![[Stuart a Life Backwards] concludes ambiguously, reporting that the body of the tottering, wasted waif has been found on a railway line; the character’s end cannot be dramatised because there were no witnesses.
This did not absolve Hardy from having to imagine how it might have happened. ‘Did Stuart off himself? I just can’t believe it, maybe because I got to love him while I was being him. I walked along that path beside the track in Cambridge; it’s very narrow and he was so frail. I think he just toppled over or got drawn in by the wind from the train. All his injuries were on one side, which suggests it was an accident. His life was such a gift, despite everything he’d suffered. I’m not comfortable believing that he threw it away. He’s an odd superhero, but that’s what he was for me. He made me grow and he made me think about what I want with my career.’
- Tom about playing Stuart Shorter. I can’t begin to express how much I love this film. It’s a film I wish everybody would see. Both because of the story and to see the most amazing acting to ever grace a screen.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0kzokklLI1qe5f96o1_r1_250.gif)
[Stuart a Life Backwards] concludes ambiguously, reporting that the body of the tottering, wasted waif has been found on a railway line; the character’s end cannot be dramatised because there were no witnesses.
This did not absolve Hardy from having to imagine how it might have happened. ‘Did Stuart off himself? I just can’t believe it, maybe because I got to love him while I was being him. I walked along that path beside the track in Cambridge; it’s very narrow and he was so frail. I think he just toppled over or got drawn in by the wind from the train. All his injuries were on one side, which suggests it was an accident. His life was such a gift, despite everything he’d suffered. I’m not comfortable believing that he threw it away. He’s an odd superhero, but that’s what he was for me. He made me grow and he made me think about what I want with my career.’
- Tom about playing Stuart Shorter. I can’t begin to express how much I love this film. It’s a film I wish everybody would see. Both because of the story and to see the most amazing acting to ever grace a screen.
