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Peaky Blinders and Thomas Hardy
Tom Hardy continues to prove he has become one of the finest actor of his generation. He first caught my attention as Bob in The Drop and again as John Fitzgerald in The Revenant. Although Hardy has a small role in Seasons 2 and 3 of Peaky Blinders his presence is so commanding he steals those scenes.
SPOLIER ALERT this is from the last episode of Season 3. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzYrtG7dCg0[/ame] The following is copied from a story in DEADSPIN you may want to read if you found the scene interesting. Tom Hardy isn’t the main character of Peaky Blinders, a BBC show about an upwardly mobile 1920s Romani crime family by the same name. He doesn’t show up until season two as Alfie Solomons, the leader of a Jewish gang in London who becomes one of many adversaries faced by Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy), the leader of the Blinders. Hardy’s character disappears for much of the third season, but resurfaces for a few scenes in the last two episodes. All told, Hardy’s scenes could have been shot in a day or two, and yet his portrayal of Solomons the highlight of the show. Peaky Blinders Is The Brutal British Gangster Saga For You Right now, my wife is making it through both seasons of Peaky Blinders, the British TV show about… Read more Peaky Blinders is essentially a show about the lengths people will go to lie to themselves—okay, it’s also a show about good haircuts and people looking really stylish and cool while walking in slow motion, but mostly that other thing—and by season three Tommy Shelby is neck-deep in self-delusion. He’s reached the apex of the classic gangster come-up story, evolving from a street thug to a member of the landed gentry, all while thinking he can enjoy the protections of the straight world and simultaneously maintain his ruthlessness in the criminal world. So when the shadowy agents of the British government (SPOILER) kidnap his son, he’s shocked and appalled at their willingness to act like criminals. Enter Alfie Solomons. Every good gangster story needs those moments when the boundaries between the criminal underworld and the legitimate institutions of power are proven to be invisible, and it needs characters who refuse to participate in the hypocrisy that comes with pretending there are any rules at all. The trick is in delivering these moments via something other than a big neon sign that reads, “Hey Audience, This Is The Whole Point.” In the final episode of season three, Solomons and Shelby face off in a scene that delivers The Point, and it’s great: Even if you have no intention of ever caring about or watching Peaky Blinders, I still recommend you watch that scene. (It really gets going around 2:40 in.) Watch Hardy’s face after Murphy reveals that his son has been taken—Solomons slips into a state of shock before becoming defiant, and we find out a minute later that he had no idea about the kidnapping. When Shelby tells Solomons that he knew he was unaware of the kidnapping because he saw the truth his face, we as viewers can feel the weight of the dialogue. We saw the truth on Solomons’s face, too, because Hardy showed his work. If you do watch Peaky Blinders, I don’t think I’ll have much trouble convincing you that this is the best scene of season three, and perhaps the entire show. (As Murphy silently lets Hardy’s furious monologue wash over him—Tommy Shelby is the cold, calculating type—you can see a little glint of awe in his eyes, one that says, “Jesus, man, I’m supposed to be the star of this show, but here I am, getting dunked on by Tom Hardy.”) The lines Hardy is given to work with in the scene above aren’t any less clunky than “I got the shotgun, you got the briefcase,” but he still manages to make them crackle. The power of the scene is derived entirely from Hardy’s ability to seesaw between rage, incredulity, and righteous indignation. He’s tasked not only with detonating the life that Tommy Shelby has built for himself, but with providing a turning point in the story. This is where Shelby’s journey into legitimacy is revealed to be built on a lie, and that’s not the kind of revelation that is easy to deliver in an artful and compelling way. The task is Hardy’s, and he pulls it off flawlessly. By my lights, there is no better scene-stealer currently working than Tom Hardy. He turned in the best performance in The Dark Knight Rises despite being burdened with a dumbass mask and a weird vocalizer; he went into the woods with Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant and not-so-quietly put the Oscar winner’s performance in the trash can; and now here he is guest starring on a BBC show that nobody expects an actor of his stature to appear on, and he’s he stealing the whole shebang in one scene. It’s hard to imagine an actor being better at what he does. Last edited by Still-One; 06-28-2016 at 05:53 PM. |
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Jim,
Thanks for posting this. Tom Hardy is an incredible actor in my opinion. If you haven't seen Locke, check it out. I always get great music ideas from you too. |
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Thanks, and I appreciate the suggestion for Locke.
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New season 4 with 6 episodes has been announced for Netflix -- December 21st.
Tom Hardy will return along with Adrien Brody who will join the cast of season four. Looking forward to it. Best Sirs, Bob
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Great series for sure! I’m counting the days.
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checkout Hardy's Taboo series too..
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I agree with all you guys. BTW, if you haven't done so already, check out Tom Hardy in Taboo on Hulu.
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