![Tom Hardy 2018 Esquire Cover Tom Hardy covers the September 2018 issue of Esquire.](https://www.thefashionisto.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tom-Hardy-2018-Esquire-Cover.jpg)
Venom star Tom Hardy covers the September 2018 issue of Esquire. He talks to the magazine about Venom being his most significant role yet. Sounds like a lot of pressure doesn’t it,
asks Hardy. So I spoke to the only person I could really trust in this environment: my older boy. [His comic-book-loving son] was a huge influence on me doing the role.
Approaching the part, Hardy pulled inspiration from eccentric characters. He refers to Woody Allen’s tortured neurosis and all the humor that can come from that. Conor McGregor—the überviolence but not all the talking. And Redman; out of control, living rent-free in his head.
Read more at Esquire.com.
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Tom Hardy Esquire Photo Shoot
![Tom Hardy 2018 Esquire Photo Shoot 004 All smiles, Tom Hardy wears shirt and suit by Gucci with a vintage tie.](https://www.thefashionisto.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tom-Hardy-2018-Esquire-Photo-Shoot-004.jpg)
![Tom Hardy 2018 Esquire Photo Shoot 002 Actor Tom Hardy dons a coat and trousers by Giorgio Armani with an Armani Exchange t-shirt.](https://www.thefashionisto.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tom-Hardy-2018-Esquire-Photo-Shoot-002.jpg)
![Tom Hardy 2018 Esquire Photo Shoot 003 Sitting on a bike, Tom Hardy wears a leather jacket and jeans by Belstaff. He also sports an Alternative Apparel t-shirt, Triumph boots, and Carrera sunglasses.](https://www.thefashionisto.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tom-Hardy-2018-Esquire-Photo-Shoot-003.jpg)
![Tom Hardy 2018 Esquire Photo Shoot 001 Greg Williams photographs Tom Hardy for the September 2018 issue of Esquire.](https://www.thefashionisto.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tom-Hardy-2018-Esquire-Photo-Shoot-001.jpg)