Anonymous asked: can you please re-upload JGLs Loveline interview from 9/29/2011 because the megaupload link doesn't work anymore?
Yes I sure can, gimme a day.
Silly.
Tom Hardy next to me and @KirstyWarwick23 in Tesco ahhhh
@BeckyCraggs 6:24 PM - 26 May 12 via Twitter
![‘Lawless’ Cast talks dynamics
By Misa Shikuma
Based on Matt Bondurant’s historical novel “The Wettest County in the World,” the latest collaboration between director John Hillcoat and screenwriter Nick Cave brings to life the story of a bootlegging family during the final years of the Prohibition era. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy and Jason Clarke as the Bondurant brothers, “Lawless” is an action-packed yet character-driven tale of gangsters, corruption and survival in the backcountry of Virginia.
“I had been looking for a gangster film to do, and couldn’t find any new take on it,” said Hillcoat, who first read the novel while in production on his 2009 film “The Road.”
The Bondurants’ compelling story was full of potential, and the director immediately sent it to Cave.
“The book is amazing,” agreed the writer. “It was really about the foot soldiers and worker bees that create the very beginning of the whole process of this wave of corruption that goes up and up and up into the cities and the glamour and into the pinstripe suits.”
And indeed, the film’s title is a reflection of those very rural outlaw enclaves, and especially the Bondurants, that dared to defy the corrupt lawmen who demanded protection money in order to continue the illicit whiskey trade. In the film, the brutal Agent Rakes (Guy Pearce) is sent by Chicago’s district attorney to bring the bootleggers in line with the law, but instead incites small-scale warfare within the community. Forrest Bondurant (Hardy), the eldest brother, leads the opposition.
For an American-set period piece, “Lawless” has a surprisingly international cast. So were those pesky Southern drawls difficult to master?
“I couldn’t tell you whether my accent in [Lawless] is truly genuine or authentic,” said Hardy, who hails from London. “Nor do I really give a shit.”
“What I care about is the character that comes across—whether you care about him, whether you identify with him, whether he can get away with doing some heinous stuff and still [have] you feel for him. [Forrest] cut somebody’s balls off! Would you want to sit in a room with someone who cut a man’s testicles off?”
“Not while he still had the testicles in his hand,” interjected Pearce with a straight face.
Like Hillcoat’s previous films, “Lawless” is graphic, bloody and violent—and not in a stylized, Quentin Tarantino sort of way. In the film, both the bootleggers and the law enforcers are utterly brutal and unapologetic. The director cited classics like “Bonnie & Clyde,” “Scarface” and “Goodfellas” as inspiration.
“Gangster films nowadays are more about pure action, not character,” he said. “So it was a special treat to have such rich [material].”
For the actors, however, bringing the violence to the screen isn’t always so easy.
“It’s kind of therapeutic in a way,” said Pearce, although he was quick to separate real life from the “safety of the film circus.”
“Violence in reality is truly fucking horrific,” Hardy agreed. “And truly pedestrian. And when it comes sometimes, it comes out of nowhere and it’s shocking.”
As antagonists, their characters share quite a few charged, and sometimes violent, interactions. Yet by their account, all of the tension disappeared when the cameras stopped rolling.
“We just chilled,” said Hardy. “We’d sit in the makeup trailer and chat and play Angry Birds.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ktqf6kuJ1qfxaeio1_500.jpg)
‘Lawless’ Cast talks dynamics
By Misa Shikuma
Based on Matt Bondurant’s historical novel “The Wettest County in the World,” the latest collaboration between director John Hillcoat and screenwriter Nick Cave brings to life the story of a bootlegging family during the final years of the Prohibition era. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy and Jason Clarke as the Bondurant brothers, “Lawless” is an action-packed yet character-driven tale of gangsters, corruption and survival in the backcountry of Virginia.
“I had been looking for a gangster film to do, and couldn’t find any new take on it,” said Hillcoat, who first read the novel while in production on his 2009 film “The Road.”
The Bondurants’ compelling story was full of potential, and the director immediately sent it to Cave.
“The book is amazing,” agreed the writer. “It was really about the foot soldiers and worker bees that create the very beginning of the whole process of this wave of corruption that goes up and up and up into the cities and the glamour and into the pinstripe suits.”
And indeed, the film’s title is a reflection of those very rural outlaw enclaves, and especially the Bondurants, that dared to defy the corrupt lawmen who demanded protection money in order to continue the illicit whiskey trade. In the film, the brutal Agent Rakes (Guy Pearce) is sent by Chicago’s district attorney to bring the bootleggers in line with the law, but instead incites small-scale warfare within the community. Forrest Bondurant (Hardy), the eldest brother, leads the opposition.
For an American-set period piece, “Lawless” has a surprisingly international cast. So were those pesky Southern drawls difficult to master?
“I couldn’t tell you whether my accent in [Lawless] is truly genuine or authentic,” said Hardy, who hails from London. “Nor do I really give a shit.”
“What I care about is the character that comes across—whether you care about him, whether you identify with him, whether he can get away with doing some heinous stuff and still [have] you feel for him. [Forrest] cut somebody’s balls off! Would you want to sit in a room with someone who cut a man’s testicles off?”
“Not while he still had the testicles in his hand,” interjected Pearce with a straight face.
Like Hillcoat’s previous films, “Lawless” is graphic, bloody and violent—and not in a stylized, Quentin Tarantino sort of way. In the film, both the bootleggers and the law enforcers are utterly brutal and unapologetic. The director cited classics like “Bonnie & Clyde,” “Scarface” and “Goodfellas” as inspiration.
“Gangster films nowadays are more about pure action, not character,” he said. “So it was a special treat to have such rich [material].”
For the actors, however, bringing the violence to the screen isn’t always so easy.
“It’s kind of therapeutic in a way,” said Pearce, although he was quick to separate real life from the “safety of the film circus.”
“Violence in reality is truly fucking horrific,” Hardy agreed. “And truly pedestrian. And when it comes sometimes, it comes out of nowhere and it’s shocking.”
As antagonists, their characters share quite a few charged, and sometimes violent, interactions. Yet by their account, all of the tension disappeared when the cameras stopped rolling.
“We just chilled,” said Hardy. “We’d sit in the makeup trailer and chat and play Angry Birds.
Yes, Joseph, yes. Your cock is that big.
more pics of filming Don Jon’s Addiction at JustJared (featuring co-stars Rob Brown and Jeremy Luc).
New movie ‘Don Jon’s Addiction’ in Hollywood
Their filming location, Corleone Pizza, 310 West 7th Street in Downtown, LA!
Logan Marshall-Green is honored he keeps being mistaken for Tom Hardy…
“I’d be honored to be in the same sentence as Tom Hardy,” he says. “I’ve been a twin since the day I was born—fraternal, but we look a lot alike—so I’ve already been mixed up with another man my entire life.”
Never been a fan, tbh. Tom is the clear winner here.
(Source: ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com)
Day two.
Please meet the wonderfully talented Luisa Abel. Luisa and I worked together on a couple of projects including DKR, Inception and Hesher. I’m so happy to have her on-set with me for this one.
Photo: Noah Segan
Is that Tom Hardy or JGL?????
![“I’ve seen Shanghai Teahouse of the Rising Sun, or whatever it’s called, where he plays the Chinaman? [Editor’s note: The film is 1956’s The Teahouse of the August Moon.]” - Tom Hardy
LOL](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fk9q3fp51qfxaeio1_500.jpg)
“I’ve seen Shanghai Teahouse of the Rising Sun, or whatever it’s called, where he plays the Chinaman? [Editor’s note: The film is 1956’s The Teahouse of the August Moon.]” - Tom Hardy
LOL
Jessica Chastain, Tom Hardy | Le Grand Journal | 65th Cannes Film Festival | May 18, 2012
How so pretty?
My honey eats.
Dat mouf, dose lips. And what a perfect little nose.
(via fuckyeaharthurandeames)
Another new photo of Tom Hardy as Bane. This time in HQ!
If looks could kill… this one would.
Also, some quotes from Mr Hardy himself (more chicken villages eaten!):
On the mask, Hardy told us: “It’s not as bad as you might think. You just put it on. Work out where you drool goes. That’s it. Mask work is good fun. This one wasn’t painful; there was the stunt mask and there was the up-close on for the sexy glam shots.”
And he also shared some startling insight into the unforgiving regime he stuck to when we asked: what was required to attain the Bane bulk? “Eating entire villages of chickens.
“When I started I was about 160-something pounds. When I was done I was 190. You lift weights. You eat. You lift some more weights. You don’t run anywhere because if you do cardio, you drop weight. So it’s really good for heart attacks!”
JULY! That’s great! That’s wonderful! Right? Wait, will he miss TDKR promo and pics with Joe? Fuck, it’s always something.
Joseph. He parks valet.
(Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the Lakers Game in Los Angeles - May 8)
(Source: youtube.com)
