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The BBC version of events also comes down on the side of the queen’s virginity, though with Leicester played by Tom Hardy in black leather britches and a codpiece Blackadder would kill for, you can see how a young queen might be tempted.

“Yup”, says Hardy, “it’s all about sex. And I don’t get any. Leicester’s the bloke Elizabeth’s supposed to be in love with, but it just never happens. He ends up, after 40 years, like some fart-sodden dog whom the queen talks to and pets, but they never get to have sex.”

- Tom Hardy about The Virgin Queen. From the magazine Radio Times. My scan!

An oldie: Tom Hardy interviewed in Marie Claire, 2003. Scanned by me!

Tom Hardy - the sexiest supervillain in the universe

Supervillian? He doesn’t look scary. The London-born 25-year old is space-age badboy, Shinzon, in the latest Star Trek flick. “I’m an evil clone who used to be a slave. Now I’m the ass-kicking emperor of a sinister race that wants to take over the universe. Which is nice!”

Guess there’s not much point asking if you’re like that in real life?

“No, never actually been a slave. Or an emperor. The funniest thing was that I got to fly my own spaceship and I haven’t even got a driving licence!”

And the Star Trek crew aren’t the only famous faces he’s worked with - Tom Hanks in the acclaimed TV series Band of Brothers, and Ewan McGregor in Black Hawk Down. 

“I wish I could say that I don’t turn into a gibbering idiot when I meet these people,” laughs Tom. “But I do. My legs turn to jelly, I start sweating and I’m thinking, ‘Bloody ‘ell, it’s Tom Hanks.’ Some day, this feels like a completely surreal way to make a living!”

You and Ewan also share an agent.

“She’s my guardian angel. In this job, you need someone to look after you.”

So, what’s it like to be labelled Brit cinema’s Next Big Thing?

“You can’t believe all you read, can you? Every six months, there’s some new name. All I can do is keep my head down and keep working.”

Well, you don’t seem to be having too much trouble. You’ve also got The Reckoning (with Willem Dafoe), Dot The I (with Gabriel Garcia Bernal) and LD:50 (with Mel B) out in 2003. 

“I can’t complain. Although it does mean I’m away from my wife a bit too much. At the end of the day, that’s what it’s all about, innit - your family.”

Kids on the horizon, then?

“Definitely, I’ve been married four years, so we’ve talked about kids loads. But at the moment, work seems to be taking over. I’d hate to miss them growing up.”

Tom Hardy in The Virgin Queen looking sultry. 

My scan!

“It’s hard to place Robert Dudley accurately, but he was the queen’s great love for 40 years. There must have been something he was good at to survive so long.”

- Tom Hardy on his character in The Virgin Queen. My scan! (It’s a very small photo to begin with, alas.)

Tom Hardy & Benedict Cumberbatch in Stuart: A Life Backwards. ♥ ♥ 

My scan of this photo!

I’ve uploaded the Tom Hardy related scans from F Movie Magazine from July 2012 to tomhardyparty.com

The two scans above are mine, the rest aren’t. 

Tom Hardy and his magnificent beard in my scan from a Mexican magazine!

Another version (with less text!) of this lovely photo of Tom Hardy, Christian Bale & Joseph Gordon-Levitt. 

My scan! :)

FYI: I’ve uploaded my own high-res scans from Deep Magazine, featuring Tom Hardy and his beard to tomhardyparty.com!

Pictured is a close-up of Tom’s beautiful nose and eyes. Because, yes. :)

A short interview with Tom Hardy from the Italian magazine Ciak. I must have been done a while back, because of the P-nut thing… Translated by google (and me).

“Before I started to kick people in the face and punch them in the balls, no one was interested. If I were an intellectual, I’d have good material in order to dissect the values of our society, but luckily I’m an actor. “ Tom Hardy says, pretending to be simpleminded.

“After the flop of Star Trek I had a nervous breakdown and ended up in hospital. I have to be thankful that I wasn’t successful then, I wasn’t ready. Today, yes,  because I remind myself that it can end at any moment.”

Have you ever happened to think like some starlet would: I want to be hired for my brain, not just for my body?

Strange as it may seem, the most interesting side of Bane is not his muscles, but his mind. Extremely precise, sharp, to the point. His actions may seem brutal, but his thinking is sophisticated.

When he revealed that you would spend the whole movie with your face hidden by a mask, director Christopher Nolan made two great compliments. He spoke of the sorrow of covering “one of the most beautiful mouths in film”, but also of the pleasure of proving that you can act only with expressive eyes.

All that Nolan thinks and does for me is right. With Inception he was my benefactor. The thing with the mask was no problem, except in my early scenes with Christian Bale, when I realized that both of us were wearing a mask.

In The Dark Knight you are 10 kilos heavier than in Warrior, which was already 10 kilos more than usual. In order to gain weight and lose weight, are you copying the methods of Christian Bale?

I am more naive, less theoretical and more practical. My secret is called Patrick Monroe, known as P-Nut, a former Marine from the Bronx who helped my metamorphosis. We decide the objective together and then he guides me to the finish. He also acts as a nurse and psychiatrist. Each time it obviously becomes more difficult, because between one movie and the other I never go to the gym, but I eat fast food and I spend time with my son lying on the sofa placed in front of the tv.

Are you growing tired of playing troublemakers?

I’m peaceful in real life. I think I choose these parts, not because I’m physically afraid, but I because I feel I can create an authentic character.

Your life has been pretty hectic…

I know: alcoholism, drugs, a few days in jail. All things in the past. I’m not proud, but at least it’s useful when I put one of my characters in some dark hole.

How many tattoos do you have exactly?

I have never counted them, and I often transform them by adding words or drawings. They are my memories.

(Hardy is Catholic, as is shown by the portrait of the Virgin Mary on his left shoulder.)

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