Tom Hardy enjoys being a tough guy in tough situations. Catch him dead in a rom-com or a PG musical. Despite his choices, the British star doesn’t always walk around with a serious face in the real world. "I play characters that I am not, that I am frightened of," he told the Irish Independent, adding, "It's easier to mimic that which frightens me than it is that which comforts me." That’s right. Hardy likes to play-pretend, not replicate his daily life, and that’s what makes him such a good actor.
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