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8 Aug, 2018

McGregor inspires Hardy character ‘Venom’ in upcoming film

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Hardy reveals McGregor inspired his character in the upcoming film, ‘Venom’. Hardy plays the character of Eddie Brock who transforms into Spider-Man’s arch nemeses, Venom, after his body is infiltrated by an evil alien symbiote. He says the role was excting because it’s a double act. He sees Brock as:

A mixture of Woody Allen and Conor McGregor: tortured neurosis but also bravado.

And for the character of the alien, he was inspired by James Brown and “one of those rappers from the Nineties, big voices: Redman or Method Man”.

1 Feb, 2015

Empire cover

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Hardy appears on the cover of the February 2015 issue of Empire magazine. On the cover, he is dressed as his Mad Max: Fury Road character, Max Rockatansky.

17 Jun, 2010

Elle Magazine interview

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Hardy gives interview to Elle about his role as Mad Max during the remake of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. 

I celebrated when I got the part, but now I have to do the job. It’s a lot of money that they’re putting into it, and I have absolutely no rabbit coming out of my ass or flowers up my sleeve. Like, how do you eat an elephant? One step at a time.