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Young Tommy and a Star Trek fan

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Since we were talking about Tom’s baby face…

From the Star Trek Nemesis premiere in Berlin, Dec 2002. He looks like he’d been on a binge the night before… Also, I’m fascinated by how his hair looks like twine!

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Baby Teenage Tommy Hardy. Never seen before online, I think. What a lovely face!

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Yeh ;D found this in my family photo album 

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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.”

A close-up on Tom’s pretty face, anno 2003. I must admit I do love his hair here. Or maybe it’s just that I’m longing for a bit more hair on the Hardy-head. *g*

“I didn’t want to act. It just came to the point that I had to do it or else I would starve. I have always been a liar, which helps,” he jokes. “I think what happened is that I had people who told me to go to drama school, but in my head it wasn’t a reality. It was a way of prolonging living off my parents. It wasn’t until I went to the drama center that I got to know myself and the things I hated. I came to terms with it. There was light and dark. It then happened it became a reality, a job, a responsibility. What is important is how do you survive. There is no specific formula.” 

- Tom Hardy in 2002.