And "language" suggests masked villain Bane (Tom Hardy) could provoke Batman's potty mouth.

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Their names read like weak imitations of Runyon: One Two (Gerard Butler), Mumbles (Idris Elba), and Handsome Bob (Tom Hardy).

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There will be much conjecture over who plays Friday, with internet rumours linking the likes of Tom Hardy and Christian Bale.

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Three brothers, played by Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, and Shia LaBeouf, run a spirited moonshine trade in Franklin County, Virginia, in 1931.

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With Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Ellen Page, and Dileep Rao.

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This time, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), dragged from a wasteful retirement, takes on a brute named Bane (Tom Hardy), who is masked and barely comprehensible.

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R. (Chris Pine) and Jim is Tuck (Tom Hardy).

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Still, the cast is expert and formidable, with roles for John Hurt, Tom Hardy, and Mark Strong, and the set decoration is a terrifying reminder of an entire era that devoted itself to brown.

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Batman speaks in his usual bronchial whisper, and Bane wears a crablike mask over the lower part of his face a disastrous burden for Tom Hardy, whose mouth, sensual and amused for such a tough customer, is his defining feature.

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