Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace Drop by the Princess of Wales Theatre
Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace Drop by the Princess of Wales Theatre
By John Semley | September 6, 2014
By John Semley | 09/06/2014
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In the gritty crime drama The Drop , living meat man Tom Hardy plays a Brooklyn bartender drawn into the seedy Chechen crime underworld. (Side note: why are crime dramas always “gritty” nowadays? Whatever happened to the squeaky-clean crime dramas of old? And why are people always “drawn” into underworlds? Why can’t they ever be sent a formal invitation?) The Brit hunk was scrubbed free of any screen grime when he took to the red carpet on King Street yesterday, alongside co-star Noomi Rapace (the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ). Hardy greeted fans arriving with plenty of Dark Knight box sets to sign, while also fielding questions about working with the late James Gandolfini , who makes one of his last on-screen appearances in The Drop . Also: I heard through the ol’ grapevine that Hardy dined post-premiere at The Black Hoof on Dundas. That’s cool, because the Hoof’s a great restaurant. But frankly, it’s a bit disappointing that a guy built like Hardy doesn’t source his horse carpaccio from an Anadolu Pony he chases, tackles and consumes alive.
289509 Tom Hardy, from a distance. (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-2-2-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-2-2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-2-2.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-2-2/ gciampini_thedrop-2-2 0 0
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289506 Hardy, up close. (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-0055-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-0055.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-0055.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-0055/ gciampini_thedrop-0055 0 0
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289505 <em>The Drop</em> director Michaël R. Roskam. (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9615-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9615.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9615.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-9615/ gciampini_thedrop-9615 0 0
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289507 Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts. (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-0017-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-0017.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-0017.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-0017/ gciampini_thedrop-0017 0 0
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289508 Swedish actress Noomi Rapace. (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-0007-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-0007.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-0007.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-0007/ gciampini_thedrop-0007 0 0
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289511 (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9996-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9996.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9996.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-9996/ gciampini_thedrop-9996 0 0
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289512 Hardy, making one fan's year. (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9970-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9970.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9970.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-9970/ gciampini_thedrop-9970 0 0
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289514 Yearning for Hardy. (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9873-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9873.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9873.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-9873/ gciampini_thedrop-9873 0 0
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289515 Writer, actor and producer Dennis Lehane, who wrote the screenplay for <em>The Drop</em>. (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9851-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9851.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9851.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-9851/ gciampini_thedrop-9851 0 0
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289513 (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9918-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9918.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9918.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-9918/ gciampini_thedrop-9918 0 0
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289516 Director Michaël R. Roskam signs some autographs. (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9759-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9759.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9759.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-9759/ gciampini_thedrop-9759 0 0
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289517 The late James Gandolfini's ex-wife Marcy Gandolfini and their teenage son Michael. (Image: Giordano Ciampini) TIFF Red Carpet: The Drop https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9713-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9713.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GCiampini_TheDrop-9713.jpg 1200 800 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tom-hardy-noomi-rapace-drop-princess-wales/slide/gciampini_thedrop-9713/ gciampini_thedrop-9713 0 0
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