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Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em>, The Dark Knight Rises<\/em>, and Warrior<\/em>\u2014three roles that showcase his intense physicality and signature vocal transformations.<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn\u2019t see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Chances are you read the above dialogue in your best \u201cBane voice.\u201d Academy Award-nominated actor Tom Hardy<\/a><\/strong> has received attention for how he uses his voice as an actor, most notably for his portrayal of the supervillain Bane in The Dark Knight Rises<\/em>. Hardy\u2019s Bane is a physically imposing figure, but is all the more memorable because of the way Hardy voiced the masked character.\u00a0Once again Hardy has been recognized for his vocal abilities in an acting role for his Chicago accent in the film The Bikeriders<\/em>. In an interview with Variety<\/em><\/a>, Hardy touched upon why creating a \u201cvocal silhouette\u201d for his characters is so important to him.<\/p>\n

For Hardy, finding a character\u2019s unique \u201cvoice\u201d is something that he considers essential to committing to a character. He explains, \u201cWhat\u2019s important to me is that if you\u2019re doing something as an actor, if you\u2019re going to commit, then make the effort to fully<\/em>\u00a0commit, even if you fail. It doesn\u2019t matter. I\u2019d rather go out swinging, trying something to make the effort, than not make the effort at all, because there doesn\u2019t seem to be any point in playing safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

That point-of-view is what brings him to a character\u2019s particular voice. He continues, \u201cOne of the things that I hold myself to, as a principle, is that you\u2019ve got to make an effort to create a vocal silhouette, as well as the physical silhouette. Accent work is not about phonetics or being accurate, to me. It\u2019s about conjuring an atmosphere from a place which is authentic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road, The Dark Knight Rises, and Warrior\u2014three roles that showcase his intense physicality and signature vocal transformations. \u201cOh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, molded by it. 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