10 Actors That Totally Underprepared For A Movie Role

Very few would question Tom Hardy's ability to entirely transform into another human being at this current moment in time.

However, back before he was the household acting icon he is today, it's safe to say that one person in particular wasn't entirely convinced that the person tasked with bringing him to life in a movie had what it took to play him convincingly.

In fact, when none other than real-life bare knuckle boxer and criminal Charles Bronson first laid eyes on Hardy, he "complained" and couldn't see how the actor who "probably weighed about 11 stone, drenched with stones in (his) pockets", would be able to play the meaty figure in 2008's Bronson.

After not being able to look at Hardy without "feeling that he'd been hard done by", Bronson ultimately changed his tune the minute he saw the rising star put his mind to packing on the pounds, however. And after telling Charlie that he'd "fix it", the stacked Hardy that turned up in front of him during a meeting two weeks later ended up leaving Bronson "thoroughly impressed."

As the infamous figure himself put it, "You wouldn't want to meet him down a dark alley at 3am."