Tom Hardy

[Joel_Kirk]

I only got to base this actor from the horrendous ST: Nemesis. (Okay, the action sequences were entertaining, but....)

Hardy, now, is a lot bigger than Shinzon.

I recently saw Inception (good, but not as good as the hype made it out to be) and I thought Tom Hardy was pretty much a 'bad-ass.'* He also acted somewhat as the cool, comedy relief.

I think Hardy was also in 'Layer Cake' with Daniel Craig; and he is up for 'Max' in the forthcoming 'Mad Max' film.**

*This also goes for Joseph-Gordon Levitt, and for Leonardo DiCaprio...

**Mods feel free to move this to the appropriate forum if this forum is not.

 

[scnj]

In Nemesis he was a great actor constrained by a crap role. Probably because they tried to take too much from Khan, without realising that what makes Khan is his over the top, B-movie charm.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

In Nemesis he was a great actor constrained by a crap role. Probably because they tried to take too much from Khan, without realising that what makes Khan is his over the top, B-movie charm.

Agreed...

 

[BorgPhil]

tbf he was pretty good in nemesis

 

[DonIago]

Yeah, my problems with Shinzon have little to do with the actor.

Inception was a great deal of fun...I haven't looked at reviews yet so can't comment on whether it's being over-hyped (only saw it last night).

 

[Pauln6]

I liked his performance. As a villain he was waaay less hammy than say John Simm's portrayal of the Master in Dr Who.

 

[trekkiebaggio]

Hardy gave an amazing performance in Bronson as well.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

^ You beat me to it! YES, everyone should rent Bronson. Hardy is pretty fuckin' amazing in it.

 

[LOKAI of CHERON]

Hardy gave an amazing performance in Bronson as well.

Yes, certainly his "break-out" role.

 

[Kosh Naranek]

Tom Hardy got me to watch a Wuthering Heights mini. I figured if he could make something of Shinzon...

Disclaimer: I hate the book with a passion.

His Heathcliff, however, was inspired. I now own the DVD. He breathed life into that fetid abortion of a character.

 

[CorporalClegg]

Hardy was never the problem with Nemesis.

The problem was his dialog was atrocious and he doesn't look anything like Stewart.

 

[Doug Otte]

When I first saw him in Inception, I recognized his voice and his lips, but I couldn't figure out where I saw him before. When I realized it was Hardy, I was shocked. He was so skinny and young in Nemesis, and I guess he beefed up for Bronson. He looked completely different. He voice seems to have gotten gravelly. I wonder if he smokes.

Oh, and I guess the hair makes a difference, too.

Doug

 

[DonIago]

I initially thought (not with confidence) that he was David Wenham.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Tom Hardy was pretty much the best thing that happened to Nemesis.

 

[Maurice]

Tom Hardy on Huffington Post.

 

[Dukhat]

Hardy was never the problem with Nemesis.

The problem was his dialog was atrocious and he doesn't look anything like Stewart.

That's funny, because in Inception I thought he looked more like Picard than he did in Nemesis.

 

[Doug Otte]

Tom Hardy on Huffington Post.

Wow! That's an open-minded fella. In Inception, I had the feeling he (Hardy, not the character) is gay, but maybe I imagined it, or maybe Hardy played the character as gay.

Doug

 

[DonIago]

Maybe Cobb only subconsciously thinks he might be gay.

Really I got a bit of a vibe off Shinzon as well, but hard to say whether someone like that would do it on purpose just to seem more creepy.

 

[Trekker4747]

Many people have been remarking how well Hardy does in "Inception" and how he's "come a long way since Nemesis."

Well, yeah! Nemesis came out eight years ago! I'd hope that he'd move on a lot from that role in that time period.

 

[Wynterhawk]

Yeah, Hardy was pretty fantastic in Inception. He was the fun, bouncy partner to the more stoic Arthur. He was also in RocknRoller, much to my surprise because I did not remember him in it. Which isn't saying much, because RnR was boring.