Tom Hardy to play Ronnie AND Reggie Kray in East End gangster film

 
Role: Tom Hardy plays both Ronnie and Reggie (Picture: Greg Williams/Studiocanal/PA Wire)
Louise Jury13 June 2014

This is the first image of Tom Hardy as he plays both Ronnie and Reggie Kray in a film about the East End gangsters.

The 36-year-old star of Inception and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy will take on the roles of both twins in Legend, which began filming in London this week.

Mirror image: Reggie Kray and Ronnie

The movie, based on John Pearson’s book The Profession Of Violence, is written and directed by Brian Helgeland, the Oscar-winning writer of LA Confidential.

Hardy’s co-stars include David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri and Tara Fitzgerald.

The Kray twins were the Sixties’ most notorious criminals.

They ran an underworld empire in the East End until 1969, when they were convicted of murder and jailed for life.

Ronnie Kray died in Broadmoor in 1995 at the age of 62.

Reggie died from cancer in 2000, a month after being released from jail on compassionate grounds.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in