Tom Hardy to Play Elton John in Movie

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4:12 pm, October 23rd, 2013

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Tom Hardy will play Elton John in the biopic movie Rocketman.

Producers announced the news on Wednesday.

The project is described as a “larger-than-life movie musical spectacle that tells the story of a child prodigy turned music legend.”

John will re-record many of his hit songs for the movie, which is scheduled to film in 2014.

Rocketman will be directed by Michael Gracey.

What do you think about the choice of Hardy to play John?

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Tom Hardy Meets Cancer Patient Kayleigh Duff For Surprise Dream Date (PHOTOS)

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7:16 pm, May 28th, 2013

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Tom Hardy made Kayleigh Duff’s dream date a reality on Monday.

The Dark Knight Rises actor surprised the young mother, who suffers from a rare form of liver cancer, with lunch and jewelry after Duff appeared on a British talk show to talk about her diagnosis and “wish list” — which included meeting Hardy.

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Hardy’s fiancee Charlotte Riley’s sister happened to see the segment, contacted the show, and helped arrange the surprise meeting with Duff’s pal Katie Birch.

“I nearly died when I saw him,” Duff told the local Canterbury Times. “I was shaking — I just thought we were having a day out in London.”

She continued, “Tom’s fiancee Charlotte and Katie arranged it all without me knowing and he was so lovely and down to earth.”

“We had lunch and tea and scones and he bought me a diamond necklace,” said Duff, who is currently on a break from treatment for the same form of cancer that killed her father when she was eight years old.

Duff is the mother to a two-year-old son named Kai.

Check out more photos from her date with Hardy below!

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