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"  He\u2019s Bane in The Dark Knight Rises and he\u2019s set to go apocalyptic as Mad\u00A0Max. Here, he tells us about red beards, cooking\u00A0and getting kicked in\u00A0the\u00A0plums.  ESQUIRE: In Lawless, you play a bare-knuckle boxing bootlegger. Is Forrest Bondurant one of your most\u00A0brutal roles yet? TOM HARDY: He does some pretty horrific things. From cutting people\u2019s testicles off to using knuckledusters. And yet this is a man who also mothers two boys, his brothers. He has to feed them, look after them; he doesn\u2019t drink. He\u2019s a carer.  ESQ: He\u2019s a tough guy in a cardie. Did you like that idea? TH: He\u2019s a specific type of man. What interested me was the female role in this guy. And what the nature of violence is to men. Non-egotistical violence, Non-macho violence. Violence from within the cardigan.  ESQ: You\u2019re shooting Mad Max. What can you tell us? TH: I have to grow a beard for the character. It\u2019s really ginger and wild. But I don\u2019t give a fuck about it, personally. My fianc\u00E9e doesn\u2019t give a fuck about it. She\u2019d like to have my lips back. I\u2019d like to feel hers! But on the whole, the beard is welcomed by a lot of people.  ESQ: Do you have a list of goals to achieve in life? TH: There are certain things I\u00A0want to achieve by the time I\u2019m 40. I\u2019d like a black belt in Brazilian jujitsu. And I\u2019d like to go down the Congo. There are things I want to do.  ESQ: You play a lot of intense characters. What do you do to unwind? TH: Xbox. Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. I\u2019m not really good, but it helps me to fire-gaze. And I\u00A0watch Come Dine with Me with my wife. Keep it real. Let\u2019s be honest, that shit is good.  ESQ: Have you ever had any disasters in the kitchen? TH: The one I did have was self-inflicted. My ex was cooking and I saw these sweet peppers on the side.  I was like, \u201CWhat are these?\u201D She said, \u201CDon\u2019t touch those. Those are Scotch bonnets.\u201D Y\u2019know when women can be knowing? It immediately brings out the \u201Cfuck you\u201D in me. So I was like, \u201CAnd what is a \u2018Scotch bonnet\u2019 when it is at home?\u201D  She said,\u201CWell, actually, it is the hottest chilli known to man.\u201D At which point, I was like, \u201CYeah? Well, fuck \u2019em!\u201D  ESQ: So you ate one? TH: I bit into one. And it was like a fucking Harrier jet took off in my mouth and just napalmed my throat, my eyes, my nose. My face fucking blew up.  \u201CFucking Jesus Christ! How do I stop this?\u201D She said, \u201CYou drink beer.\u201D I\u2019ve been sober for 10 years. I was like, \u201CIs there... any... other... way?\u201D I was crawling on the floor. She was absolutely right. Stay away from the Scotch bonnets.    The Hardy they come: Tom as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises  ESQ: In Bronson, Warrior, The\u00A0Dark Knight Rises, you\u2019ve\u00A0dished out a lot of punishment on-screen. What\u2019s the worst injury you\u2019ve ever had? TH: I managed to survive my entire life without getting kicked in the testicles. And then one day I was changing the nappy of my son. It was a\u00A0sock dance. I put him on his back and he was moving his feet about.  I was like, \u201CCome on...\u201D and he brought his heel down \u2014 and clipped the top of my left testicle. It took me to the fucking floor, man.  ESQ: So he sucker punched you, really... TH: I didn\u2019t see it coming, I was loose. And I took it straight on the bell. I thought, \u201CJesus. That\u2019s what it\u2019s like to be kicked in the balls.\u201D Excruciating agony. And my son is only a\u00A0foot-and-a-half long.  ESQ: You\u2019d really never been kicked in the clackers before? TH: Well, when I was doing Bronson, I was arse-naked with six guys pretending to kick the shit out of me in a cage. Bam, bam, bam... and this one guy kicks me in the testicles. It was full impact.  I saw my testicles go up, inside my arsehole, and then come back out. Time slows down when shit happens that\u2019s serious. I thought, \u201CJesus,\u00A0I\u2019m going to pass out...\u201D Nothing\u00A0happened. I didn\u2019t feel anything. I must have these super-testicles. A year later, my son took me to the floor.    Lawless is\u00A0out on 7 September "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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