![]() It’s also another showcase for Tom Hardy, who dominates the film in his dual role as both twins the suave, witty Ron and his grandiose, terrifyingly unpredictable sibling. Through the eyes of young Londoner Francis (Emily Browning), who falls under the charming Ron’s spell, Legend digs beneath the twins’ self-mythologising, revealing the violent, even sociopathic streak that lay beneath the sharp suits and glitzy clubs. ![]() Rising from London’s underworld to become unlikely celebrities at the height of the swinging 60s, Ron and Reggie Kray were more famous as nightclub owners than for their murderous gangland exploits. Helgeland’s latest film is Legend, a British gangster thriller about the exploits of the Kray twins. But it was his adapted screenplay for the 1997 thriller LA Confidential that really put Helgeland on the Hollywood map netting him an Oscar and receiving rave reviews, its success paved the way for his more recent career, which included the hit thriller Payback (1999), Helgeland’s big-screen debut as a director, and his script for the acclaimed drama Mystic River (2003). Brian Helgeland’s career began in horror, as he wrote the scripts for such genre pieces as A Nightmare On Elm Sreet 4 and 976-EVIL.
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