy voices) his bread and butter in films like The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road, Tatum is a bit more of a wild card here. It's a bit tough to picture Tatum in what is described as a brutal crime thriller. It's a step away from his usual parts, but it's always possible the role he's ...

Tom Hardy Is Not Impressed With 'clean-living' Modern-day Superheroes

... the characters in modern-day superhero films are becoming, comparing the likes of Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones in the '80 s to Chris Hemsworth's Thor. "One was allowed to express personal characteristics," the 39-year-old actor told The Sunday Times newspaper. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. "Now you've got to look like you've just come off a vegan diet, gone to the gym, part Navy Seal, really clean-valued, clean-living, moralistic – and then you go out and save the world from an impending danger that isn't really dangerous at all. "And it becomes not committed to any sense of the gubbins of reality: I don't recognise this man.". Of course, Tom played the villain Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, and was reportedly in line to play Rick Flag in Suicide Squad until a scheduling clash with The Revenant filming led to his exit from the superhero movie. He recently opened up about his role in new show Taboo , telling the BBC that "it's not a period drama until someone gets naked". ©  FX. "You're lucky there was a ...

All The Weird Sh*t That Happens On Tom Hardy's New Show

... father and spends most of the first episode brooding and intimidating people. Like a gloomy reality-show contestant, Delaney is not here to make friends. So what's Hardy there to do? Make grunts. And groans. And little mischievous twitches with his eyes. While this eight-episode costume drama can be dreary, slow, and gruesome, Hardy's performance is a thing to behold: It's a mystical combination of tough-guy charisma, antihero swagger, and cheeky goofball-ery. Most of the first episode consists of other characters either reacting to Delaney's bizarre behavior or talking shit about him behind his back. He's not just the star - he's the weird, enigmatic sun the plot circles around. The same actorly instincts that led to peculiar (and often brilliant) performances like Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, the mumbly enemy of Leo in The Revenant , and the taciturn hero of Mad Max: Fury Road guide him throughout this series, which he developed himself with his father Edward "Chips" Hardy and his frequent collaborator Steven Knight (Locke, Peaky Blinders). It's a performance that lets ...

From 'band Of Brothers' To 'taboo' Photos

... of Brothers" as Pvt. John Janovec, a replacement soldier whose first scene features him getting caught having sex with a German woman by his commanding officer. Columbia Pictures. That same year, Hardy had another small role as a soldier in "Black Hawk Down," a war film about the bloody Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia between U. S. forces and rebel militias that have started a civil war. Before becoming Bane, Hardy got some practice playing a supervillain in the maligned "Star Trek: Nemesis." He played Shinzon, a clone of Captain Picard who has staged a rebellion against the Romulan government, forcing the Enterprise to come to the aid of their most hostile foes. Hampstead Theatre. Following "Nemesis," Hardy took roles in several English plays and TV movies. He received an Olivier nomination for his work in the play "In Arabia We'd All Be Kings" as a failed actor who has fallen into a crack cocaine addiction. Columbia Pictures. Hardy made his return to the big screen in 2006 when he donned a powdered wig and strolled into Versailles in "Marie Antoinette.". Warner Bros. 2008 saw Hardy join Guy Ritchie for the crime film "Rockn ...