leethomas-11621
Is there anything Tom Hardy can't do? Great performance from Emily Browning too. I liked how the film treated the relationship between the twin brothers- it becomes the centre of the movie. I find the pair fascinating as twins more than as gangsters. Btw, if you are usually annoyed by voice-over narration (as I am) hang in there as here it turns out to be a clever device.
Majikat
The fascination about the infamous Gangsters, is that they were so alike. Hardy manages to take on both roles and bring to life (instead) the differences in the twins. The loyalty, the liabilities, the business minds, the brutality. Prison, mental institutions all covered in everything ever written about the Krays, but this film digs that little bit deeper and that is down to Hardy's interpretations.
Alan Benfield Jr (alanbenfieldjr)
The original film about the subject "The Krays" (1990) had Billie Whitelaw as their mother and, somehow, she dominated my memory of the film. Here the twins have a mother but she is, on the film, a distant character and that's what I missed here. I missed their interaction. She clearly had a massive influence in their characters but in Legend, those pieces of the puzzle are unfortunately missing. But, Tom Hardy compensates for any flaws. He is extraordinary, twice. The twins are total individuals, totally two people. What they carry in common is a sort of sexual danger, one explicitly the other implicitly but both as powerful. They dare us to get close. Amazing performance(s)
ctouboulic
Was convinced to watch by a friend and didn't think I would enjoy. Was absolutely captivated by Tom Hardy's performance as the Cray twins! Each subtle character choice was seamlessly woven in and created two completely unique individuals! A masterclass in characterisation and I would recommend any aspiring actors to watch.