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Tom Hardy wants to play TV chef Marco Pierre White in the Hollywood film based on his life.

The 36-year-old British actor is reportedly keen to star as the bad boy chef in the upcoming biopic, which is being directed by Ridley Scott, after bonding with White, 52, over the role.

A source said: "Tom and Marco have had a long dialogue about the movie.

"Marco's given his blessing and thinks Tom is the only actor who can do him justice."

The movie is based on White's autobiography The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef and will feature his wild antics during the 1980s and growing up in a working-class British family.

At the time big celebrity names were desperate to dine at his restaurants - but he sometimes kicked them out if they complained about his food.

The source added: "A lot of people thought Russell Crowe was the obvious pick but the movie will primarily be about Marco in his twenties and thirties."

Earlier this week Tom Hardy showed his aggression as the first movie trailer for Mad Max: Fury Road was released.

Marco was the youngest chef to ever gain three michelin stars. His last big TV series was fronting ITV's Hell's Kitchen back in 2009.

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