Tom Hardy is a versatile actor in Hollywood. He's worked on many a highprofile project at this point in his career — The Dark Knight Rises, Sony's Venom trilogy, and, of course, George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road — so, what's his process? How does Hardy, someone who seems to inhabit wildly different characters effortlessly, take on these different personas, like tough guy Johnny in Jeff Nichols' upcoming film, The Bikeriders?

In his latest, opposite Oscarnominee Austin Butler (Elvis), Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), and fellow reallife Harley enthusiast Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon), Hardy plays the perplexing Johnny. The character is a leathersporting biker who establishes the Chicago Vandals, a bike club, to join the outcasts of 1960s America into a family. As the landscape of the US shifts throughout the Vietnam War, so, too, do the Vandals, evolving into something much more violent.

During this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Hardy talks about filming scenes with vintage HarleyDavidson motorcycles, the beautiful shots captured by Nichols and cinematographer Adam Stone (Take Shelter), and the attention it took to maintain control over "antiquarian" machines during a scene. The actor also opens up about his process with each new role over his 20yearlong career and why some people may assume Hardy simply "doesn't care."

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