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  • Tom Hardy Facts: 15 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About the Actor

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    Ever since breaking out in “Bronson” (2008), Tom Hardy has been on a tear.

    The London-born actor got his start in supporting roles, appearing in two of the most memorable productions of the early 2000s, but it would be a few years until Hardy became the star we now know. After dealing with alcohol addiction and the end of his first marriage, Hardy has become one of Britain’s brightest talents. Now, the actor stars in the thriller “Child 44” opposite Gary Oldman and, later this summer, takes over for Mel Gibson in the summer blockbuster “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

    From his acting debut to his favorite actor, here are 15 things you probably don’t know about Tom Hardy.tom hardy facts
    [Sources: IMDb, Wikipedia]

  • Check Out This Stunning, Soviet-Style ‘Child 44’ Poster (EXCLUSIVE)

    child 44 posterWhen we first saw the trailer for “Child 44,” we commented on Tom Hardy‘s amazing Russian accent and the fact that a Soviet-era thriller, especially in today’s turbulent political climate, could be really, really cool. Well, we are here to debut the brand new poster for the film (opening on April 17th), which reinforces the movie’s fertile setting while paying homage to stylized Soviet propaganda. It’s a really great poster.

    “Child 44,” which costars Vincent Cassel, Noomi Rapace, and Gary Oldman, is based on Tom Rob Smith’s best-selling historical novel of the same name and was, in turn, based on a series of real-life child murders committed by a man dubbed the Red Ripper (he claimed to have killed over 50 women and children). What makes the story even more compelling, of course, is that it was committed during Stalin’s reign in Russia, a supposedly perfect Communist state free of messy complications like serial murders.

    This poster really captures the feeling of Soviet-era Russia, with its stark design and giant star, evoking the propaganda posters from the same period, a stylization that has been evoked many times ever since, from other movie posters like “V for Vendetta” to things like Franz Ferdinand album covers. The poster goes a long way in establishing the mood and tone of “Child 44” and the time period when it’s set, complete with an eerie tagline: “Those who seek truth will be silenced.” Now that is moody.
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  • Watch the Trailer for Tom Hardy’s Cold War Thriller ‘Child 44’ (VIDEO)

    Tom Hardy has never met a funny accent that he hasn’t fallen wildly in love with. His latest is a gruff Russian number for “Child 44,” a new film based on Tom Rob Smith’s best-selling historical thriller that follows a former secret policeman (Hardy) who is investigating a series of grisly child murders in Soviet Russia. And you can hear that accent and see Hardy in action in the gripping new trailer.

    “Child 44” is based, in part, on a real life serial killer dubbed the Red Ripper who murdered more than 50 women and children in Stalin’s supposedly perfect Russia. Hardy plays a man who is clued into the killer after a friend’s child is murdered. This looks really intense. The all-star supporting cast includes Gary Oldman (Batman reunion!), Joel Kinnaman, Vincent Cassel (glimpsed briefly in the trailer), Paddy Considine, Jason Clarke, Noomi Rapace (re-teaming with Hardy after “The Drop”) and Dev Patel. It was directed by Chilean-Swedish filmmaker Daniel Espinosa (“Safe House”) and adapted by the great Richard Price, a stellar novelist in his own right. Soviet Russia is a fascinating place to set any kind of movie, but a hardboiled thriller like this seems downright perfect.

    Should the movie prove successful, it could be a rare franchise for adults, since the Hardy character took center stage in two more books written by Smith (“The Secret Speech” and “Agent 6”). We’ll all find out when “Child 44” opens on April 17th.

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