Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy is a minor, antagonistic character in the novel "最佳影星" inspired by the celebrity persona of Tom Hardy.

Personality
He has a very vindictive personality where he remembers even the slightest grievances he suffered at the hands of another. Due to his birth and his family's background in the British film circle, he acts like a snob towards others.

Background
He studied acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Volume 2 (2000)
He ran into his rival Michael Fassbender at a bar in London. Michael's group and he had a bit of an argument before he left after seeing an acquaintance, Damian Lewis.

The next day, he entered the crew of Band of Brothers for one of the smaller roles opposite Matthew Horner. The role required him to act anxious and scared in front of Matthew's role of cold-blooded Lt. Roland Spiers, however, due to the arrogance ingrained in his being and having learned that Matthew was a hillbilly from Texas, he instead acted condescending towards him. After over 40 NGs, the director was enraged and, following a discussion with one of the producers, Erik Bork, decided to cut all of Hardy's scenes and kill off his character.

The next day, Tom Hardy learned of his character's fate and came to believe that he had lost his role due to Matthew's machinations with no fault of his own.

Volume 3 (2001)
When he arrived at Edwards Air Force Base for the filming of Black Hawn Down, he saw Matthew Horner and noticed that Johnny Lee Miller, who was also a client of his agent, also seemed to have it out for Matthew. A few days later, the two sneakily followed Matthew into the shower room where Tom Hardy sneakily took a video of Matthew, naked, with his genitalia visible before threatening him with a stun gun; beside him, Johnny Lee Miller took out sex toys and barked at Matthew to use them while the two recorded him or they would shoot him with the stun gun. Matthew bluffed Miller by stating that he still had a copy of his recording with the escorts and asked that he get Hardy fired and delete the video they just took or else his girlfriend would leak the recording with the escorts. As James McAvoy began banging on the door, Johnny Lee Miller begrudgingly agreed to Matthew's terms much to Tom Hardy's chagrin.

Tom Hardy held the grudge against Johnny Lee Miller and decided to get even with him once he became more famous.

Trivia
Tom Hardy's roles in both Band of Brothers and Black Hawn Down were lost due to Matthew Horner, directly or indirectly.