New York – New York (AP) – Tom Hardy has collected Tro of knowledge and ability throughout his trip as an actor, forming a career of megastar. But any education he received from the director Ritchie boy During his time in the “Rocknrolla” film, he won from afar.
“It didn’t have much to do with him … the first time I worked with him. Gerard (Butler) led that movie and in many elements, we were the support staff,” Hardy said. “So, I have to experiment Be in the boy ritchie setAnd it was a bit from a position of not being a protagonist, and that is a different responsibility. “
But time can bring people and experiences, especially in Hollywood. Since that film 17 years ago, Ritchie has made the transition to the estimated management status. And Hardy has transformed into a box office superstar with films such as “The Dark Night” as the imposing villain Bane, and the starting role for Marvel’s “Venom” franchise. Now, the two have gathered for the sandy but sophisticated “Mobland” series.
“I really wanted to return and work with him because he is a British teammate and has done a pretty incredible job,” Hardy explained. “I wanted to go to play with him, in reality, and see how it was now that I am older, and it was very fun.”
The original Paramount+ series follows Harry Da Souza (Hardy), an intimidating but quiet fixer for a London -based criminal family who expects to find the missing son of a rival faction to avoid a war of catastrophic gangs.
How was Hardy prepared to play such a threatening, but uniform character?
“It is not required to act,” he said with great laughter. “It only appears and,” oh, yes, that makes sense “and say the lines. Do not stop with the furniture.”
The second episode of the series of 10 parts “Mobland” is broadcast on Sunday at Paramount+.
The series was created by Ronan Bennett, known for popular crimes programs such as “The Day of the Jackal” and “Top Boy”, and written with the playwright Jez Butterworth. Ritchie serves as an executive producer and directed the first two episodes. The idea of ”Mobland” began as a spin-off of the popular “Ray Donovan” series by Showtime, before becoming an independent show.
Two times Oscar winner Helen Mirren stars As the evil evil, matriarch and manipulative of the criminal family, while Pierce Brosnan plays her husband and leader of the mafia, marking a meeting for the couple who worked in the 1980 film “The Long Good Friday”.
It may be difficult to think about a role that Dé Me Mirren has not played, but found one with “Mobland.”
“There are always characters out there that will take you by surprise and … I think, ‘My God, I had never done something like that before,” said the star of “1923” who believes that the line between filming a cinema and television is now almost non -existent. “That is one of the beauties of my work, in reality, it is constantly entering such different worlds.”
Mirren said the opportunity to work with Hardy was intriguing.
“Tom’s participation was one of the reasons why I enrolled because I admired his work for many years,” Mirren said. “You can see different actors, ‘Oh, they are a great actor’ … they can act. But certain actors like Tom, is an inner power that simply communicates with the camera. And Tom has that. Do you know what? It’s called star power.”
The cast of “Mobland” presents Paddy Considine of fame “House of the Dragon”, Joanne Froggatt, Lara Spray, Anson Boon and Mandeep Dhillon. While this program technically brings together Mirren and Brosnan, they also filmed the next “The Thursday Murder Club” movie before this project.
While a lot was unknown when Brosnan signed, “Mobland” had all the right ingredients for former James Bond to immerse, starting with Ritchie, who launched his Netflix series “The Gentlemen” last year.
“It’s naughty. It’s shameless. It’s bold,” Brosnan said. “I love his work. His films. The way he has acquitted in the movie theater. It is a unique talent of his own … so I said yes. I wanted to return to London. I wanted to work.”
The following for Hardy is the film of the criminal drama “Havoc” that will be released at the end of this month, and there is a great sequel to his “Mad Max: Fury Road” of 2015. A second season of “Taboo” is on the way, almost a decade after his debut. What about a “Spider-Man” and “Venom” crossover? Hardy approached rumors that an alleged project collapsed, clarifying that he was never in process.
“People beautify a story. I just said that I would have loved to work with ‘Spider-Man’, but it never happened, which is a fact. It has not happened. And I am no longer working with ‘Venom’ … it is a shame because my children would love to see Venom and Spider-Man together,” said Hardy. “I would have liked that.”
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