I’ve mentioned my love for Tom Hardy before. I first noticed him in Band of Brothers (my favorite miniseries of all time), but I only recognized him as The Sex when I saw his lovely, funny, charming, naughty performance in RockNRolla, in which he stole most scenes away from Gerard Butler (by the way, Idris Elba is in that too, and his scenes with Hardy and Butler… Jesus, that film has man-candy!). Hardy is getting more press now that he’s been in Inception – he stole several scenes from Leonardo DiCaprio, and he’s gained some weight, and well… the man is just hot.
Anyway, much like the character Hardy played in RockNRolla, the real-life Hardy doesn’t mind a little man-on-man action. He admitted as much when he discussed his sexuality with The Daily Mail. Just keep this in mind, whenever Hardy talks about man-on-man, I’m picturing him with Gerard Butler:
Hollywood heart-throb Tom Hardy has revealed he had a string of gay flings as a teenager. The 32-year-old Inception star, who is engaged to British actress Charlotte Riley, 28, and also has a two-year-old son with a former girlfriend
But asked if he’d ever had any sexual relations with other men, the broody actor said: ‘As a boy? Of course I have. I’m an actor for ****’s sake. I’ve played with everything and everyone. I love the form and the physicality, but now that I’m in my thirties, it doesn’t do it for me. I’m done experimenting but there’s plenty of stuff in a relationship with another man, especially gay men, that I need in my life. A lot of gay men get my thing for shoes. I have definite feminine qualities and a lot of gay men are incredibly masculine.’
London-born Tom found big-screen fame with Star Trek Nemesis, and in the 2009 hit Bronson, where he played the notoriously violent criminal Charles Bronson to critical acclaim.
In Guy Ritchie’s hit Rock’n’Rolla he starred as gay gangster Handsome Bob, and had a crush on Scottish hearthrob Gerard Butler. He then starred as Heathcliffe in a BBC remake of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, where he met stunning fiancée Charlotte.
In an interview with Now magazine, the former party-boy who has battled drink, drugs and crime to turn his life around, added: ‘A lot of people say I seem masculine, but I don’t feel it.
‘I feel intrinsically feminine. I’d love to be one of the boys but I always felt a bit on the outside. Maybe my masculine qualities come from overcompensating because I’m not one of the boys.’
[From The Daily Mail]
Um… swoon? If he was American, I might be calling him a closet-case, but I’m giving him some leeway because he’s British. You know, the accent, the school systems… well, I just think more British boys have had gay experiences in general, and are perhaps more open to bisexuality and homosexuality. That’s my bias talking, by the way, but I don’t consider it a bad thing. Nothing could be further than the truth – I find Hardy’s honesty and sort-of naughty homoeroticism terribly sexy. I’m swooning even harder, if possible.
Jesus, this man’s lips. They’re so kissable. Mm…
Hardy in Paris on July 10, 2010, and in LA in September 2009. Credit: WENN.
good job kaiser. I like him too. unbelievably sexy. there was an issue with him ditching his GF at the time and his baby for his costar in wuthering heights, which kind of makes me think he is a little bit of a D-bag.
He’s not sexy to me.
My crush on this guy has inflated to ridiculous proportions over the past few weeks. A godly blend of looks, talent and charisma. Love him.
and honey you can come on over and play with me. he’s a bad boy. meme like.
Sorry, what’s so gay about the British school system?! I’m not offended in the slightest, I’m just curious!
He was lovely in Star Trek: Nemesis, even if the older Cpt Picard was still a billion times sexier (I know, old men are in danger around me…)
Guy sounds like he’s a walking Petri dish. Fail.
If I had a few drinks, this guy could become sexy.
The British accent would be the real determining factor here.
If I had a few drinks, this guy could become sexy.
The British accent would be the real determining factor here.
Oh those lips!
He looks so different in each of those shots. He was great in Inception.
I don’t know much about him, but he was good in Inception. And from this interview, it sounds like he is a person completely confident in who he is, not trying to portray a certain image for his career.
Nice package!
America’s obsession with masculinity and what makes a guy straight always makes me laugh. I don’t know of any nation so homophobic where men are so afraid to appear not manly enough.
And the stereotype that British men are all at least bi because they don’t act like cave men is also another reason why Americans are thought to be uneducated and ignorant.
@Jen – Tut tut tut. Being an American (and damn proud of it), I take offense at that. I’m neither ignorant NOR uneducated and I don’t care what Mr. Hardy did back in the day because the man is infinitely fuckable.
God, do a google image search on this man. So delicious. I’ve never been into British guys because they do seem so feminine, and I tend to gravitate toward stereotypically masculine men, but holy cow Hardy is just so sexy.
this guy is really crazy and cool
@ K1 – by British men seem so feminine – you mean rather than the rednecks you date they are by comparison…enough said
I have to laugh at the idea that masculine looking men are not gay.
You should visit some gay sites(not necessary porn) to see what those men look like.
Jen-
Whoa there, pickle. There’s idiots everywhere, and we’ve got our own share of knuckle draggers in the UK. Nick Griffin, to name one. Jim bloody Davidson. Bernard Manning!
Oh, and KJ- you’re looking at the wrong British men. My dad’s a stocky 6’4″ ex soldier and he’d look hilarious in a skirt!
Strange upper body. Short torso and..are those moobs?
can’t be.
Still…very hot.
WOW! He’s hott!
He’s gorgeous.
If only he had a neck……….
So he’s gay but not everyday, huh?!
Aaaaw @Blondie, were you feeling down today and decided lashing out at someone for no reason with no actual information and hiding behind a commenters handle on a gossip site would make you feel better about yourself? Way to leap to a really prejudiced (and silly) conclusion about my taste in men, because if I don’t like my men waif like and delicate means I must only date rednecks. Because black women date rednecks. Nice try you non contributing zero, go back to your insignificant existence in which attacking people online is the only way to make yourself feel big and bad.
Which brings me to my next point and back to the intelligent discussion, feminine isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I just mean I think of most British heart throbs and think of soft spoken, polite accents, typically leaner and delicate body types. Like a Hugh grant type. I gravitate more to a tough guy kind of vibe, dirtier and grittier. I just like a muscly mans man, but if they’re are more like Tom hardy across the pond, book me a flight ASAP. Yum.
He was so sooooo good and deliciously evil as Heathcliff in “Wuthering Heights”! This guy does PBS British drama minseries’s better than anyone else : ) (well, mayyyybe Dominic Cooper can give him a run for his money as Willoughby in “Sense and Sensibility”….)
P.S. Wouldn’t you have killed to see him on “The Tudors”??? Good grief he could have played Jonathan Rhys Meyer’s brother…Heaven.
I love his honesty! And you’re right he has some sexy lips! He and the rapper Drake are running #1 and #2 in my list of the ‘sexiest lips in the entertainment industry’ right now 🙂
this guy is cool and crazy because
he´s suposed to be something like a hot thing in hollywood
(he´s the next mad max)
so talking about having tried gay sex is kind of brave in his position
is like he doesnt care, wich is really cool
and i dont thing he´s posing
i´ve seen some interviews and he is really open about everything
for me he´s much more interesting than dicaprio…
he reminds me of a male young angelina
I am an American and I don’t think I am ignorant. I like British and European people, but I don’t find any man (no matter what country he is from) interesting if he has been with other men. It just isn’t a turn on for me and I will never change.
i’d be his chew toy.
That man is REVOLTING
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Funny thing is that I don’t remember seeing him in “Band of Brothers” and I still haven’t seen him in “RockNRolla”, yet.
Just saw him in “Wuthering Heights” and he’s absolutely an revelation. Very prodigiously talented actor. I just hope that his foray into Hollywood doesn’t cut him off from his British film roots, because he’s legitimately good.
I am developing a mad crush on him at the moment. I find him delectable, but love the fact that he’s not perfect-looking. Nice…
As far as cultural stereotypes and attractions, while it’s true that Americans are more uncomfortable with the blending of the gender lines, America is also a very big country that is composed of all types. He will be to the liking of some (as in my case) and not in others. There’s no need to get all riled up over generalizations, whether your dishing them out or are on the receiving end.
It is a bit sad how, within a certain subset of people, being bi or gay somehow makes you “cooler” than the rest of the straight peons. Good for him for not giving a shit, but some of the reactions are ridiculous.
ViktoryGin – You haven’t seen RockNRolla? He was really, really great in that. Plus, it’s a truly underrated crime/comedy with great performances by everyone: Gerard, Tom, Idris, Mark Strong, Tom Wilkinson, etc.
I don’t like his lips at all. They look like my cat’s anus. I almost expect them to pulse in and out. Yuck.
I am gay and not fem.
it happens, believe it or not.
funny comments though.
and he IS hot.
I spent ages trying to work out where I’d seen him before you mentioned it – Wuthering Heights! If people haven’t seen him in it, I would so recommend it because it was so so SO good. He was the best Heathcliffe I’ve ever seen – as well as being really sexy, the boy can act. Yum.
i dont think hes cool because he´s gay or bi or wathever
its the way he explains his experience
that makes him cool
most of “popular” people seem very fake to me
but not this guy
He’s a lot hotter with his clothes on. In the shirtless photos, hate the no-neck, the weird nips, the ugly tats, and his weird-ass belly button!
I think it’s very cool how he talks openly about having experimented. I’m not saying he’s cool just cause he’s had gay sex, but because he’s open and frank about it. that’s a turn on for me, whether it’s a straight person talking about having gay sex, or a gay person talking about having straight sex.
He’s so yummy, I saw him in Wuthering Heights as well and instantly fell ‘in crush’. Very sexy man, thank you very much for this post Kaiser 🙂 .
I want to change my answer.
he has no neck, and a very odd stomach, and the tats are gross
if I could do him dressed, excellent.
He’s cute, but he needs to keep his shirt on.
I don’t know-just thinking about him having been with other guys does NOT in any way turn me on. I didn’t realize so many women were turned on by thinking a man was once gay. Is it like men wanting to “convert” lesbians?
Andrea 2-
But he wasn’t ‘once gay’. He’s experimented- would you say you were once a smoker because you tried a couple of puffs when you were younger?
@Fae
Blowing smoke and blowing a bloke are two different things!!!
It doesnt matter to me which way he goes-it’s that Brit accent that is so damn HOT!
These still pics don’t do it for me…Haven’t seen him in anything (have yet to see Inception), so I’ll take everyone’s word for it that he’s sexy.
Welcome back ViktoryGin. I’ve missed your comments.
Sometimes it’s sexy to just shut up!
Erm…his lips kind of gross me out. And that disappearing neck thing he has going on. Although (like many actors) he probably comes across as lovely on screen. However, in these pics he just looks a bit too Neanderthalish to me.
@ Patrice – that’s exactly what I thought – and how I’d like to see this guy as Henry VIII instead.
He reminds me of Michael Pare. Similar yum lips. But after hearing about his free sexin ways, yuck, too many germs would be about his person. Get the disinfectant.
American ladies – woe betide to she who ignoreth red flags simply due to an English accent. There are plenty of selfish louts in every country.
I find it very refreshing that he admits it and isn’t ashamed of it!
is @blondie insinuating that American men are rednecks? ugh, Brits are just as ignorant as Americans sometimes. let’s be honest here, British men are comfortable in their sexuality – hence, they are not as masculine as American men.
but American men do often overcompensate and try to be overtly macho because of the prevalent homohobia here.
also, Tom Hardy is effing sexy.
He’s hot.
I think it’s great he’s open about his sexuality. I think he’s honest about preferring women. However, if I was his girlfriend I’d be a little worried about his statements not feeling like “one of the boys” and being more feminine inside. I heard transgender people say similiar things.
Anyway I wish him and his fiancee the best. I think he’s a terrific actor and definitely stole a few scenes in “Inception”.
I don’t get it–he’s not even remotely hot to me. In fact, he kind of looks like one of those images where they take different features from celebrities and put them all on the same face, and wind up with what looks like a plastic surgery nightmare.
I don’t remember him from either Band of Brothers or RockNRolla (another bloated, over-hyped movie from Guy Ritchie)–I always associate him with the extremely disappointing Star Trek: Nemesis. And I didn’t find him hot there, either.
And if I didn’t know that he’s British, I’d assume, based on his appearance, that when he opens his mouth, he sounds like Brooklyn 30 years ago. So if you change the accent, is he still hot to you?
I am in utter shock. What kind of men do you all have in your towns to think this guy is hot? He is so not hot. He is gross. I suppose the man thing got you going. Because I know nothing spells hot to me more than a man who fucks anything and everything. Kinda the narcissistic fuck partner I always wanted. Excuse me if I like a man with some sort of morals. Yep I said morals. A swear word. Morals.When did it become hot for woman to have their men fuck other men? Dogs
I am so not attracted.
ok pulsating cat bum in reference to this lips, made my freakin day, that comment was hilarious
@ KI & #48 (can’t read your name properly)
The whole point of my comment about rednecks was to be as unintelligent, stereotypical & incorrect as KI’s comment about all British men seeming to be feminine….
I’ll think you’ll find that regardless of nationality men come in all different forms, some more masculine and some more feminine than others…
In reply KI – I don’t really see how stating all Brit men seem feminine constitutes an ‘intelligent’ discussion so I’ll let you happily get on with that narrow world view point
I agree with Patrice
You’ve got to see Wuthering heights
Nastyyyyy
He is BEEFY!
morals?
I live in canada. perhaps that explains it.
He is gorgeous (what a face, what lips oh baby) but then he takes his shirt off and WHY WHY WHY did he mar that exquisite body with those tattoos? Still, he is fantastic
AND Patrice YES my thought exactly, he could be JRM’s beefier hunkier brother on Tudors
I look forward to the day when a celebrity can state that they’ve messed around with people of the same gender previously and it DOESN’T become news.
i think he is yummy and i always find it refreshing when anyone is sexually open… i myself am straight and repressed in the sense that i could not see myself every experimenting with a woman, ever [and trust me, there have been offers!] in fact, i am currently dating a guy who is bisexual… we have had many discussions with me trying to get into his way of thinking and he has opened my eyes to a lot
anyway, sorry to go on and on about basically nothing, haha
tam hardy = yummy in my book!
Just so you know and might want to see, he was in Layer Cake with — guess who — Daniel Craig. That should light your fire a bit. And, yeah, they both looked super F*ING hot.
I W-O-U-L-D H-I-T I-T
I love Tom Hardy. I do prefer him when he’s his normal size though. The shirtless pictures were taken when he had been bulking up for a movie where he plays a cagefighter so he’s not normally that beefy. But good god those lips..
The last two pics don’t do him justice – I suspect they were taken right after he’d finished filming “Bronson”. He put on about 50lbs of muscle for the role. He definately looks better without the weight. Check out ‘The Virgin Queen’ – he is a great Robert Dudley.
I was waiting for him to break out here in the U.S. he was sooooo sexy in The Virgin Queen.
@ Kaiser
I know, right? The only Guy Ritchie film that I haven’t seen. I’ve been meaning to watch it for the past two years since it came out but always end up watching something else. I shall add it to my “to do” list. Pun optional.
@ Mistral
Cheers!
@ To Those Whom This Portion Concerns
I find it rather short-sighted on the part of some that for those of us who are attracted to him that the attraction must be defined my physicality or cheap sexual fetish. In my case, my attraction has to do with neither. Though I find him attractive, ironically, he’s actually a little “jockish” and “bulky” for my usual predilections. Alternately, I find his FORMER sexual dalliances inconsequential. He would doubtlessly receive less disdain from some of you had he admitted that he experimented with crack, instead. I suggested him for a post because the man is talented. Pure and simple, and it is that that I find to be the sexiest thing about him. I think that some of your premature judgments are more telling. If you haven’t seen him on screen, do so first, and then draw your conclusions.
Gay, Bi or Straight, Tom Hardy is the next Flavor-of-the-Month! The man is beautiful to look at. The replies are very entertaining.
Oh, and admitting his past liasons now? Smart move.
I understand what he says about experimenting with anyone… but with every-THING??
What the fuck does it mean? 🙁
Anybody remember the quote from James Dean? When asked if he had been with men? Or maybe they said Women Only’? He answered “That would be like tying one arm behind my back.” meaning of course he’d tried it.
Dean was sexy, not really good looking. But something…THardy has it. So does GB.
I want his body….on mine! 😉
Watched 1st part of Whuthering Heights, Tom Hardy, is a brilliant actor,
. Watched all of The Take, he was awesome in that. He puts me in the mind of Marlon Brando. He is truly going places.
HE IS SO SEXY AND NICE
Completely agree with #43 and #55. Saw him in Inception and thought he was great, but don’t find him sexy in the least.
No one is saying British Men are more feminine, just the ones who go down on other men and such.
Of course I include the Men associated with Tom’s PR firm that state on many websites how ” Hot” he is and things about his lips. I would say most of the over the top praise above is pathetically from people associated with him, because he is backtracking on his comments about multiple male sex partners. Tom lacks the courage of his conviction.
By the way he is not new to the film industry he is 33. He spent years playing supporting roles unnoticed. To critique his looks he has a weak chin, creepy eyes, those tattoos are highly unoriginal and disgusting. No one really thinks he is attractive. Well that’s not true he is okaying Mad Max but the directors gay.
As for the anti American comments, if it were not for the American film industry, which Tom benefits from, he would still be engaged in nefarious whorish activity in his quest for crack.
I think it’s hysterical that Alicia Keys is raked over the coals for her hookup with toucan sam and Tom gets a pass. If the first comment on this thread was about Alicia or Leann the name calling would have been intense but once again the guy escapes any scrutiny for his less than stellar past.
I find this man to be very sexy