I kept hearing about this incredible guy called Tom Hardy. I started watching his work, and I was awestruck….he was amazing! I could also see Tom and Shia as brothers. And Tom’s take on the character was quite audacious, he saw Forrest as the matriarch and the patriarch of the family, in the wake of their parents’ deaths. He wanted to explore Forrest’s softer side and play him in a quiet, contained way. By taking on the roles of the mother and the father of this family, he was really responsible and very caring, especially towards his brothers. But because of the time and the culture, he is unable to articulate it. Tom’s approach was very much about the different emotional textures there were to Forrest and how distilled and controlled he was. It was a unique and fascinating attitude towards the character.
- John Hillcoat about the amazing Tom Hardy. Because I love it when people call him that. :)
(Source: flicksandbits.com)
