Dark Knight Rises' Tom Hardy eyed to play legendary British gangster brothers in the crime thriller Legend.
Tom Hardy is going to have twice the fun. The Dark Knight Rises actor is on the short list to play both twins, the Krays, in the film Legend. He should get paid twice as much because for a role, I mean, roles like this, he’s gotta be kicking up to somebody.
Ronnie and Reggie Kray were crazy motherfuckers. Really the stuff of Legend. When they were barely nine years old Reggie almost killed his brother in a fight. These kids were tough. They got tired of beating each other up and started boxing everyone else in London. Neither one of them ever lost a match. They got drafted. Stayed for a little bit and walked out. When the C.O. tried to stop them, the Kray twins beat the shit out of him. When the bobbies tried to nab them on AWOL charges the next morning, they beat the shit out of them. Ron and Reg’s crew, The Firm, organized crime in England in the 50s and 60s.
Legend will be directed by Brian Helgeland, who won an Oscar for co-writing L.A. Confidential. The movie will be produced by Working Title. Helgeland previously said Legend "would be concentrating on the life of Reggie Kray (older by 10 minutes) as he sought to control the psychotic tendencies of his younger twin."
Hardy still in talks star as the two brothers, but if he says yes, Legend could start filming this year.
Ron and Reggie Kray’s story was put on screen before in the 1990 film The Krays, starring Martin and Gary Kemp, the twins of Spandau Ballet.
SOURCE: IGN
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