In 'Capone,' TomHardy portrays America's most infamous mobster. It's only the latest example of his penchant for playing characters with strange tics, complicated sexuality and difficult-to-decipher accents
. None of these characters feel the same, but they do feel unified by Hardy’s ability to push against the idea that any of these characters could fit into a “type,” and be cast with any number of actors. With Hardy, there’s always going to be something off-kilter, and a bit different from whatever the audience imagined.
Hardy has always carved out a home for himself in genre films, beginning with his Hollywood breakout in, in which he played the villain, Shinzon, a clone of Jean-Luc Picard . Even in this early role, Hardy pushes back against expectation, doing little to imitate Stewart’s expressions or mannerisms, instead emerging with his own take that feels both charismatic and unfamiliar.
Search Tom Hardy on Twitter this week and you’ll find a number of accounts puzzled by the actor’s recent career choices, failing to comprehend how the actor has managed to move from working with Christopher Nolan blockbusters to starring in a Marvel franchise , and a VOD projectpreviously thought to be in “director jail.
There’s never any telling where Hardy’s career will lead him, and while so many projects seem dictated by audience desires and fan expectations, Hardy consistently shrugs them off. Even now, while in the midst of gearing up for his next theatrical release,, the actor is back in the danger zone, trying something new as returning guest on the British children’s series.
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