Reggie Kray (TOM HARDY) in Legend. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance.
If you haven’t heard of Ron and Reggie Kray, look them up, and then you’ll see why Legend (Universal/Studiocanal) is such a major role and opportunity for Tom Hardy. The Krays were brutal gangsters, tearing shit up all over London in the 1960s, and their story is as seedy and violent as any gritty film noir ever made. Check out some of these high-res film stills, and get a glimpse of what Hardy is working with:
(L to R) Reggie Kray (TOM HARDY) doesn?t see eye to eye with American businessman Angelo Bruno (CHAZZ PALMINTERI) in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. (L to R) Reggie and Ronnie Kray (TOM HARDY) in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. (L to R, center) Ronnie and Reggie Kray (TOM HARDY) raise a glass at their mother?s home in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. (L to R, foreground) Edward ?Mad Teddy? Smith (TARON EGERTON), Albert Donoghue (PAUL ANDERSON), Leslie Payne (DAVID THEWLIS), Leslie Holt (CHARLEY PALMER ROTHWELL) and Reggie Kray & Ronnie Kray (both TOM HARDY) in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. (L to R) Ronnie and Reggie Kray (TOM HARDY) in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. Reggie Kray (TOM HARDY) in Legend. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. Reggie Kray (TOM HARDY) and Frances Shea (EMILY BROWNING) in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. (L to R) Ronnie and Reggie Kray (TOM HARDY) in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. Reggie Kray (TOM HARDY) in “Legend”. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. Academy Award? winner BRIAN HELGELAND (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) on the set of ?Legend?. From writer/director Helgeland and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. Frances Shea (EMILY BROWNING) and Reggie Kray (TOM HARDY) in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. Frances Shea (EMILY BROWNING) and Reggie Kray (TOM HARDY) in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. (L to R, center) Academy Award? winner BRIAN HELGELAND (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and cinematographer DICK POPE on the set of ?Legend?. From writer/director Helgeland and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. (Center) Ronnie Kray (TOM HARDY) holds court in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. (L to R) Edward ?Mad Teddy? Smith (TARON EGERTON), Leslie Holt (CHARLEY PALMER ROTHWELL) and Ronnie Kray (TOM HARDY) in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. Ronnie Kray (TOM HARDY) in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. CHAZZ PALMINTERI as American businessman Angelo Bruno in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. EMILY BROWNING as Frances Shea, Reggie Kray?s wife, in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. Ronnie Kray (TOM HARDY) in ?Legend?. From Academy Award? winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. Academy Award? winner BRIAN HELGELAND (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) on the set of ?Legend?. From writer/director Helgeland and Working Title comes the true story of the rise and fall of London?s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in a powerhouse double performance.
Synopsis:
From Academy Award® winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) comes the true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ron Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in an amazing double performance. Legend is a classic crime thriller taking us into the secret history of the 1960s and the extraordinary events that secured the infamy of the Kray twins.
Written and directed by Helgeland, the Studiocanal, Working Title and Cross Creek film co-stars Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri, Tara Fitzgerald and Taron Egerton. Working Title Film’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner produce Legend alongside Chris Clark, Quentin Curtis and Cross Creek Pictures’ Brian Oliver. Universal will release the thriller in the U.S., and Studiocanal will distribute in the U.K., France, Germany and Australia/New Zealand.
Man, Tom just don’t know… *Clears throat* Excuse me! Look for it in theaters on October 2nd.