Tom Hardy goes bald for ‘Fonzo’
LOS ANGELES: Actor Tom Hardy has completely shaved his head to play Al Capone in upcoming biopic Fonzo. The 40-year-old actor was spotted with a bald head on the set of the crime drama in New Orleans as production on the movie began, reports aceshowbiz.com.
In some photographs obtained by dailymail.co.uk, Hardy wore a dark ash gray t-shirt, black athletic shorts with white stripes and redand-white trainers. He was seen carrying a mannequin’s head which had a short brown wig on while making his way through the set.
The Academy Award-nominated actor previously teased his look in the movie with a picture he shared on Instagram in late March.
In the image, he wore what looked like a prison garb while sitting on a chair and holding one of Capone’s famous hats.
He had also teased Capone’s famous scar that he would be sporting LOS ANGELES: Actor Ryan Reynolds has put up a new pink Deadpool suit for sale to raise funds in the fight against cancer. The 41-yearold actor, who plays the quirky antihero in the Marvel film franchise, shared a video on Twitter to announce the nonprofit F**k Cancer drive through an Omaze campaign. in the movie.
Fonzo will follow Capone as the ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron fist. Once the most infamous and feared gangster of American lore, at the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, dementia rots Capone’s mind and his past becomes present as harrowing memories of his violent and brutal origins melt into his waking life.
Capone reigned as a ruthless mob boss for seven years during the Prohibition Era before he was taken down by Eliot Ness at the age of 33. He died in 1947 at age 48. In a “special message from Deadpool,” Reynolds said that the new bright pink suit was for the “world to see that I have a big old heart-on... That’s heart with a ‘t’... For my new obsession, pink – the colour, not the singer. Personally I’m more of a Celine guy.” “This is one fight where everyone can be a hero, no superpowers, capes or lame CG costumes needed – just your money. Seriously, we need that – these suits aren’t cheap,” he added. Reynolds shared the link where one can make donations and captioned the video as, “Suit for sale. Worn once. Made lovingly with over 10,000 individually selected pink gummi bears.” One can donate money ranging from USD 10 to USD 5,000 to the cause which would win the Deadpool suit. Participants who donate over over USD 1,000 would receive gifts such as a signed movie poster or a personalised voicemail message from Reynolds as Deadpool.