Tom Hardy 'taken to see a specialist after injuring his foot' on the set of The Kray twins biopic Legend



Tom Hardy was reportedly injured on the set of his upcoming Kray twins biopic Legend on Thursday, resulting in filming for the afternoon being cancelled.



The 36-year-old star, who is playing both of the gangster brothers, Ronnie and Reggie, in the movie, was seen limping out of the motor home on the set of the movie.

A source told MailOnline that he had to go and see a specialist after injuring his foot while shooting scenes for the film.



Tough role: Tom Hardy was reportedly injured on the set of his upcoming Kray twins biopic Legend on Thursday, resulting in filming for the afternoon being cancelled

No pain, no gain: The 36-year-old star, who is playing both of the gangster brothers, Ronnie and Reggie, in the movie, was seen limping out of the motor home on the set of the movie

The Dark Knight Rises star was seen with bloody knuckles upon his return to his dressing room after shooting fight scenes inside Turner's Old Star pub, which is standing in for The Pig & Whistle.

And he was later seen departing the motor home with his pet dog in tow.



Tom was seen dressed down in a green T-shirt and a pair of black tracksuit bottoms for the day.





In between takes: Tom was also seen with bloody knuckles as he headed back to his motor home In pain? A source told MailOnline that he had to go and see a specialist after injuring his foot while shooting scenes for the film

The star's face also looked slightly battered after shooting his latest scenes.



The reports come just one day after the Hollywood star was pictured in the first film still from The Krays biopic.



Wearing the glasses and three-piece suit of Ronnie on one side, while smoking a cigarette as Reggie on the other, even in this single shot one can see how Tom has defined each character.

First look: Tom in his latest roles as Ronnie (left) and Reggie Kray in the film, Legend

Challenge: Tom will portray both The Kray twins in the film, which the actor knows will be difficult but exciting

The film also stars Emily Browning, David Thewlis and Christopher Eccleston but the supporting cast have yet to be seen on the east London set, which continued filming on Thursday.

Wearing prosthetics and vintage suits, Tom's stand-in was dressed as Reggie to help the crew set up shots for the main talent at Turner's Old Star pub.



The artist Joseph Mallard William Turner was rumoured to be the owner of the watering hole, and it is though that he often visited the place of debauchery under the pseudonym 'Admiral Puggy Booth'.

Bespectacled: Tom Hardy dons thick glasses for his role as gangster twin Ronnie Kray in Legend

Enigmatic: Tom cut a suave figure in his elegant spectacles as he began fliming the gangster movie

Starring role: Tom is surrounded by cast and crew as he films the protagonists of the crime drama

No doubt, the pub is a resonant choice for the film which chronicles the life of two of the most notorious gangsters in British history who grew up and operated primarily from the East End.

Ronnie and Reggie were born on 25 October 1933 in Hoxton, and first attended Wood Close School in Brick Lane before going onto Daniel Street School.

In 1938, the Kray family moved from Hoxton to Bethnal Green, at 178 Vallance Road, which is certainly not far from Turner's Old Star.

Mirror image: The actor removed his glasses to play the role of Ronnie's brother Reggie

Dodgy dealings: Reggie Kray formed one half of one of Britain's most notorious crime duos

At Cannes this year there was a lot of interest in the film, with the response from buyers that it 'was one of the best scripts' they'd come across.

Confirming the news in April, Tom said: 'I'm on that right now. I've got to work out how to play both twins, which will be fun. It's another experiment and I'm really looking forward to it.

'I’m not going to put too much pressure on myself, I just want to have some fun. The more of a challenge I give myself, the easier it is to take on more projects which are complicated in the future.'

On the run: Tom films an action-packed chase in one of the scenes from the film

Solemn: The actor plays the role of complex and tormented characters in the tense psychological drama

The Hollywood hunk previously told MailOnline that he was keen to take on the roles as he said: ‘All the plans are on the table.

'There’s a lot of crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s, and there’s a lot of shift and geography to work out.’

From a screenplay penned by LA Confidential writer, Brian Helgeland, the story will focus on the Kray twins’ wheelings and illegal dealings during the fifties and sixties, with Hardy playing both brothers.

‘It would be difficult,’ Tom said about the mechanics of playing two characters sharing a lot of the same screen time. ‘It’s quite technical and I’m a bit of an anorak.’

Resonant: The crew were filming at Turner's Old Star pub in Wapping with Tom's stand-in Disguise: Tom was barely unrecognisable as he filmed scenes as the Kray twins Convincing: The stand-in certainly looked like the Hollywood star to the untrained eye

He added: ‘There’s a physical transfer; we’d have to shoot one bit, go away come back and shoot it all again with another part. I’ve never dreamt of playing two people on the screen!’

Hardy is expected to portray the struggle of the elder brother Reggie to keep in check the unstable actions of his younger twin, rumoured to have been a paranoid schizophrenic.

As heads of the notorious criminal gang The Firm, the Krays were behind numerous armed robberies, murders, arson attacks and protection rackets up until their arrest on 9th May 1968.

Their story was previously told on film in the 1990s, with real life brothers Martin and Gary Kemp playing the title roles.

The Oscar-winning screenwriter’s script doesn’t just concern the criminals that the brothers dealt with, but also the likes of Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and other celebrities, who frequented their former Knightsbridge nightclub Esmeralda's Barn, which is now the site of the Berkeley Hotel.

It is also said to look at Ronnie’s alleged sexual relationship with two British politicians; Lord Boothby, a UK Conservative Party politician, and, Labour MP Tom Driberg.

Of course, playing a violent former boxer-turned-criminal won’t be too tough a feat for Hardy, who proved his worth as the title character in Nicolas Winding Refn’s biopic Bronson.



And he continued down the gangster path with his role in BBC period crime drama Peaky Blinders, opposite his Inception co-star Cillian Murphy.

MailOnline has contacted representative of Tom Hardy for comment.

