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Tom Hardy & Joel Edgerton on the cover of Australian magazine Film Ink - November 2011 - my scans. Some quotes from Tom in the article:

Tom being Tom:
Hardy seems distracted, his mind awash with surreal thoughts. “You know what?” he suddenly says. “I was just looking at that pipe out of the window.” Behind us, on the opposite brick wall, is a giant ventilation shaft, made of steel. “I thought, ‘Can you imagine if you got stuck in it? How would you get out?’ I don’t know if I could. Think about it.” 

On his recent success:
“I’m glad that it’s happening now because I was white-knuckling when I was younger,” he explains. “There are people who are more susceptible and less susceptible to stimulus. I was very reactionary. I don’t have a lot of skin. I’ve learnt as I grow older - I’m 34 now - to be less ‘jumping’ at everything.” Warming to the theme, he continues, seemingly unconcerned that he’s getting personal in front of publicists. “It’s taken ten years, being someone’s dad, being divorced, going to rehab, having mortages, playing different characters, doing theater writing and then it not happening. Then doing rather well at something, enjoying my character work, but it not being a huge amount of money.”

“[On Inception] it was like ‘How can I help and be a part of this?’ Rather than ‘I must impress everyone!’ That’s what it was like when I was 24… actually up until a couple of years ago.”

Why he wants to do Mad Max:
“Well, it’s Mad Max, isn’t it? It’s the V8 interceptor. It’s Mel Gibson. It’s wicked. And I’m very grateful and happy to be a part of that. George Miller is a very diligent, quiet, introspective, kind, gentle, psychoanalytical man. So when you imagine doing something which is innately as epic, dark and slightly Greek tragedy, but at the same time ultimately a big action piece, with somebody like that, the alchemy seems like it might be quite exciting. That’s my draw for it.”

On working with Christopher Nolan (and adding another hilarious allegory to the now vast collection):
“He knows what he wants,” he says of Nolan. “He’s very clear. My job is like being a Labrador with a tennis ball. He’ll throw it and I’ll go get it. Then I go home.”  

Tom Hardy with Rachel Stirling and Dexter Fletcher at the 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala in 2006.

Scanned from the event program by me.

An interview with Patrick ‘PNuT’ Monroe - Tom Hardy’s trainer - in the magazine Healthy For Men. He’s got nothing but VERY high praise for Tom here. :)

“When the Warrior project first surfaced, several instructors were asked to test Tom to see if he could play the baddest middleweight in a cage. They all said no. But they didn’t know Tom. I told Tom that he was a great fighter even without being able to throw a punch.

“We started with his heart and instincts. While Tom’s history with substance abuse is no secret, unfortunately, all too little respect is paid to the strength it takes to claw your way out from under an addiction. The warrior in Tom is a formidable one.”

“Tom and I worked like lunatics for approximately three-and-a-half months before he flew to Pittsburgh and continued his training with JJ Perry’s stunt team and the fight choreographer Fernando Chien, and I think I speak for all of us when I say we wanted fans of MMA and fight fans in general not to notice Tom was acting.

“But no matter how many idea or much you have to offer, ultimately it is a person’s willingness to go above and beyond that will make them successful. This, above all else, is the main reason why Tom was able to achieve such great results. Tom just happens to be that guy.

“Once Tom gets a hold of an idea, he is one of the hardest working men I know. And one of his greatest skills is his ability to learn. He absorbs information and processes it faster than anyone. It’s an admirable quality. When you add talent and hard work you have something special and rare. When you add genius and hard work together you get Tom Hardy. And there’s only one of them.” 

The scans from the Italian magazine Flair.

If anyone who knows Italian would like to take a look at that text and try to make the translation in my previous post better, it would be amazing. PLEASE.

Help! :)