10 Best Tom Hardy Performances (So Far)

This mesmerising portrayal of the infamous Charles Bronson impressed all that watched it, including members of Bronson’s family.

Hardy even earned the respect of the man himself, who was impressed by his body transformation and later admitted that he believed Hardy was the only man that could have played him.

But Hardy does much more than just physically imitate Bronson, he manages to tap into a mental space that makes the audience forget they are watching a performance and get lost in this spellbinding portrayal.

As with some of his other roles, Hardy takes the viewer on a roller-coaster ride, charming them with one scene and then shocking them with horrifying brutality in the next, never allowing the audience to get too comfortable.

Bronson was a breakout role for Tom Hardy as he showed beyond any doubt that he has what it takes to be one of the greatest leading men of his generation.