Tom Hardy has taken the actorly objective of self-transformation pretty literally. He lost weight to portray a homeless man, bulked up to play a prisoner and later an MMA fighter, looked practically diminutive in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and again put on mass to be the baddie in this summer’s The Dark Knight Rises. (“I doubt I will be doing that for my whole life,” he says. “It won’t be very healthy.”) For This Means War, his first romantic comedy, the 34-year-old Englishman says he underwent a different kind of change: playing someone who looks and sounds like he does. Hardy and Chris Pine star as CIA operatives caught in a love triangle with Reese Witherspoon.

source

As you now, Tom has been very active in a couple of charities and we’ve posted about his commitment to FLACK in the past. Now he is set off across Siberia to collect more for his projects…

I’ve been supporting FLACK since it first started and now I’m about to set off to drive across Siberia to raise money for three charities I care about including, of course, FLACK!

I’ll be wearing my very special FLACK HAT to keep me warm – there’s only one like it in the world!

Last year many of my fans helped to keep FLACK going with an amazing response to their urgent fundraising appeal, I’m so grateful for your support. FLACK’s immediate future is now secure for the next few months but they still need my help to ensure that their inspirational work with homeless people can continue for as long as it’s needed.

I’m incredibly proud to be patron of FLACK which is a social enterprise and registered charity based in Cambridge that benefits people who are or have been homeless. It’s unique in that everyone – homeless, housed, staff, volunteer, service user – pulls together to write and produce a comprehensive listings magazine for Cambridge with articles, poetry and reviews.

Many thanks to Charlidos for sharing this video with us. Here’s Tom’s appearance on the British talk show.

Movies > This Means War (2011) – Tom as Tuck > Press Conference

He talks about the reason behind the beard, “This Means War” and the Oscar nominations fellow actors Nick Nolte and Gary Oldman.

And Tom posing on the red carpet…

Public Appearances > 2012 > February 2012 – “This Means War” Premiere – Los Angeles

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is waving the white flag on what is supposed to be a worth-the-price-of-admission movie which in and of itself is a rarity these days. The studio was supposed to open its ‘romantic action comedy’ This Means War on Tuesday aka Valentine’s Day. But the studio hasn’t seen the pic’s poor tracking pick up at all in recent days, while Sony Pictures/Screen Gems’ The Vow is soaring in wannasee. So Fox has decided to get out of the way. In an unusual move this late in the game, the studio will sneak This Means War on Tuesday and then hope word of mouth spreads before its new release date of Friday February 17th. I don’t get what the moviegoing public’s problem with this pic is: Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, and Reese Witherspoon are just as cool casting as Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams (though apparently not as box office) and the trailers have been engaging (though thrust into a lot of clutter) and the film didn’t look dumb (and that’s is half the battle with this genre).

source

Tom will make an appearance on the Jonathan Ross Show on Saturday, February 11th.
The show starts at 9.15pm GMT on ITV1.

I don’t know if this is the same preview I posted before since I couldn’t watch that one, so… if you’ve already seen this, sorry. If not, hurray…