Tom Hardy Defends his hetero, but also says “I’m very much a mommy’s boy.”

Before Hollywood came calling, Hardy grew up an only child in a London suburb to Elizabeth Anne, an artist, and Edward, a writer for commercials and sketch comedy. He attended the prestigious Drama Centre London, where he looked up to fellow student Michael Fassbender, who was two years older than him.

Tom Hardy (L) as Tommy, and Joel Edgerton as Brendan in Warrior., Chuck Zlotnick / Lionsgate

“He was a really serious method actor and we used to watch him and think, ‘F---, man! He’s the s---!’” said Hardy. “He was in an Irish play about this guy who came back from the First World War who was a great athlete but ended up in a wheelchair, but at lunchtime he wouldn’t come out of character and was always in his wheelchair and we’d be like, ‘Dude! Just order your lunch and come along! We’ve got an hour before we have to go back to class!’” Hardy laughs, and adds, “But he was the best actor in the school.”

Both Hardy and Fassbender got their start in the World War II miniseries Band of Brothers. The riveting war drama, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, served as a springboard for many future British stars, including James McAvoy and Simon Pegg. After a series of supporting roles in acclaimed films like Black Hawk Down, Layer Cake, and Marie Antoinette, it took four years for Hardy to make what he calls his “labor of love” project—2009’s Bronson. Appearing in every scene of Nicolas Winding Refn’s (Drive) impressionistic film, Hardy delivers what the Los Angeles Times called an “extraordinary” performance in a “once-in-a-career role” as the charismatic sociopath Charles Bronson, the most notorious London prisoner ever. Then, director Christopher Nolan was so impressed by his role as the closeted gangster “Handsome Bob” in Guy Ritchie’s 2008 crime film RocknRolla, he cast him as Eames, a witty identity forger in Inception, which became one of last year’s surprise blockbuster smashes.

While promoting Inception, Hardy gave a notorious interview where, when asked if he had ever had sexual relations with another man, he replied, “I've played with everything and everyone. I love the form and the physicality, but now that I'm in my thirties, it doesn't do it for me.” He also said he was “intrinsically feminine.”

“I’m not gay, I’m very hetero,” Hardy told The Daily Beast. “I’m not into men in a sexual way, but I’m a f------ artist and I was asked once, ‘Have you ever had relations with men,’ and I said, ‘I’m an artist—I’ve done everything and everyone,’ but like everything salacious, people run amok with that information.”

He adds, “I said ‘intrinsically feminine,’ meaning I’m an only child brought up by my Mum, so after further analysis, I meant that I’m very sensitive. Because my Mum was my primary emotional caregiver growing up, I found myself being pinned into dresses, darting her dresses, choosing her high heels for the evening or what to wear.” Hardy chuckles. “I’m very much a mommy’s boy.”

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