Tom Hardy is known for his dark roles marked by a peculiarity:the presence of a mask that covers part of his face. But why does the actor often like to camouflage his head?
The Dark Knight Rises Dunkirk and recently Venom … Do you also have this curious impression that Tom Hardy very often wears masks in his film roles? Well it's no coincidence. A recurrence that is explained by his favorite director, Christopher Nolan
He is one of the most popular Hollywood figures of the moment. Tom Hardy, 44-year-old actor, combines successful roles. After being the main villain in the third installment of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Night trilogy, he then moved on to the Marvel side. And it's always a "villain" that he plays with Venom, one of Spiderman's enemies.
A peculiarity between the two roles? His character is masked. A redundancy that can also be found in other films by the actor:Farrier in Dunkirk, Max Rockatansky in Mad Max:Fury Road… But why this obsession with the mask?
It was a relative of Tom Hardy who spilled the beans against The Independent, during the Dunkirk premiere:"I was quite delighted with what he had given in The Dark Knight Rises with just two eyes, two eyebrows and a bit of a forehead, so I wanted to see what he could do without a forehead, without eyebrows, and with just one eye" a said Christopher Nolan, who had previously directed the actor.
It is therefore thanks to his unequaled facial expressions that Tom wins his roles, able to convey emotions like no one else, even when his face is half-covered. "It's all there, he has the most expressive eyes ever. He sets the mood in an extraordinary way, even though most of his face is covered “, adds the director of Interstellar .
And for the moment, it is not the criticism, generally very positive, which will say the opposite.
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