TIFF: ‘Legend’ Star Tom Hardy Fir Back After Reporter’s Gay Query – The Hollywood Reporter

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• IS TOM HARDY GAY?
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OTHER MAJOR ROL FOLLOWED, CLUDG THE FILMS BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001), STAR TREK: NEMIS (2002), INCEPTN (2010), THE DARK KNIGHT RIS (2012), LAWLS (2012) AND MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2014). HARDY RECEIVED HIS FIRST OSR NOMATN FOR HIS ROLE AS JOHN FZGERALD THE DRAMA THE REVENANT (2015), AND WENT ON TO STAR THE SPIR-MAN SPOFF VENOM (2018).EARLY LIFEEDWARD THOMAS HARDY WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1977, HAMMERSMH, LONDON, ENGLAND. THE ONLY CHILD OF EDY AND NOVEL WRER EDWARD HARDY AND ARTIST MOTHER ANNE, HARDY SUFFERED OM ALHOLISM, DG ADDICTN AND LQUENCY DURG HIS TEEN AND EARLY ADULT YEARS. DPE HIS MONS, HARDY WENT ON TO PURSUE ACTG AT THE RICHMOND DRAMA SCHOOL AND THE PRTIG DRAMA CENTRE LONDON. HIS TENSE MMENT FE-TUNED HARDY'S ACTG SKILLS. 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• TIFF: ‘LEGEND’ STAR TOM HARDY FIR BACK AFTER REPORTER’S GAY QUERY
• TOM HARDY HAD NO PROBLEM SWCHG BETWEEN GAY AND STRAIGHT CHARACTERS 'LEGEND'

IS TOM HARDY GAY?

On Sunday, at a prs nference at the Toronto Internatnal Film Ftival for Hardy’s new movie Legend, which Hardy plays a gay man, reporter Graeme Coleman om the LGBT news outlet Daily Xtra asked Hardy: “Do you fd hard for celebri to talk to media about their sexualy? There is nothg embarrassg about beg gay. Askg someone if he or she is gay is the equivalent of askg if they are married, if they were raised Christian, of if they have a bachelor’s gree.

Jt bee beg gay affects who a person has sex wh, this is not a qutn about his or her sex life. The reason why some people don’t want to ask—both at prs nferenc and at cktail parti—is bee there is still that ltle lgerg doubt the back of their mds that there is somethg wrong wh homosexualy.

If you ask someone whether he or she is gay, and he or she is not, they should not feel badly about themselv or about you. Gay people are, most s, happy to tell you that they are gay.

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OTHER MAJOR ROL FOLLOWED, CLUDG THE FILMS BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001), STAR TREK: NEMIS (2002), INCEPTN (2010), THE DARK KNIGHT RIS (2012), LAWLS (2012) AND MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2014). HARDY RECEIVED HIS FIRST OSR NOMATN FOR HIS ROLE AS JOHN FZGERALD THE DRAMA THE REVENANT (2015), AND WENT ON TO STAR THE SPIR-MAN SPOFF VENOM (2018).EARLY LIFEEDWARD THOMAS HARDY WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1977, HAMMERSMH, LONDON, ENGLAND. THE ONLY CHILD OF EDY AND NOVEL WRER EDWARD HARDY AND ARTIST MOTHER ANNE, HARDY SUFFERED OM ALHOLISM, DG ADDICTN AND LQUENCY DURG HIS TEEN AND EARLY ADULT YEARS. DPE HIS MONS, HARDY WENT ON TO PURSUE ACTG AT THE RICHMOND DRAMA SCHOOL AND THE PRTIG DRAMA CENTRE LONDON. HIS TENSE MMENT FE-TUNED HARDY'S ACTG SKILLS. IN A {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}DECEMBER 2002 TERVIEW WH IGN, THE ACTOR STATED, "WHEN OTHER SCHOOLS WOULD BE DOG, SORT OF, 30 HOURS, WE WERE DOG 60. AND WE'D BE DOG STUFF THAT WOULD PREPARE YOU A VERY DIFFERENT WAY."TV, FILM AND THEATER SUCCS'BAND OF BROTHERS,' 'BLACK HAWK DOWN,' 'STAR TREK: NEMIS'HARDY ME TO THE LIMELIGHT 2001 WH HIS FIRST ROLE THE ACCLAIMED WAR DRAMA MISERI BAND OF BROTHERS. THAT SAME YEAR, HE ACTED THE H WAR FILM BLACK HAWK DOWN, PLAYG A SOLDIER LEFT BEHD. BREAKG OUT OF ARY DRAMAS, HARDY WON THE ROLE AS THE LEAD VILLA THE FILM STAR TREK: NEMIS (2002), STARRG OPPOSE PATRICK {--DATA-EMBED-DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;CLEAR:BOTH;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}} A SPAN{RIGHT:1REM;} IMG{WIDTH:TO;HEIGHT:85VH;} A{DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;POSN:VAR(--POSN, RELATIVE);} IMG:NOT(.EWCW41W1){DISPLAY:BLOCK;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:FLEX-START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;}{WIDTH:100%;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}{WIDTH:0;M-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-TOP:0.625REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;MARG-BOTTOM:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.4;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTERITALIC,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}TOM HARDY 2011 (PHOTO: JOE SRNICI/GETTY IMAG){PADDG-LEFT:0REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;}JOE SRNICI/GETTY IMAG 'STUART: A LIFE BACKWARDS'OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, HARDY STARRED SEVERAL FILM AND TELEVISN PROJECTS. IN 2006, HE LLABORATED WH SHOTGUN DIRECTOR ROBERT DELAMARE TO LNCH AN UNRGROUND THEATER PANY. HE DIRECTED BLUE ON BLUE, A PLAY WRTEN BY HIS FATHER, AND HIS ROLE STUART: A LIFE BACKWARDS (2007) GARNERED HIM A BT ACTOR NOMATN OM THE BRISH AMY OF FILM AND TELEVISN ARTS.'BRONSON,' 'WUTHERG HEIGHTS,' 'INCEPTN' IN 2008, HARDY WAS ST A UNIQUE ROLE AS A GAY HOODLUM THE FILM ROCKNROLLA, DIRECTED BY GUY RCHIE, AND WON A BRISH INPENNT FILM AWARD (BT ACTOR) FOR HIS TURN AS BRA'S MOST VLENT PRISONER BRONSON. HE TACKLED PLAYG HEATHCLIFFE WUTHERG HEIGHTS THE FOLLOWG YEAR, AND GAED MORE FAME FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF EAM INCEPTN (2010), A SURREALIST BLOCKBTER HELMED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN.'LAWLS,' 'THE DARK KNIGHT RIS,' 'MAD MAX: FURY ROAD' IN THE SUMMER OF 2012, HARDY STARRED AS A BOOTLEGGG BROTHER THE DEPRSN-ERA DRAMA LAWLS AND AS BATMAN'S NEMIS BANE THE DARK KNIGHT RIS. HE APPEARED AS ALFIE SOLOMONS THE BRISH GANGSTER SERI PEAKY BLRS, WHICH PREMIERED 2014, BEFORE LANDG THE HEADLG ROLE OF THE MUCH-LD MAD MAX: FURY ROAD 2015. THAT SAME YEAR HE STARRED LEGEND, PLAYG BOTH ROL OF FAMO BRISH MOBSTER TW BROTHERS RONNIE AND REGGIE KRAY.'THE REVENANT'ALSO 2015, HARDY -STARRED WH LEONARDO DICAPR THE REVENANT, A HARROWG 19TH-CENTURY DRAMA FOCG ON TWO MEN WHO BEE BTER ENEMI THE WILRNS. DIRECTED BY ALEJANDRO GONZáLEZ IñáRRU, THE PROJECT EARNED 12 AMY AWARD NOMATNS, WH HARDY RECEIVG HIS FIRST OSR NOMATN THE TEGORY OF SUPPORTG ACTOR.'TABOO,' 'VENOM'HARDY RETURNED TO THE SMALL SCREEN 2017 THE BRISH SERI TABOO, WHICH HE -CREATED WH HIS FATHER AND STEVEN KNIGHT. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, HE STARRED AS THE TULAR ANTI-HERO OF THE SPIR-MAN SPOFF VENOM, A FILM THAT DREW A MIDDLG RPONSE OM CRICS BUT PERFORMED WELL ENOUGH AT THE BOX OFFICE TO SEND A SEQUEL TO PRODUCTN.PERSONAL LIFEHARDY HAS A CHILD, SON LOUIS THOMAS HARDY (BORN ON APRIL 8, 2008), WH EX-GIRLIEND RACHEL SPEED. IN 1999, HE MARRIED SARAH WARD; THE UPLE PARTED WAYS 2004. HARDY BLAM HIS DG HAB FOR THE SPL, AFTER WHICH HE SPENT TIME REHAB TO REVER.HARDY MARRIED ENGLISH ACTRS CHARLOTTE RILEY 2014. THE UPLE WELED THEIR FIRST CHILD TOGETHER 2015 AND ANOTHER BABY LATE 2018.IN 2018, THE ACTOR WAS APPOTED COMMANR OF THE ORR OF THE BRISH EMPIRE FOR HIS SERVIC TO {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

Straight people hardly ever get asked whether they’re straight or gay and might be taken aback by the qutn, but they seem to never have a problem settg the rerd straight. In 2008, while Hardy was promotg another movie which he played a gay man, Brish gay liftyle magaze Attu quoted him sayg “I’ve played wh everythg and everyone. Ronnie is known to have been gay, and recent reports claim that both brothers were bisexual.

Those who are celebratg Hardy’s rponse seem to thk that keepg people om askg about sexual orientatn is helpg end homophobia. It further nvc people that beg gay (or even askg if someone is gay) is somethg shameful that needs to be hidn.

TIFF: ‘LEGEND’ STAR TOM HARDY FIR BACK AFTER REPORTER’S GAY QUERY

It jt shows how obssed we are, as a culture, wh gay people and gay sex. But among his (many) gay fans, the 37-year-old Brish actor is perhaps bt known for somethg very different: Admtg, and later nyg he admted, that he ed to have sex wh 2008—ancient Hollywood history—Hardy posed for the December ver of the gay Brish magaze Attu as part of a publicy tour for the “crime edy” RocknRolla, which Hardy played a closeted London gangster named Handsome Bob.

TOM HARDY HAD NO PROBLEM SWCHG BETWEEN GAY AND STRAIGHT CHARACTERS 'LEGEND'

Now, ’s not unmon for ostensibly straight men to pose for gay publitns Bra; Daniel Radcliffe, for example, has graced the ver of Attu at least twice. But an acpanyg terview wh Attu’s Simon Gage, Hardy let on that he wasn’t always one thoand percent ’s the relevant part:It’s such a tradn of London gangsters, the gay thg, what wh the Krays... I love the form and the physily but the gay sex b do nothg for me.

But there’s plenty of stuff a relatnship wh another man, pecially gay men, that I need my life. A lot of gay men get my thg for sho.

I have fe feme quali and a lot of gay men are credibly ’s enough text and subtext here to fill several doctoral dissertatns queer theory.