I just thought that was another subliminal feeling of “He’s crazy.” He’s having this crazy moment, and instead of a straight-on shot, the camera is looking at him where his chin is at the top of the frame, all covered in blood and stuff. For some reason, that really lent a lot to the scene. I remember the angle we had on Ron on the ground. It’s Reggie understanding when he says, “I’m very sensitive,” and he gives him a hug. McNulty: The close-up of Ron’s hands hugging Reggie on the ground … these big, tough hands, and it’s brotherly love and he hugs him at the end. Then we figured out we could afford to do seven face replacements. Helgeland: We shot it like we’d shoot a real fight and the editor cut the very best version of the fight he could cut, irrespective of whether you saw it was a stunt man. His punches are perfect he can stop a quarter-inch from the nose. His stunt guy couldn’t react to the speed of the punches. It was trying to slow him down all the time he’s so quick and agile. Spencer: I had to strip Tom down of his fighting skills when he went to play Ronnie because he was just too good, he’s done MMA and all, and Ronnie’s just a dirty fighter. Hardy: So I slapped Jacob solidly for a whole day and then he turned around and slapped me solidly for a whole day the next day. And I said, “Tom, that’s three for Reggie then I need three for Ron.” I can pace myself to do three,” and he started to walk away. I said, “Why do you want to know?” And he said, “Because Jacob and I are really going to hit each other.” I said, “Well, three.” He nodded and said, “OK, three. Helgeland: came to me and asked, “How many takes do you think you’re going to do?” and he had never asked me that question, ever. Every single lamp in that scene was cheap and low tech, with practical lighting. It goes with the feel that Ronnie’s let the club sink into squalor. Reggie, trying to control himself, looks at Frances who looks back at him.ĭick Pope, director of photography: All the other scenes in the club are darker brighter and garish. Here, the cast and crew - along with script excerpts - reveal how the scene came together. A full-on fistfight breaks out between the two men, who, you’ll remember, are really just Hardy. The tension between them comes to a head after Reggie is released from a stint in prison and returns with his girlfriend, Frances (Emily Browning), to the nightclub the twins own. Reggie Kray is depicted as suave, intelligent - and fatally loyal to his brother, Ron, a paranoid schizophrenic with uncontrollably violent tendencies. In “Legend,” Tom Hardy turns in a critically lauded performance as both of the infamous Kray twins, gangsters in the early days of Swinging London.

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