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Michael Caine & Morgan Freeman talk about what a great actor and sweetheart Tom Hardy is. ♥ 

How was it working with and watching Tom Hardy as this ruthless villain, Bane?

Michael Caine: With Tom Hardy, the first time I saw him was on British television, I had actually never heard of him. And he came on as a cocky gangster, in the area that I come from, so I sort of knew what was right and what was wrong. He was the toughest gangster I had ever seen on British television, or anywhere – including me, I played a couple of gangsters and he made me look like Mary Poppins (laughs). And then you meet him and he’s a sweetheart.

Morgan Freeman: That’s often the way; the hardest guys in the movies are often the softest guys in real life.

Michael Caine: He’s a wonderful actor and lovely guy. And he’s great in this.

(Source: mojomums.co.uk)

Praise for Tom Hardy from none other than Sir Michael Caine!

The Dark Knight Rises is your fifth movie with Christopher Nolan now. How would you sum him up your experience working with him?
Absolutely great. I was thinking about it now, having finished the last one, that what happened was when you do that kind of movie, you wind up with working with the greatest technicians in every field, in the entire movie industry anywhere. We had the greatest music, the greatest cameraman, the greatest stunts, special effects, scenery, design… It’s fabulous. And of course, one of the greatest talents of a director is casting. I once said to John Huston when I was working with him on The Man Who Would Be King, “what is the talent of a director?” He said “casting”, and you look at the cast of actors that Chris has got. It’s absolutely wonderful every time. And this one, Dark Knight Rises, is no exception. He’s got one of my favourite new young British actors, Tom Hardy, who I saw on television a couple of years ago and I went, “who the bloody hell is that?” And he’s proved me right.

(Source: empireonline.com)