Tom Hardy has confirmed he will play both brothers in a new biopic about notorious East End gangsters, The Krays.
The 36-year-old will face the tricky task of simultaneously playing Ronnie and Reggie Kray in the new film titled, Legend.
Confirming the news, Tom said: 'I'm on that right now. I've got to work out how to play both twins, which will be fun. It's another experiment and I'm really looking forward to it.
Twice as fun: Actor Tom Hardy has confirmed he will be play both legendary gangsters, Ronnie and Reggie Kray, in a new biopic
'I'm not going to put too much pressure on myself, I just want to have some fun. The more of a challenge I give myself, the easier it is to take on more projects which are complicated in the future.'
The Hollywood hunk previously told MailOnline that he was keen to take on the roles as he said: 'All the plans are on the table.
'There's a lot of crossing the t's and dotting the i's, and there's a lot of shift and geography to work out.'
Gangster: The actore previously told MailOnline that he would 'absolutely' love to play the criminal brothers
Notorious: LA Confidential writer, Brian Helgeland's script will focus on the Kray twins' wheelings and illegal dealings during the fifties and sixties, with Hardy playing both brothers.
From a screenplay penned by LA Confidential writer, Brian Helgeland, the story will focus on the Kray twins' wheelings and illegal dealings during the fifties and sixties, with Hardy playing both brothers.
'It would be difficult,' Tom said about the mechanics of playing two characters sharing a lot of the same screen time. 'It's quite technical and I'm a bit of an anorak.'
He added: 'There's a physical transfer; we'd have to shoot one bit, go away come back and shoot it all again with another part. I've never dreamt of playing two people on the screen!'
The working title of the film is Legend, and is currently in development with the expectation to begin production in the UK later this year.
And though the Krays might look identical, their characters are far different which will no doubt be a challenge for the actor, as he portrays the struggle of the elder brother Reggie to keep in check the unstable actions of his younger twin, rumoured to have been a paranoid schizophrenic.
As heads of the notorious criminal gang The Firm, the Krays were behind numerous armed robberies, murders, arson attacks and protection rackets up until their arrest on 9th May 1968. Their story was previously told on film in the 1990s, with real life brothers Martin and Gary Kemp playing the title roles.
Challenge: Tom will portray both brothers in the film, which the actor knows will be difficult but exciting
Second time: Martin and Gary Kemp played The Krays in the 1990 movie of their criminal exploits
The Oscar-winning screenwriter's script doesn't just concern the criminals that the brothers dealt with, but also the likes of Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and other celebrities, who frequented their former Knightsbridge nightclub Esmeralda's Barn, which is now the site of the Berkeley Hotel.
It is also said to look at Ronnie's alleged sexual relationship with two British politicians; Lord Boothby, a UK Conservative Party politician, and, Labour MP Tom Driberg.
Of course, playing a violent former boxer-turned-criminal won't be too tough a feat for Hardy, who proved his worth as the title character in Nicolas Winding Refn's biopic Bronson.
He can do hard: Tom previously played 'the most violent prisoner in Britain' in Nicolas Winding Refn's Bronson
Reunited: Tom and Cillian Murphy (far right) starred in Inception and act opposite each other in BBC period crime drama Peaky Blinders
And he continued down the gangster path with his role in BBC period crime drama Peaky Blinders, opposite his Inception co-star Cillian Murphy.
Both actors starred in Christopher Nolan's Inception, and played villains in the director's The Dark Knight trilogy, though they didn't share scenes together.
And with the announcement last year that Ben Affleck will be filling the very big bat boots of Christian Bale in the upcoming Batman vs. Superman movie, Tom had nothing but good words to say.
'I think it's awesome,' Hardy enthused. 'You got to understand, Ben Affleck is one of the finest directors we've got who can act and direct and be in films like The Town and Argo. It's fantastic.'
Ringing endorsement: Hardy - who played Bane in the last Batman film - has given his full support to Ben Affleck as the new Dark Knight
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