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'{{Short description|2015 film by Brian Helgeland}} {{Use British English|date=September 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Legend | image = Legend 2015 poster.jpg | alt = | caption = British theatrical release poster | director = [[Brian Helgeland]] | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Tim Bevan]] * [[Eric Fellner]] * Chris Clark * Quentin Curtis * [[Brian Oliver (producer)|Brian Oliver]] }} | screenplay = Brian Helgeland | based_on = {{Based on|'' The Profession of Violence''|[[John Pearson (author)|John Pearson]]}} | starring = {{Plainlist|<!--As per poster block. Do not change--> * [[Tom Hardy]] * [[Emily Browning]] * [[David Thewlis]] * [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]] * [[Christopher Eccleston]] * [[Chazz Palminteri]] }} | narrator = Emily Browning | music = [[Carter Burwell]] | cinematography = [[Dick Pope (cinematographer)|Dick Pope]] | editing = [[Peter McNulty (film editor)|Peter McNulty]] | production_companies = {{Plainlist| * [[Cross Creek Pictures]]<ref name=screen>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/legend-review/5092258.article|title='Legend': Review|last=Halligan|first=Fionnnuala|work=[[Screen Daily]]|date=3 September 2015|access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> * [[StudioCanal UK|StudioCanal]]<ref name=screen/> * [[Working Title Films]]<ref name=screen/> * Anton Capital Entertainment<ref>{{cite web|title=Legend (2015) - Financial Information|work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=18 March 2021|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Legend-(2015)#tab=summary}}</ref> }} | distributor = StudioCanal (International)<ref name=screen/> | released = {{Film date|2015|09|09|[[2015 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]}} | runtime = 131 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 131:01--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/legend-film-0 | title=''LEGEND'' (18) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=30 August 2015 | access-date=30 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=TIFF.net|url=http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/galapresentations/legend|access-date=12 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801011040/http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/galapresentations/legend|archive-date=1 August 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | country = {{plainlist| * United Kingdom<ref name=bfi/> * France<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/55b6adcd6b3d0|title=Legend (2015)|work=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> }} | language = English | budget = $20–25 million<ref name="variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/legend-shaun-smash-benchmarks-as-studiocanal-universal-music-group-explore-synergies-exclusive-1201592926/|title='Legend,' 'Shaun,' Smash Benchmarks for Studiocanal|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=14 September 2015 |access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref> | gross = $43 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=legend16.htm|title=Legend (2015)|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=([[Amazon.com]])|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref> }} '''''Legend''''' is a 2015 [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[Crime film|crime]] [[thriller film]]<ref>{{cite news|title=First Photo of Tom Hardy As Both Ron And Reggie Kray|url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=41276|access-date=12 June 2014|newspaper=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=12 June 2014}}</ref> written and directed by American director [[Brian Helgeland]]. It is [[Film adaptation|adapted]] from [[John Pearson (author)|John Pearson]]'s book ''The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the [[Kray twins|Kray Twins]]'',<ref name="BBC News 13 June 2014">{{cite news|title=Tom Hardy image as Kray twins released|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27830233|access-date=13 June 2014|work=[[BBC]]|date=13 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=First Look: Tom Hardy as Infamous London Gangster Twins (Photo)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/first-look-tom-hardy-as-711413|access-date=12 June 2014|newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=12 June 2014}}</ref> which deals with their career and the relationship that bound them together, and follows their gruesome career to life imprisonment in 1969.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Profession of Violence|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-profession-of-violence-9781448211401/|newspaper=[[Bloomsbury]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Profession of Violence (eBook): The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins|url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/john%20pearson/the%20profession%20of%20violence%2028ebook29/9733994/?auid=1005&source=buyat&affid=Skimbit&awinaid=78888|newspaper=[[Waterstones]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221232727/http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/john%20pearson/the%20profession%20of%20violence%2028ebook29/9733994/?auid=1005&source=buyat&affid=Skimbit&awinaid=78888|archive-date=21 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> This is Helgeland's fifth feature film. [[Tom Hardy]], [[Emily Browning]], [[David Thewlis]] and [[Christopher Eccleston]] star with [[Colin Morgan]], [[Chazz Palminteri]], [[Paul Bettany]], [[Tara Fitzgerald]] and [[Taron Egerton]] as well as the singer [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]] featured in supporting roles. ==Plot== In chesterfield everybody adds rgh2001rgh on Snapchat. In the 1960s, Reggie Kray is a former [[Boxer (boxing)|boxer]] who has become an important part of the criminal underground in [[London]]. At the start of the film, his twin brother Ron is locked up in a psychiatric hospital for [[paranoid schizophrenia]]. Reggie uses threats to obtain the premature release of his brother. The twins unite their efforts to control a large part of London's criminal underworld. One of their first efforts is to muscle-in on the control of a local nightclub, using extortion and brutal violence. Reg enters into a relationship with Frances, his driver's sister, whom he eventually marries. When he is imprisoned for a previous criminal conviction, which he cannot evade, she makes him swear that he will leave his criminal life behind, an oath he never honours due to the allure of crime. While Reg is in prison, Ron's mental instability and violent temperament lead to severe financial setbacks at the nightclub. The club is almost forced to close after Ron scares away most of the customers. On the first night after Reg's release from prison, the brothers have an all-out fist fight, but they manage to partially patch things up. The brothers are approached by [[Angelo Bruno]] of the [[Philadelphia crime family]] who, on behalf of [[Meyer Lansky]] and the [[American Mafia]], wants to engage them in a crime syndicate deal. Bruno agrees to a fifty-fifty deal with Reg to split London's underground gambling profits in exchange for local protection by the brothers. Initially, this system is highly lucrative for the Kray brothers. Ron's barely concealed volatility results in him publicly murdering George Cornell, an associate of the [[The Richardson Gang|Torture Gang]], rivals of the Krays. As a result, [[Scotland Yard]] opens a full investigation of the Kray brothers. Reg's marriage with Frances crumbles due to his addiction to crime. Unable to bear Reg's false promises to reform, Frances starts consuming prescription drugs illegally. After he beats and rapes her in a fit of rage, she leaves him. When Reg approaches her to reconcile, Frances seems to agree and they plan to visit [[Ibiza]]. But soon she kills herself by drug overdosage leaving Reg guilt ridden. The twins' criminal activities continue and Ron pays petty criminal [[Jack McVitie|Jack "the Hat" McVitie]] to kill Leslie Payne, Reg's partner, who controls the legal side of the Krays' operations, as he doesn't trust Payne. Jack only wounds Payne, who then turns the brothers over to Detective Superintendent [[Nipper Read|Leonard "Nipper" Read]], the head of the investigation. Reg finds out and brutally stabs McVitie with a knife during a party hosted by Ron. The testimony given by Payne means that Ron is arrested and charged with Cornell's murder. The final scene shows a police squad breaking down the door to Reggie's flat in order to apprehend him for McVitie's murder. The closing captions indicate both brothers receiving criminal convictions for murder. They died five years apart, Ron from a [[heart attack]] in 1995, and Reggie from [[bladder cancer]] in 2000. ==Cast== * [[Tom Hardy]] as [[Kray twins|Ronald "Ronnie" Kray and Reginald "Reggie" Kray]]<ref name="BBC News 13 June 2014"/> :Identical twins who terrorised London during the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name="BBC News 4 April 2000">{{cite web | title= The Krays: A history of violence |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/702012.stm| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date= 4 April 2000 | website= [[BBC News Online]] | access-date= 10 September 2015 }}</ref> * [[Emily Browning]] as Frances Shea<ref name="The Guardian 13 June 2014">{{cite news|title=Tom Hardy plays Kray twins in Legend – first image|last= Child| first= Ben| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/13/tom-hardy-kray-twins-legend-first-image|access-date= 10 September 2015|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=13 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emily-browning-talks-join-tom-698601|title=Emily Browning in Talks to Join Tom Hardy in Crime Thriller 'Legend'|date=23 April 2014|access-date=23 April 2014|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> :The wife of Reggie Kray. She met Kray at 16 and married him aged 22 in 1965.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reggie Kray's wife Frances Shea's diaries: Drunken abuse, weapons and constant isolation|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/reggie-krays-wife-frances-sheas-diaries-drunken-abuse-weapons-and-constant-isolation-9369440.html|access-date=14 May 2014|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=14 May 2014}}</ref> * [[Colin Morgan]] as Frankie Shea<ref>{{cite news|title=Colin Morgan Seen on 'Legend' Set by JustJared|url=http://www.fangirlish.com/colin-morgan-seen-on-legend-set-by-justjared/|date=18 June 2014|access-date=18 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222023058/http://fangirlish.com/colin-morgan-seen-on-legend-set-by-justjared/|archive-date=22 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> :Reggie's driver at the Kray Firm, and older brother of Frances. Described as a "young and very good-looking man."<ref>{{cite news|title=The disputed resting place of a mobster's unhappy bride|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/10/alantravis|access-date=10 July 2004|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=10 July 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Getting Away With Murder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tRWNAgAAQBAJ&q=frances+shea+frankie&pg=PT78|access-date=25 August 2006|newspaper=Google|date=25 August 2006|isbn = 9781782194958|last1 = Hamilton|first1 = Lenny|last2 = Cabell|first2 = Craig}}</ref> * [[Christopher Eccleston]] as [[Leonard "Nipper" Read]]<ref name="The Guardian 13 June 2014"/> :A Detective Superintendent determined to take down the Krays.<ref>{{cite news|title=City detective who helped crack case|url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/City-detective-helped-crack-case/story-19620003-detail/story.html|access-date=6 August 2013|newspaper=[[Nottingham Post]]|date=6 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529005336/http://www.nottinghampost.com/City-detective-helped-crack-case/story-19620003-detail/story.html|archive-date=29 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * [[David Thewlis]] as Leslie Payne<ref name="The Guardian 13 June 2014"/> :The Krays' business manager. He considered himself a cultured man and he was sickened by the twins' violence.<ref>{{cite news|title=Legendary court comes back to life to tell lots of thrilling crime stories|url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Legendary-court-comes-life-tell-lots-thrilling/story-19743541-detail/story.html|access-date=3 September 2013|newspaper=[[Nottingham Post]]|date=3 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714123259/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Legendary-court-comes-life-tell-lots-thrilling/story-19743541-detail/story.html|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Daily Telegraph 30 August 2000">{{cite news |last= Darbyshire |first= Neil |title= Don't forget the Krays were killers |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4254438/Dont-forget-the-Krays-were-killers.html | date= 30 August 2000| work= [[The Daily Telegraph]] | access-date= 10 September 2015 }}</ref> * [[Taron Egerton]] as Edward "Mad Teddy" Smith<ref name="Working Titles Films 12 June 2014">{{cite news|title=LEGEND begins shooting, first image released|url=https://www.workingtitlefilms.com/news/view/post/230/legend-begins-shooting-first-image-released|access-date=12 June 2014|work=[[Working Title Films]]|date=12 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626173531/https://www.workingtitlefilms.com/news/view/post/230/legend-begins-shooting-first-image-released|archive-date=26 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> :A psychopathic gay man rumoured to have had affairs with Ronnie.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kray made deathbed murder confession|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1327874/Kray-made-deathbed-murder-confession.html|access-date=25 March 2001|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=25 March 2001}}</ref> * [[Chazz Palminteri]] as [[Angelo Bruno]]<ref name="The Guardian 13 June 2014"/> :The head of the [[Philadelphia crime family]] and friend and business associate to Ronnie and Reggie.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Kray Twins: Brothers in Arms|url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/kray/up_10.html|access-date=2 May 2014|newspaper=CrimeLibrary|date=13 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403051759/http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/kray/up_10.html|archive-date=3 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Paul Bettany]] as [[Charlie Richardson]] : Charlie and his brother Eddie were leaders of a notorious south London gang (also known as the [[The Richardson Gang|Torture Gang]]), which had a feud and war with the Krays' gang 'The Firm' during the 1960s. * [[Tara Fitzgerald]] as Mrs Shea, Frances and Frankie's mother. * [[Aneurin Barnard]] as [[David Bailey]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Aneurin Barnard To Reprise Role as David Bailey in Gangster Thriller 'Legend'|url=http://upandcomers.net/2014/06/17/aneurin-barnard-reprise-role-david-bailey-legend/|access-date=17 June 2014|newspaper=Up and Comers|date=17 June 2014|archive-date=9 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909203144/http://upandcomers.net/2014/06/17/aneurin-barnard-reprise-role-david-bailey-legend/|url-status=dead}}</ref> :A fashion photographer in the early 1960s.<ref>{{cite news|title=The 10 best photographic portraits|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/dec/05/10-best-photographic-portraits-mccabe|access-date=5 December 2010|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=5 December 2010}}</ref> * [[Paul Anderson (actor)|Paul Anderson]] as Albert “Alby” Donoghue :The [[gofer]] of Ronnie and Reggie Kray, and Reggie's chief lieutenant.<ref>{{cite news| last= Weir| first= Andrew| title=Empire built on bayonets and billiard cues|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1367804/Empire-built-on-bayonets-and-billiard-cues.html|access-date= 10 September 2015|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date= 27 August 2000}}</ref> * [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]] as [[Timi Yuro]] * [[Kevin McNally]] as [[Harold Wilson]] * [[John Sessions]] as [[Lord Boothby]] * [[Alex Giannini]] as [[Antonio Caponigro]] * [[Sam Spruell]] as [[Jack McVitie]] * [[Adam Fogerty]] as Big Pat<ref>{{cite news|title=Toronto to join third tier English rugby league|url=https://www.tsn.ca/toronto-to-join-third-tier-english-rugby-league-1.479391|access-date=23 September 2016|work=tsn.ca|agency=The Canadian Press|publisher=TSN|date=27 April 2016}}</ref> ==Production== ===Development=== On 12 October 2013, it was announced that [[Brian Helgeland]] had written a script and would be directing a film focusing on the life of Reggie Kray who, with identical brother Ronald, formed the notorious [[Kray twins]]. Helgeland said the film would concentrate on Reggie's attempts to control the psychopathic tendencies of his younger twin. Helgeland spoke of hanging out in London with well-known Krays associate [[Freddie Foreman]], saying, "I had drinks with him in his local haunt. When we finished he got up to go and they feted him at the bar. I said to him, 'what about the bill?' and he replied, 'we don't pay.'"<ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Hardy Eyes 'Legend' for 'L.A. Confidential' Writer Brian Helgeland|url=http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tom-hardy-eyes-legend-l-confidential-writerdirector-brian-helgeland/|access-date=24 February 2014|newspaper=[[Yahoo Movies]]|date=24 February 2014}}</ref> Helgeland attended the [[2014 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] with [[Working Title Films|Working Title]]'s [[Tim Bevan]] and Chris Clark to talk to potential buyers of the film and showing test footage of Hardy playing the twins.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cannes: Tom Hardy Gangster Movie 'Legend' Acquired by Cross Creek |url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/05/cannes-tom-hardy-legend-kray-twins-studiocanal-sales/|access-date=18 May 2014|newspaper=[[Deadline (magazine)|Deadline]]|date=18 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=StudioCanal readies Idris Elba, Ralph Fiennes films|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/studiocanal-readies-elba-fiennes-films/5071671.article|access-date=13 May 2014|newspaper=[[Screen Daily]]|date=13 May 2014}}</ref> ===Casting=== On 18 April 2014, it was announced that Helgeland would write and direct the film, with the shooting being based in the United Kingdom and with Hardy starring as the male leads.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Hardy to play both Kray twins |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/18/tom-hardy-kray-twins-gangsters-new-film|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 April 2014}}</ref> Five days later it was stated that Browning was in negotiations for a role as the film's female lead.<ref>{{cite news|title=Emily Browning Joining Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy in Crime Thriller 'Legend'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/emily-browning-joining-legend/|newspaper=[[The Wrap]]|date=23 April 2014}}</ref> Hardy was so set on playing Ronnie Kray that he proposed to Helgeland that if he gave him the role of Ronnie, Hardy would play the role of Reggie for free. ===Filming=== Crews and cast were spotted filming scenes at Falmouth Road, London, [[St Anne's Limehouse]] in [[Limehouse]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Hardy and Emily Browning film Krays movie Legend in London|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-06-17/tom-hardy-and-emily-browning-film-krays-movie-legend-in-london|access-date=17 June 2014|newspaper=[[Radio Times]]|date=17 June 2014}}</ref> and in the Windmill Walk area around [[Waterloo, London|London Waterloo]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Scene set for Kray twins movie in Waterloo's Roupell Street|url=http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/7696|newspaper=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|access-date=11 July 2014|date=6 July 2014}}</ref> Filming also took place in Caradoc Street in [[Greenwich]], in the Cedra Estate on Cazenove Road and in Gibson Gardens, both of which are in [[Hackney, London|Hackney]]. [[Principal photography]] started on 12 June 2014.<ref name="Working Titles Films 12 June 2014"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Hardy As Kray Twins Pic 'Legend' Firms Key Sales For Studiocanal|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/05/cannes-tom-hardy-legend-kray-twins-studiocanal-sales/|access-date=18 May 2014|newspaper=[[IndieWire]]|date=18 May 2014}}</ref> ==Release== Financing for ''Legend'' was provided by [[StudioCanal]], which also distributed in the United Kingdom, France, [[New Zealand]] and Germany in addition to handling international sales, which started at the beginning of the Cannes Film Festival.<ref>{{cite news|title='Magic' Sells to U.S. as 'Macbeth,' 'Legend,' 'Bastille Day' Power StudioCanal To Cannes Sales Record May 21, 2014|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/cannes-magic-sells-to-u-s-as-macbeth-legend-bastille-day-power-studiocanal-to-cannes-sales-record-exclusive-1201188270/|access-date=21 May 2014|newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=21 May 2014}}</ref> On 30 April 2014, [[Cross Creek Pictures]] acquired the North American distribution rights to ''Legend'' from StudioCanal, with a planned 2015 theatrical release through [[Universal Pictures]] in its distribution deal with the studio.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brian Helgeland commences principal photography on Legend|url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=258893|access-date=13 June 2014|newspaper=[[StudioCanal]]|date=13 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cross Creek Acquires Legend's North American Rights from Studiocanal|url=http://www.studiocanal.com/en/news/latest-news/2431/cross-creek-acquires-legend-s-north-american-rights-from-studiocanal|access-date=6 May 2014|newspaper=[[Studiocanal]]|date=6 May 2014}}</ref> Sales to other territories such as Asia, Africa and much of Europe are being completed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cannes: Tom Hardy As Kray Twins Pic 'Legend' Firms Key Sales For Studiocanal|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/05/cannes-tom-hardy-legend-kray-twins-studiocanal-sales/|access-date=21 May 2014|newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=18 May 2014}}</ref> The film was originally set for release in the US on 2 October 2015, but it was moved to 20 November 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/tom-hardy-legend-november-20-release-date-change-1201530590/|title='Legend' Tom Hardy Gangster Film Moves To November 20 – Deadline|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=Deadline|date=16 September 2015 }}</ref> Legend premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] on 12 September 2015 at [[Roy Thomson Hall]]. ===Marketing=== On 13 June 2014, the first image of the film was published, featuring Hardy as the Kray twins.<ref name="BBC News 13 June 2014"/><ref>{{cite news|title=First Image of Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy as Twin Gangsters in Brian Helgeland's LEGEND|url=https://collider.com/tom-hardy-legend-image/|access-date=13 June 2014|publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=13 June 2014}}</ref> A promotional poster attracted publicity because it made a two-star review from ''[[The Guardian]]'' appear to be at least a four-star review by placing the two stars between the heads of the Krays.<ref name="consequenceofsound 9 September 2015">{{cite web |last=Young| first= Alex| url= http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/09/poster-for-new-tom-hardy-film-legend-expertly-trolls-negative-reviewer/ |title= Poster for new Tom Hardy film Legend expertly trolls negative reviewer: Gangster film proudly flaunts its two-star rating| date= 9 September 2015| access-date= 10 September 2015 }}</ref><ref name="theguardian.com 9 September 2015">{{cite web |last= Lee |first= Benjamin |title= How my negative review of Legend was spun into movie marketing gold |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/sep/09/legend-review-movie-marketing-false-advertising | date= 9 September 2015|website= [[Theguardian.com]] | access-date= 10 September 2015 }}</ref> ===Home media=== ''Legend'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on 25 January 2016 and in the United States on 1 March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.releases.com/p/legend/|title=Legend DVD and Blu-ray|publisher=releases.com|access-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> ==Reception== ===Box office=== {{Asof|2016|01|31|}}, ''Legend'' has grossed $41,636,816 worldwide; $27,960,112 in the United Kingdom and $1,872,994 in North America.<ref name=BOM /> ===Critical reception=== {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|61|5.9|{{RT data|count}}|As a gangster biopic, Legend is deeply flawed, but as a showcase for Tom Hardy – in a dual role, no less – it just about lives up to its title.|ref=yes|access-date=2022-06-04}} On [[Metacritic]] the film has a score of 55 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/legend |title=Legend Reviews |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> ===Awards and nominations=== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%; margin-right: 0;" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominee(s) ! Result ! Ref |- | rowspan="4" | 2015 | [[British Independent Film Awards]] | [[BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film|Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film]] | [[Tom Hardy]] | {{won}} |<ref name="imdb awards">{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3569230/awards?ref_=tt_ql_4 | title= Legend – IMDB| website= [[IMDb]]|access-date=7 January 2016}}</ref> |- | [[Detroit Film Critics Society]] | [[Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | Tom Hardy | {{nom}} |<ref name="imdb awards" /> |- | Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Picture ! | {{nom}} |<ref name="imdb awards" /> |- | [[Satellite Awards]] | [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor – Motion Picture]] | Tom Hardy | {{nom}} |<ref name="imdb awards" /> |- | rowspan="7" | 2016 | rowspan="2" | [[Empire Awards]] | [[Empire Award for Best British Film|Best British Film]] ! | {{nom}} |<ref name="empireawards">{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/star-wars-mad-max-empire-awards-2016-nominations-2/|title=Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations|last=Nugent|first=John|website=Empire|language=en|access-date=2016-03-15}}</ref><ref name="empireawards2">{{Cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/18/mad-max-fury-road-leads-the-pack-at-the-2016-jameson-empire-awards-5703379/|title=Mad Max: Fury Road leads the pack at the 2016 Jameson Empire Awards|last=Metro.co.uk|first=Rebecca Lewis for|website=Metro|date=18 February 2016 |access-date=2016-03-15}}</ref> |- | [[Empire Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | Tom Hardy | {{nom}} |<ref name="empireawards" /><ref name="empireawards2" /> |- | [[Houston Film Critics Society]] | Best Actor | Tom Hardy | {{nom}} |<ref name="imdb awards" /> |- | rowspan="2" | [[London Film Critics' Circle]] | [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year|Actor of the Year]] | Tom Hardy | {{nom}} |<ref name="lccfa">{{cite web|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/the-london-critics-circle-film-awards-2016-tom-hardy-and-kate-winslet-pick-up-trophies-as-mad-max-is-a3158651.html | title= Evening Standard|access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref> |- | [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actor of the Year|British/Irish Actor of the Year]] | Tom Hardy | {{won}} |<ref name="lccfa" /> |- | [[Saturn Award]]s | [[Saturn Award for Best International Film|Best International Film]] ! | {{nom}} |<ref name="Saturn 42">{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/|title=The 42nd Annual Saturn Awards nominations are announced for 2016!|publisher=[[Saturn Award]]s|date=24 February 2016|access-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> |- | [[Toronto Film Critics Association]] | [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | Tom Hardy | {{won}} |<ref name="imdb awards" /> |- | 2017 | [[Apolo Awards]] | Best Actor | Tom Hardy | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web|title=Las mejores películas de temática LGTB del 2016: ganadores de los II Premios Apolo de cine LGTB|url=https://www.dosmanzanas.com/2017/01/ganadores-de-los-ii-premios-apolo-de-cine-lgtb-a-las-mejores-peliculas-del-2016.html|access-date=2022-01-24|website=dosmanzanas|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Las mejores películas de temática LGTB del 2016: nominaciones a los II Premios Apolo de cine LGTB|url=https://www.dosmanzanas.com/2016/12/nominaciones-a-los-ii-premios-apolo-de-cine-lgtb-a-las-mejores-peliculas-del-2016.html|access-date=2022-01-24|website=dosmanzanas|language=es}}</ref> |} ==See also== * ''[[The Krays (film)|The Krays]]'' (1990 film) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb title|3569230}} * {{Box Office Mojo|legend16}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|legend_2015}} * {{Metacritic film}} {{Brian Helgeland}} {{The Krays}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Legend (2015 film)}} [[Category:2015 films]] [[Category:2010s biographical films]] [[Category:2015 crime thriller films]] [[Category:2010s gang films]] [[Category:2015 LGBT-related films]] [[Category:British biographical films]] [[Category:British crime thriller films]] [[Category:British gangster films]] [[Category:British LGBT-related films]] [[Category:Crime films based on actual events]] [[Category:Films about murderers]] [[Category:Films about twin brothers]] [[Category:Films directed by Brian Helgeland]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by Brian Helgeland]] [[Category:Films produced by Brian Oliver]] [[Category:Films produced by Eric Fellner]] [[Category:Films produced by Tim Bevan]] [[Category:Films scored by Carter Burwell]] [[Category:Films set in London]] [[Category:Films set in the 1960s]] [[Category:Works about the Kray twins]] [[Category:Working Title Films films]] [[Category:Biographical films about criminals]] [[Category:Films about organised crime in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios]] [[Category:2010s English-language films]] [[Category:2010s British films]]'