Like Charlize Theron, I’ll accept Tom Hardy’s tattoos and annoying Instagram, but not lateness
01.03.2022 - 23:51
/ msn.com
The Dark Knight Rises), or he makes himself look ugly and weird (Bronson). I ignored rumours about odd and ungallant behaviour. I ignored his terrible movie, Venom.
I unfollowed his bizarre Instagram account having had enough, after three months, of all the motorbikes, the posturing, the tattoos. I ignored it all so that I could continue to be a fan of the “Tom Hardy” creation in my mind, who I know bears very little to Edward Thomas Hardy, whoever he actually is. My feelings have waned a bit in recent years.
I can tell because the “discovery” page on my Instagram is no longer only pictures of Tom Hardy holding dogs. Plus, it’s getting undignified. Once upon a time, when I was young, it all felt romantic.
Now I feel like Patty and Selma crushing on MacGyver. And then this week came the final blow. It’s the end of me and Tom Hardy.
Because it turns out that he’s a late person. I could deal with him being in recovery and that inside his head is a bit “wonky” (his words). I could even overlook Venom.
But not tardiness. The chronic lateness is revealed in extracts of Kyle Buchanan’s book Blood, Sweat and Chrome: the Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road. The book details how Hardy, who was playing Max, didn’t get on with Charlize Theron, playing Furiosa, right from the start.
One of the problems was his time-keeping. Matt Taylor, who was a stunt driver on the movie, says in the book that Hardy was a “larrikin and is late and very Method in his performances”. Theron, on the other hand, was on set on time and altogether more professional.
Things came to a head one day when Hardy was three hours late on set. The call time was 8am. Everyone knew that Hardy wouldn’t be there – knowing he was most likely in his trailer looking
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