10 Best Tom Hardy Performances (So Far)

Why play one of the Kray twins when you can play both?

That’s exactly what Hardy challenged himself to do when he took on double-duty in playing both of the notorious gangsters in the 2015 film, Legend.

This unique opportunity allowed Hardy to prove his versatility and show he can be equally as watchable when he is more subtle and downplayed as he is when he is the more explosive characters that we have come to know and love.

Hardy was sensational in both roles and did an incredible job of differentiating each twin. Reggie was a slick, handsome gentleman with unpredictable tendencies, while Ronnie was an unstable psychopath.

Hardy was able to convey these differences beyond words and actions and did so by physically inhabiting each brother with unique physical characteristics and facial expressions.

At times, you forget you are watching two of the same actor and are simply enraptured by Hardy’s magnetic performance. Or performances.