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charlidos: From Empire’s live webchat with Guy Pearce about the delightful Tom Hardy (photo chosen to depict said delightfulness *g*): J.T says: How was it like working with Tom Hardy? Any chance that you will grow a beard like his?Guy Pearce: I am completely in awe of Tom Hardy. I’ve never met another actor with such charisma, and I really think he’s one of the most exciting actors I’ve ever come across. He was just a delight. But I am still waiting to see the beard. ♥ ♥

charlidos:

From Empire’s live webchat with Guy Pearce about the delightful Tom Hardy (photo chosen to depict said delightfulness *g*):

J.T says: How was it like working with Tom Hardy? Any chance that you will grow a beard like his?
Guy Pearce: I am completely in awe of Tom Hardy. I’ve never met another actor with such charisma, and I really think he’s one of the most exciting actors I’ve ever come across. He was just a delight. But I am still waiting to see the beard.

♥ ♥

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Notes: 73 4/12/12, 12:01pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZbM0EyJXGBPD Filed under: #Tom Hardy  #Guy Pearce  #Wettest County in the World  #Lawless  #photo: Long Red Road with Phillip Seymour Hoffman 
charlidos: I’m posting this AGAIN, because it’s now a proper online photo from EW.com. Might as well repost the text too: Shia LaBeouf (left) and Tom Hardy (right) play real-life moonshiners who run afoul of the law in Lawless (out Aug. 31), adapted from the novel The Wettest County in the World. While Hardy’s character was skinny, Hardy was forced to play him bulky. ”He had to put on weight for The Dark Knight Rises,” says producer Lucy Fisher. ”But he figured out other ways of showing the vulnerable side of this violent character.”

charlidos:

I’m posting this AGAIN, because it’s now a proper online photo from EW.com. Might as well repost the text too:

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High-res Notes: 166 4/6/12, 8:01am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZbM0EyJAYPu2 Filed under: #Tom Hardy  #Shia LaBeouf  #Lawless  #Wettest County in the World  #stills 
charlidos: Still from Lawless - now in HQ! :D For full HQ experience, go to the website. The fact that they’ve uploaded photos must be a good sign! I can’t wait for some more material from this film. 

charlidos:

Still from Lawless - now in HQ! :D

For full HQ experience, go to the website. The fact that they’ve uploaded photos must be a good sign! I can’t wait for some more material from this film. 

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charlidos: From an interview with Matt Bondurant, author of The Wettest County in the world: The Wettest County has been made into a film with Gary Oldman, Shia Labeouf and Tom Hardy. Labeouf plays Jack Bondurant, Matt Bondurant’s grandfather, while Hardy plays Forrest Bondurant, his grand-uncle. The film — written by songwriter/screenwriter Nick Cave (The Proposition) — was originally set for release this spring but has now been held back until August. Normally, that’s a bad sign in Hollywood. But Bondurant says it’s good: The producers are waiting on The Dark Knight Rises, which opens July 20. The anticipation for Tom Hardy’s performance as the villain in that Batman movie has been so high, the producers of The Wettest County now hope to ride on his coattails. Bondurant saw the British actor in Georgia, filming the bloody bar fight that triggers the open war in The WettestCounty. Hardy’s performances in such earlier films as Warrior, Bronson have had a brooding ferocity, and Bondurant saw that in action on the set – in take after take. Bondurant: “He was freaking me out, I mean, because he just turns on this rage and he’s flying really fast with these stunt men. And it’s, it’s … frightening.”

charlidos:

From an interview with Matt Bondurant, author of The Wettest County in the world:

The Wettest County has been made into a film with Gary Oldman, Shia Labeouf and Tom Hardy. Labeouf plays Jack Bondurant, Matt Bondurant’s grandfather, while Hardy plays Forrest Bondurant, his grand-uncle. The film — written by songwriter/screenwriter Nick Cave (The Proposition) — was originally set for release this spring but has now been held back until August. Normally, that’s a bad sign in Hollywood. But Bondurant says it’s good: The producers are waiting on The Dark Knight Rises, which opens July 20. The anticipation for Tom Hardy’s performance as the villain in that Batman movie has been so high, the producers of The Wettest County now hope to ride on his coattails.

Bondurant saw the British actor in Georgia, filming the bloody bar fight that triggers the open war in The WettestCounty. Hardy’s performances in such earlier films as Warrior, Bronson have had a brooding ferocity, and Bondurant saw that in action on the set – in take after take.

Bondurant: “He was freaking me out, I mean, because he just turns on this rage and he’s flying really fast with these stunt men. And it’s, it’s … frightening.”

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charlidos: Tom Hardy with a little boy actor on the set of The Wettest County. Aww! How sweet. Love the look. :)

charlidos:

Tom Hardy with a little boy actor on the set of The Wettest County.

Aww! How sweet. Love the look. :)

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tomhardyvariations: Harvey Weinstein explains ‘Wettest County’ release date move January 6, 2012 |  1:33 pm / The Envelope - LosAngelesTimes On Thursday, the Weinstein Co. pushed the release date of “Wettest County,” the Depression-era drama starring Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy as bootlegging brothers, from April 20 to Labor Day weekend.Today Harvey Weinstein offered an explanation for the postponement, citing a media strategy that aims to capitalize on the post-“Dark Knight Rises” appeal of Hardy as well as a release template followed by other action-tinged dramas.“We have a star in Tom Hardy who’s completely anonymous right now. If you go to a line at the ArcLight nobody would know who he is,” Weinstein told 24 Frames. But the film executive said that would change with the release of Hardy’s Batman picture (Hardy plays the villain, Bane) in July. “He’s going to be a huge movie star by August,” Weinstein said.John Hillcoat directed “County,” which the musician-screenwriter Nick Cave adapted from Matt Bondurant’s novel. It concerns a family in rural Virginia that lives on the edge of the law and finds itself under violent pressure from authorities who want in on the action. The movie will now hit U.S. theaters on Aug. 31.Weinstein, who said he believed performances from Hardy and LaBeouf would attract awards attention, also said that the new date would allow the film to play at at least one major international festival. “The idea is to go to Venice and then hit the domestic market right after,” he said. It was a tack Weinstein said was taken by “The Constant Gardener,” Fenrando Mereilles’ 2005 John le Carre adaptation; the movie, released by Focus Features in late summer, went on to gross $33 million domestically and $48 million internationally.Labor Day is typically considered a very slow weekend in U.S. moviegoing, but Weinstein noted that “it can be a great bridge between the summer and the fall. And we wanted the holiday weekend for the movie, especially down South, where there’s a big audience for this film.”While a movie’s period setting usually dictates a limited release, Weinstein said he saw “Wettest County” as a wide play and planned on opening it in several thousand theaters.“Wettest” will kick off a packed fall season for the Weinstein Co. The company in recent years has been stocking up at festivals for its fall slate (its 2011 best-picture contender, “The Artist,” was acquired just ahead of last year’s Cannes Film Festival). But next fall is already crowded, with Brad Pitt-starring mob tale “Cogan’s Trade,” the David O. Russell family reconciliation story “The Silver Linings Playbook,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s so-called Scientology movie “The Master,” and Quentin Tarantino’s slave picture  “Django Unchained” all likely to come out in the fourth quarter.

tomhardyvariations:

Harvey Weinstein explains ‘Wettest County’ release date move

January 6, 2012 |  1:33 pm / The Envelope - LosAngelesTimes

On Thursday, the Weinstein Co. pushed the release date of “Wettest County,” the Depression-era drama starring Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy as bootlegging brothers, from April 20 to Labor Day weekend.

Today Harvey Weinstein offered an explanation for the postponement, citing a media strategy that aims to capitalize on the post-“Dark Knight Rises” appeal of Hardy as well as a release template followed by other action-tinged dramas.

“We have a star in Tom Hardy who’s completely anonymous right now. If you go to a line at the ArcLight nobody would know who he is,” Weinstein told 24 Frames. But the film executive said that would change with the release of Hardy’s Batman picture (Hardy plays the villain, Bane) in July. “He’s going to be a huge movie star by August,” Weinstein said.

John Hillcoat directed “County,” which the musician-screenwriter Nick Cave adapted from Matt Bondurant’s novel. It concerns a family in rural Virginia that lives on the edge of the law and finds itself under violent pressure from authorities who want in on the action. The movie will now hit U.S. theaters on Aug. 31.

Weinstein, who said he believed performances from Hardy and LaBeouf would attract awards attention, also said that the new date would allow the film to play at at least one major international festival. 

“The idea is to go to Venice and then hit the domestic market right after,” he said. It was a tack Weinstein said was taken by “The Constant Gardener,” Fenrando Mereilles’ 2005 John le Carre adaptation; the movie, released by Focus Features in late summer, went on to gross $33 million domestically and $48 million internationally.

Labor Day is typically considered a very slow weekend in U.S. moviegoing, but Weinstein noted that “it can be a great bridge between the summer and the fall. And we wanted the holiday weekend for the movie, especially down South, where there’s a big audience for this film.”

While a movie’s period setting usually dictates a limited release, Weinstein said he saw “Wettest County” as a wide play and planned on opening it in several thousand theaters.

“Wettest” will kick off a packed fall season for the Weinstein Co. The company in recent years has been stocking up at festivals for its fall slate (its 2011 best-picture contender, “The Artist,” was acquired just ahead of last year’s Cannes Film Festival). But next fall is already crowded, with Brad Pitt-starring mob tale “Cogan’s Trade,” the David O. Russell family reconciliation story “The Silver Linings Playbook,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s so-called Scientology movie “The Master,” and Quentin Tarantino’s slave picture  “Django Unchained” all likely to come out in the fourth quarter.

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Box Office Mojo is reporting that 'Wettest County' has been pushed to 8/31/12

notmyhairitisapalm:

What?!  You’d deny us The Cardigan Killer for another 4 months?

Of course they’re also calling it ‘The Wettest Country,’ but we’ll take their word for it.

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Notes: 36 1/7/12, 12:00pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZbM0EyEOov6a Filed under: #Tom Hardy  #Wettest County in the World  #Gary Oldman  #Shia LaBeouf  #Jessica Chastain  #Mia Wasikowska  #Guy Pearce  #Jason Clarke 

charlidos:

I can never resist posting any comment from Gary Oldman on working with Tom. :)

And then the young one you seem to be working with in these three films coming up is Tom Hardy.
I wouldn’t say we have a great deal to do in Batman, and I don’t physically work with him in the Hillcoat movie [The Wettest County], but it’s been the year of Oldman and Hardy.

I’m sure he’s learning a lot from this, the youth of today!
Oh, yeah, I mean, you know when you’re getting on a bit when Tom Hardy comes in and says, “Oh, man, I love your work. I used to watch you when I was a kid.”

Just as you did with John Hurt?
Yes, I guess John’s now of that generation. He must be nearly 70 now, but it’s nice. That’s one of the lovely things about the job — we’re all like links and chain. We’re all passing through, and now you look at people like Tom and Benedict Cumberbatch and all these lovely actors that are coming up.

(Source: m.askmen.com)

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tomhardyvariations: Jessica Chastain talked to the Playlist about Wettest County and working with Tom, whose character, Forrest, is a shy man “with no idea how to even talk to a woman.” @_@ *     *     * While we’re still waiting for a release date on that project, John Hillcoat’s period gangster tale “Wettest County” will land in the spring and finds Chastain co-starring with Shia LaBoeuf, Tom Hardy, Mia Wasikowska, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce and Jason Clarke. It’s one of our most anticipated films of the year, and it sounds like Chastain’s looking forward to seeing it just as much as we are. “Oh, my, I think it is going to be such a great film,” Chastain said. “I haven’t seen it yet, but I had, like, the front row seat for the performances… Because, you know, I’m acting opposite Guy Pearce and Tom Hardy and Shia…And the work that Shia does in this film is not like anything I’ve ever seen him do.” And it sounds like it’ll be a bit of a break from the wholesome portraits of motherhood she’s played in “The Tree of Life,” “Coriolanus” and “Take Shelter.” “I play Maggie,” Chastain told us, “she’s this gun moll from Chicago and she goes on the run — no one really knows why, she’s this mysterious woman — she ends up in Franklin County, this storefront with these three brothers and she asks for a job. So then you have the element of these men who never had a woman around, and she’s, um, used to being around a lot of men, so it’s a very fun dynamic. Most of my scenes are with Tom [Hardy]. There’s a love story. It’s fun because he plays a man who has no idea how to even talk to a woman, and so their roles are kind of reversed, she has this masculine energy, and he, well he doesn’t have feminine energy, but he has this shyness, it’s really a fun dynamic.” The film’s nearly done, and it sounds like she’ll be seeing the thing soon: “Nick Cave wrote the script and the music is INSANE, and I’m going to see it when I get back to LA, so I’m excited to see what they did in the editing room.”

tomhardyvariations:

Jessica Chastain talked to the Playlist about Wettest County and working with Tom, whose character, Forrest, is a shy man “with no idea how to even talk to a woman.” @_@

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While we’re still waiting for a release date on that project, John Hillcoat’s period gangster tale “Wettest County” will land in the spring and finds Chastain co-starring with Shia LaBoeuf, Tom Hardy, Mia Wasikowska, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce and Jason Clarke. It’s one of our most anticipated films of the year, and it sounds like Chastain’s looking forward to seeing it just as much as we are.

“Oh, my, I think it is going to be such a great film,” Chastain said. “I haven’t seen it yet, but I had, like, the front row seat for the performances… Because, you know, I’m acting opposite Guy Pearce and Tom Hardy and Shia…And the work that Shia does in this film is not like anything I’ve ever seen him do.”

And it sounds like it’ll be a bit of a break from the wholesome portraits of motherhood she’s played in “The Tree of Life,” “Coriolanus” and “Take Shelter.” “I play Maggie,” Chastain told us, “she’s this gun moll from Chicago and she goes on the run — no one really knows why, she’s this mysterious woman — she ends up in Franklin County, this storefront with these three brothers and she asks for a job. So then you have the element of these men who never had a woman around, and she’s, um, used to being around a lot of men, so it’s a very fun dynamic. Most of my scenes are with Tom [Hardy]. There’s a love story. It’s fun because he plays a man who has no idea how to even talk to a woman, and so their roles are kind of reversed, she has this masculine energy, and he, well he doesn’t have feminine energy, but he has this shyness, it’s really a fun dynamic.”

The film’s nearly done, and it sounds like she’ll be seeing the thing soon: “Nick Cave wrote the script and the music is INSANE, and I’m going to see it when I get back to LA, so I’m excited to see what they did in the editing room.”

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charlidos: More praise for Tom Hardy from Jessica Chastain! I can’t wait to see this film. In director John Hillcoat’s “Wettest County,” a Depression-era drama about a bootlegging gang that’s one of the eagerly anticipated films next year, Jessica pits talents with Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce and Mia Wasikowska. “I’m a big fan of John,” she said, citing his films, “The Proposition” and “The Road.” “I’ve wanted to work with him for a long time. The script was great, written by Nick Cave. ‘Wettest County’ is a set where acting across the board is so good that even when people weren’t working, they would still show up to watch the scenes. Most of my scenes were with Tom Hardy. He’s fantastic in the film! It’s an absolute transformation. You learn something from every actor that you work with. Tom is good at making the unexpected choice.”

charlidos:

More praise for Tom Hardy from Jessica Chastain! I can’t wait to see this film.

In director John Hillcoat’s “Wettest County,” a Depression-era drama about a bootlegging gang that’s one of the eagerly anticipated films next year, Jessica pits talents with Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce and Mia Wasikowska. “I’m a big fan of John,” she said, citing his films, “The Proposition” and “The Road.” “I’ve wanted to work with him for a long time. The script was great, written by Nick Cave. ‘Wettest County’ is a set where acting across the board is so good that even when people weren’t working, they would still show up to watch the scenes. Most of my scenes were with Tom Hardy. He’s fantastic in the film! It’s an absolute transformation. You learn something from every actor that you work with. Tom is good at making the unexpected choice.”

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New release date for The Wettest County

charlidos:

Here’s the exact (for now) release date for The Wettest County from Boxofficemojo:

The Wettest Country -   Weinstein Company   -    4/20/12

Weirdly enough, there’s been a release date for Sweden up at imdb.com for a long time: June 29 2012. So that fits.

(Source: boxofficemojo.com)

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charlidos: One of the producing companies behind The Wettest County in the World now says this about when it’ll be released. The Weinstein Co. recently acquired Benaroya’s THE WETTEST COUNTY IN THE WORLD and is preparing for a Spring 2012 release. I wonder if they’re considering Cannes? I can’t wait, at any rate. Tom Hardy in a cardigan is simply too hard to resist.

charlidos:

One of the producing companies behind The Wettest County in the World now says this about when it’ll be released.

The Weinstein Co. recently acquired Benaroya’s THE WETTEST COUNTY IN THE WORLD and is preparing for a Spring 2012 release.

I wonder if they’re considering Cannes? I can’t wait, at any rate. Tom Hardy in a cardigan is simply too hard to resist.

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charlidos: From an interview with Gary Oldman in Total Film, Dec issue; the love story between Gary and Tom Hardy is still going strong. (I love how he says Tom is beautiful not once but TWICE!). You’re in three movies in a row with Tom Hardy - Tinker Tailor and next The Wettest County and The Dark Knight Rises. Do you see something of yourself in him? He says he’s a fan. Been a fan. Yeah, I can see a bit of me in Tom. He’s got a lot of great things going for him too. I think he’s incredibly charismatic and beautiful and he’s got a great talent too. It’s quite a cocktail. Not everyone has that. But he’s beautiful, like Paul Newman. He’s got that aliveness, like raw meat.

charlidos:

From an interview with Gary Oldman in Total Film, Dec issue; the love story between Gary and Tom Hardy is still going strong. (I love how he says Tom is beautiful not once but TWICE!).

You’re in three movies in a row with Tom Hardy - Tinker Tailor and next The Wettest County and The Dark Knight Rises. Do you see something of yourself in him?

He says he’s a fan. Been a fan. Yeah, I can see a bit of me in Tom. He’s got a lot of great things going for him too. I think he’s incredibly charismatic and beautiful and he’s got a great talent too. It’s quite a cocktail. Not everyone has that. But he’s beautiful, like Paul Newman. He’s got that aliveness, like raw meat.

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charlidos: Another quote from the lovely Jessica Chastain about Tom. I love these two. Five Things You Never Knew About Jessica Chastain 5. She’s a Scrabble champ.“I’m so obsessed that during [the filming of] The Wettest Country in the World Tom Hardy and I would play two games at once on our iPads. Of course I always beat him, though he would deny that.”

charlidos:

Another quote from the lovely Jessica Chastain about Tom. I love these two.

Five Things You Never Knew About Jessica Chastain

5. She’s a Scrabble champ.
“I’m so obsessed that during [the filming of] The Wettest Country in the World Tom Hardy and I would play two games at once on our iPads. Of course I always beat him, though he would deny that.”

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charlidos: A comment from Jessica Chastain on Tom’s fondness for mime-boxing. I would like to see this! We made this movie two and a half years ago, so I haven’t really been using Krav Maga a lot. However, I did just do The Wettest County with Tom Hardy, and Tom loves to fight. We’d be on set in our ‘30s clothing, and Tom would take a stance and I would just punch him back. So, I did get to work on my Krav Maga. I don’t think that he expected me to be as ruthless as I was.

charlidos:

A comment from Jessica Chastain on Tom’s fondness for mime-boxing. I would like to see this!

We made this movie two and a half years ago, so I haven’t really been using Krav Maga a lot. However, I did just do The Wettest County with Tom Hardy, and Tom loves to fight. We’d be on set in our ‘30s clothing, and Tom would take a stance and I would just punch him back. So, I did get to work on my Krav Maga. I don’t think that he expected me to be as ruthless as I was.

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