6. Tom Hardy as The Kray Twins – Legend
Ronald “Ronnie” and Reginald “Reggie” were known as the infamous Kray twins who were identical and born just ten minutes apart. After their earlier criminal records ended their boxing careers, they turned to organised crime instead. The British gangsters indulged in arson, protection rackets, assaults, and even murders around the East End area of London throughout the 1950s and 1960s. They were also West End nightclub owners who gained celebrity status after mixing with well-known entertainers such as Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland.
The Krays were both handed life sentences in 1969 for the murder of Jack “The Hat” McVitie, who they had knifed to death. Ronnie was also convicted at the same hearing for the murder of George Cornell who had called him a “fat poof”, so he shot him between the eyes. In an interview with The Independent in 1995, Reggie said, “I have got no regrets, my brother didn’t have any either. I would not change anything. You can’t just select parts of your life and alter them. I know Ronnie would not have wanted to change anything as well”. Ronnie died in Broadmoor Hospital in 1995 and five years later, Reggie passed away with cancer.
Tom Hardy took on the role as both of the identical twins in Legend. Born in Hammersmith, London, he documents the rise and the fall of the twosome who terrorized the streets of the capital city. Sleek, humorous and yet deadly violent, Hardy manages to portray the twins perfectly showing the world how deeply unhinged they both were.
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