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Life from adversity to success venom Tom Hardy receives another Royal medal, Charles presented him with the award

Thank the past, thank the past suffering and good, because the past made us today.

By Yan Guo LuanPublished 3 years ago 7 min read

Tom Hardy received an OBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace in recognition of his work in film.

It is the second time he has received a Royal Medal, after receiving the Commander of the Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II in June. The 41-year-old actor made his name on screen with a string of tough-guy roles in films including Inception, Mad Max: Fury Road, Bronson and The Revenant.

Tom Hardy, who looked dandy in a navy suit and black leather shoes, has known Prince Harry for years and has been an ambassador for the Prince's Trust since 2010. Tom called Harry a "legend" in an Esquire interview, so it's fair to say they have a very good relationship.

Tom and his wife, Charlotte Riley, flew in for the royal wedding in May from New Orleans, where he was filming Fonzo. Harry also appeared at the premiere of Tom's film Dunkirk, alongside Prince William, and they also had cameos in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which sadly were later cut.

Tom Hardy's acting career has not been without its troubles. He was featured in the 2002 film "Star Trek: Avengers." After his failure in Nemesis, he became a drug addict, and his wife, Sarah Ward, divorced him, ending his first marriage. As he reflected on his painful past, he told the Guardian: "I was a complete failure and I was lucky that I didn't have some terrible accident or get sent to prison or die because that's where I was going."

Now Tom Hardy is the latest Hollywood sensation with his new Marvel superhero movie, starting with Venom: Since its release on November 9, Deadly Guardian has topped the one-day box office in the mainland for several days in a row. The cumulative box office of the film has exceeded 1 billion yuan, which has become the first Marvel solo SuperUK film in the mainland to exceed 1 billion yuan. It is also the best box office performance achieved by Marvel solo SuperUK in the mainland. Tom Hardy's "Venom" has left a deep impression on the audience with his unusual heroic image and cute personality. Under the appearance of iron Man is a warm heart, looking forward to Tang Lao Wet to bring me more wonderful works.

Tom Hardy, who went from adversity to success, has been awarded the Royal Order of Merit by Prince Charles.

We all knew that there was a major Marvel movie coming out in 2018 featuring the villain Venom, but we didn't know that the actor who played Venom in the movie was named Tom Hardy, and we didn't know what was going on behind him when we knew that there was an amazing actor named Tom Hardy. Indeed, Tom Hardy may be very strange to us, in the glittering, star-studded Hollywood film circle, his name is not that high, but when you suddenly learn about his obscure past, you will not notice and respect, from his experience you will find that no matter what kind of career, if you want to, It's never too late to turn back.

For me, the first time I heard about an actor like Tom Hardy was in the once highly anticipated movie Venom, which, like the Joker, was released this year, featured a villain, and was a real first for an American culture that had been obsessed with individual heroism for years. Because in that cultural atmosphere, people prefer heroes like Batman, Spiderman and Superman who stand on the side of justice, while those villains representing evil and cruelty such as Venom and Joker make people angry and hate.

Who says the villain is just a foil? Who can conclude that the villain in any film or television is a character who will never be popular? In my opinion, all the beautiful things, when a long time will produce aesthetic fatigue, when we sit in the sky like silence in the Snow White dream and hero save the world fantasy, will feel boring for a long time. As a result, Marvel introduced one hero after another, and though the surprise was always the same, in the end, the hero saved the world, and the crowd rejoiced. What if the villain saves the day? What if a villain can't define what makes him good or bad? I think that would be much more interesting.

It's not unheard of in this regard. In the highly rated film The Dark Knight, Batman was briefly eclipsed by the villain the Joker, the good and evil, intelligent and plot turning character, who was portrayed nearly perfectly by actor Heath Ledger. As a result, the villain may be more of a surprise than the positive character. Since then, there have been more films featuring Marvel villains, including Venom in 2018, The Joker in 2019, and more to come.

Here it is necessary to say that not all villains can achieve success after being put on the screen of the main character. Although such movies and TV plays are really fresh from the feeling, they also test the actors' acting skills. Just like the movie "Joker", if we can't perfectly show the aspects like "mental illness" and "tyrannical", Then the villain would be stillborn, and it wouldn't be a great viewing experience for many viewers.

It is said that after playing the Joker in the film The Dark Knight, actor Heath Ledger couldn't tear himself away from being the Joker. In real life Heath Ledger thought he was the Joker in the movie, and during that time Heath Ledger felt as if he was suffering from a mental illness. It was impossible to distinguish between the real and the real. It can be seen that such a role, the requirements of the actors are really very very high, if the acting is the average actor is likely to drive slave, so we will see the movie "Joker" by the famous actor Phoenix to lead, and the movie "Venom" is by the famous actor Tom Hardy to lead.

Whether Phoenix or Tom Hardy, both of them have a hidden past, that is, it is the experience that makes them who they are. When we see these people from many films and television, the characters they play will be more or less their own figure, among them, Tom Hardy's past is worth mentioning.

Tom Hardy is a British actor, screenwriter and producer who was born in London. He first came up in the 2001 TV series Band of Brothers, the same year he appeared in the popular film Black Hawk Down, the 2007 film Rewind won him an award and hasn't stopped since, whether in the highly rated film Inception or dicaprio's recent film The Revenant. Until 2018, when she starred in the hugely popular movie Venom.

On the surface, Tom Hardy's career as an actor seems to be on a roll. Several films have made him famous, and he can leave a good impression on audiences whether he is a supporting actor or a leading actor. However, only he knows the size of his shoes, the hardships he has suffered, and the past that has made him who he is now.

So we go from the outside to the inside, and we take a look at his past, and it's not hard to see that he also has a very impressive past, and maybe that past allowed him to start over and make Tom Hardy the man he is today.

When Tom Hardy was young in the local has been a little famous, in the entertainment industry he can be said to be mixed like a fish in water, such experience did not let him learn, but he quickly became addicted to alcohol and drug addiction, so young and reckless, he is not young, but more daring than anyone else. During that time, he was addicted to drugs until he was schizophrenic and drunk until he passed out. At the young age of 17, he was facing 14 years in prison. It wasn't until one morning in 2003, when he woke up hungover on a British street to find pools of blood and vomit on and around him that he realized he couldn't mess around anymore.

When Tom Hardy came to his senses, he vowed to get back all the things he had lost. He gave up his addiction to alcohol and drugs, and devoted himself to his acting career. In the film Rewind, which won him an award, he played a drunken, unconscious tramp who was often taken to the police station. The role was very much like Tom Hardy's early drinking days, so he played himself in the film, rewinding his past and experiences.

Every actor will add his own understanding and his own figure when playing a role, so the roles you see in many movies and TV works are actually the actors themselves at a certain moment and a certain period of time in real life. So from Life Rewind to Black Hawk Down to Inception to The Revenant to Venom, whether it's a lead or a supporting role, there's always a bit of Tom Hardy in there.

From these experiences of Tom Hardy, it is not difficult to find that we should not hate the past, nor for some things in the past feel sad. From another point of view, maybe it is the good or bad things in the past that make us happy and unhappy. We all have the same history. Some of those histories are black and some are colored. When they are all softened together, they make our own colorful life. So, thank the past, thank the past for the suffering and the good, because it made us who we are today.

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About the Creator

Yan Guo Luan

I like movies, music, science fiction and art. I am a certified graphic designer and create my own art. Things that inspire me include equality, respect and anything weird.

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