Not that his pronounced feminine side has stopped Hardy from becoming embroiled in a physical altercation or two a few interesting tales have emerged from his movies over the years. Back in the days when he would show up to a film set worse for wear, Hardy was an unpredictable presence, persuading Ridley Scott to let him set himself on fire rather than use a stuntman for a scene in Blackhawk Down. Around the same period, he also starred in The Reckoning alongside Willem Dafoe, Brian Cox and Vincent Cassel, but made the biggest impression on Paul Bettany. When Cassel interviewed Hardy for French magazine Premiere years later, he posed the question: "So, would you advise someone whos shooting their first movie, to take a swing at the lead actor because hes saying bad things about you?" To which Hardy responded: "I didnt hit him, I slapped him. I didnt want to leave a mark on his face." And then, of course, there was a more recent incident involving Shia LaBeouf. Reports surfaced that the two actors playing brothers in John Hillcoats Lawless brawled on the movie set, but Hardy has since played down the significance of what went on: We were just playing around. For the movie, Shia went from being quite a gentle young man into a very rough, heavy-handed individual and I'd just done Warrior and we were always play fighting and mucking around. So yeah, he gave me a bit of a slapping. He's a big boy.
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