From an interview with Matt Bondurant, author of The Wettest County in the world:
The Wettest County has been made into a film with Gary Oldman, Shia Labeouf and Tom Hardy. Labeouf plays Jack Bondurant, Matt Bondurant’s grandfather, while Hardy plays Forrest Bondurant, his grand-uncle. The film — written by songwriter/screenwriter Nick Cave (The Proposition) — was originally set for release this spring but has now been held back until August. Normally, that’s a bad sign in Hollywood. But Bondurant says it’s good: The producers are waiting on The Dark Knight Rises, which opens July 20. The anticipation for Tom Hardy’s performance as the villain in that Batman movie has been so high, the producers of The Wettest County now hope to ride on his coattails.
Bondurant saw the British actor in Georgia, filming the bloody bar fight that triggers the open war in The WettestCounty. Hardy’s performances in such earlier films as Warrior, Bronson have had a brooding ferocity, and Bondurant saw that in action on the set – in take after take.
Bondurant: “He was freaking me out, I mean, because he just turns on this rage and he’s flying really fast with these stunt men. And it’s, it’s … frightening.”
(Source: artandseek.net)
![Like I said, I’m unable to resist any mention of Tom Hardy (and Benedict!) from Gary Oldman (Capone is the interviewer and TA is Tomas Alfredson):
Capone: Gary, this would have been the first film of now three with Tom Hardy. Both of you, tell me about working with him.
TA: Is it your third now?
Capone: I just saw a release date for WETTEST COUNTY IN THE WORLD.GO: Now THE WETTEST COUNTY, Tom is in it, but I don’t work with Tom. I’m in it, if you blink you miss me. I’m a little cameo. The DARK KNIGHT RISES movie I’ve honestly had hardly anything to do with him as well. “Hardly Hardy.” [laughs] I’ve gotten to know him socially. Our paths crossed on the set of DARK KNIGHT, but we weren’t really… I’m in one scene with him, and then I’m unconscious and another scene where he’s in the room. But TINKER, was the one where we really got to share scenes.TA: But he was very nervous before the first day he met Gary.Capone: I just saw an interview with him where he said he just watched you and forgot that he was in the scene with you. “Oh, I have to say something here.”GO: Yeah, he was. It’s flattering. He’s nice, but he’s ascending, isn’t he? What about Cumberbatch? Do you like Cumberbatch?Capone: I love him. I have seen him in things before, but I took note of him in the FRANKENSTEIN production in London directed by Danny Boyle.GO: I wish I had seen that.TA: I missed that, yeah.Capone: He and Jonny Lee Miller switched roles every other night, and that’s how I kind of learned who he was, and the TV “Sherlock Holmes” now. I understand you became pretty friendly with him.GO: Yeah, I think he’s just marvelous in that scene where he says, “What’s shrug? Stop shrugging at me.” “Get off my back!”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw8vzqPmt91qe5f96o1_1280.jpg)
