Snark Week is over. Sob. To help us all transition back to the daily grind, here’s a little Man Candy Monday featuring one of the hottest human beings in existence, Tom Hardy. You’re welcome.
Now, Tom Hardy is a man’s man. We’re probably never going to see him in anything froofy ever again. And he’s ruining my fantasies by sporting an unfortunate beard these days. But, at least we can always remember him when he was young and desperate and PRETTY. And take heart from the fact that he’s still willing to do historical movies, so long as he gets to exude testosterone.
Band of Brothers (2001)
Haven’t seen it, still happy to gaze on a young and unsullied Thomas:
Colditz (2005)
A TV movie that lets us see Monsieur Hardy in uniform. Thank you!
The Virgin Queen (2005)
As Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Yes please.
Sweeney Todd (2006)
Apparently he was in some TV version of the musical as “Andrew.” I may have to track this down.
Minotaur (2006)
Sounds like it’s terrible, but Tom Hardy is “way better than he needs to be, perhaps under the impression that he’s in a real movie.” – Emily Armstrong, Rotten Tomatoes
Marie Antoinette (2006)
My personal favorite. He has about three lines, and is in about two scenes, but HE’S SO DAMN HOT IN THAT WIG AND THAT 18TH-CENTURY SUIT.
Oliver Twist (2007)
Genius casting, if you ask me.
Wuthering Heights (2009)
How they talked him into this, I have no idea.
Shockingly, we actually have things to look forward to:
Child 44 (2015)
“Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders — a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.” Soviet uniforms!
Legend (2015)
“Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1950s and 1960s.” Ooo, I’m picturing some good accents in this!
The Revenant (2015)
“The frontiersman, Hugh Glass, who in the 1820s set out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.” With Leonardo DiCaprio. No pics yet. I’m picturing a lot of beards.
Taboo (??)
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney builds his own shipping empire in the early 1800s. He can build my shipping emp….! Okay, okay, I’ll go have a lie down now.
Um…. I just… wait give me a few minutes. Stunned by the sheer manliness and intensity.
Loved him in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (mmm, monsieur tightpants) and there’s some Britishy organized crime-family show set variously in the ’80s and ’90s on Hulu that he’s in, but it’s pretty violent and I had to stop watching.
Still. Let me gaze at his lovely manliness, in gorgeous period costume.
I think Hardy is kinda meh. I dunno… Might be his lips. A little *too* sculpted and pouty. I do agree, however, he was TEH HOTNESS in Marie Antoinette.
Men really need to bring back the frock coat and wig thing.
Yeah, my affection for him mostly comes from his two seconds in Marie Antoinette. *fans self*
Don’t forget Peaky Blinders! Super tough super cockney 1920s Jewish mob boss, it’s surprisingly really sexy.
Oooo, haven’t seen this! Will have to track it down.