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Tom Hardy to Star in Biopic About Explorer Ernest Shackleton


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Tom Hardy has played a number of iconic characters, including Mad Max and the Batman villain Bane, and he's portrayed a number of real-life figures, including notorious British prisoner Charles Bronson (Bronson) and both of the infamous Kray twins (Legend). Now he's set to play another iconic character who also existed in real life: Ernest Shackleton.   According to Deadline, Hardy will star in a biopic about the explorer that reunites him with the words of Oscar-nominated Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy screenwriter Peter Straughan. Who was Ernest Shackleton?  Shackleton was an Irish explorer who led three British expeditions to Antarctica. First was with the Discovery from 1901 through 1903, then with the Nimrod from 1907...
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