These are actual things Tom Hardy said. In his “about us” section. On MySpace.
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It’s still possible all of this could go terribly wrong, but it seems as if some serious thought was given to the issues which is more than we can say for a lot of Hollywood projects utilizing these types of stories. I’ve also heard from a few people who saw early screenings and they had nothing but good things to say about women’s roles in the film. Fingers crossed this flashy blockbuster actually raises the bar for Hollywood in more ways than one.