Legend 2015

Legend is a 2015 biographical gangster film written and directed by Brian Helgeland, adapted from John Pearson's 1972 book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins. The film follows the Kray twins' career and relationship together through their convictions for murder and sentencing to life imprisonment in 1969. Tom Hardy plays both Reggie and Ron Kray in a dual role. The film also stars Emily Browning, David Thewlis and Christopher Eccleston, with Colin Morgan, Chazz Palminteri, Paul Bettany, Tara Fitzgerald, Taron Egerton and Duffy in supporting roles. An international co-production between British, French, and American companies, Legend premiered in London on 3 September 2015, before being released in the UK by StudioCanal on 9 September. The film received mixed reviews from critics, though Tom Hardy's dual performance was widely praised, and earned him a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor.