The first images of Tom Hardy (INCEPTION, BRONSON) have leaked online from TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY on Just Jared showing Hardy with some old school, betting shop type tattoos and blonde locks.
The film stars Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch (SHERLOCK) and is based on the 1974 novel, by John Le Carre, of the same name, where;
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6’s echelons.
(imdb.com Source)
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY has previously been adapted as a BBC TV mini-series back in 1979 with the fantastic Alec Guinness as George Smiley now played by Gary Oldman in the updated instalment. One of the reasons that this is an important film to look out for in 2011 (and not just because of Tom Hardy) as it is directed by Tomas Alfredson which hopefully everyone saw his last film, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. It’s hard to conjure up an idea of what Alfredson could create in a paranoid spy type of film as the majority of work he has produced has been Swedish TV shows which are near unotainable over here but while I wouldn’t normally be too interested in this project he has definitely put this on my watch list.
The film is due out 16 September 2011, see the stills below.
