Watch: Tom Hardy plays a double as the infamous Cray twins in 'Legend'

After the massive success of Mad Max: Fury Road, Tom Hardy returns to the silver screen in a double role as legendary London gangsters Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray. [caption id=“attachment_2313824” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Tom Hardy in Legend. Twitter @GeekTyrant[/caption] Yes, you read it right. Hardy plays both the Krays, twin brothers, who were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East End of London during the 1950s and 1960s. The film follows the duo while they ’terrorize’ London and claim their status as legends. The just released full trailer shows Tom Hardy embracing the typical gangster lifestyle, partying hard, smoking cigars and beating up a lot of people. Although, this will not be the first Kray twins biopic. Peter Medak directed The Krays back in 1990, starring Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp, brothers in real life too. In recent years, Hardy has embraced period dramas and starred in movies and TV series like, Wuthering Heights, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Peaky Blinders and Child 44. He will be appering in another TV show set in the 1800s, Taboo, in 2016. The movie is directed by Brian Helgeland, screenwriter of LA Confedential and Mystic River and stars Taron Egerton, Emily Browning, David Thewlis and Chazz Palminteri.