--- title: Tom Hardy Snaps At Reporter Who Asks About Sexuality at TIFF description: At a press conference for 'Legend' canonical: https://time.com/4033163/tom-hardy-sexuality-tiff/ author: Megan Gibson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-14T12:16:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:24:40.785Z og:title: Tom Hardy Snaps At Reporter Who Asks About Sexuality at TIFF og:description: At a press conference for 'Legend' og:url: https://time.com/4033163/tom-hardy-sexuality-tiff/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc116a820a3f9e249/69886371428a9ef613ccf184/tom-hardy.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: tom-hardy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Hardy Snaps At Reporter Who Asks About Sexuality at TIFF twitter:description: At a press conference for 'Legend' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc116a820a3f9e249/69886371428a9ef613ccf184/tom-hardy.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Hardy Shuts Down Reporter's Question About His Sexuality by [Megan Gibson](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Sep 14, 2015 12:16 PM UTC  Actor Tom Hardy speaks during the 'Legend' press conference at TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 13, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. Actor Tom Hardy speaks during the 'Legend' press conference at TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 13, 2015 in Toronto, Canada.Juanito Aguil—2015 Juanito Aguil by [Megan Gibson](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Sep 14, 2015 12:16 PM UTC Reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival learned what irks Tom Hardy on Saturday: questions about his sexuality. During a press conference for Hardy’s film _Legend_, where the British actor plays the London gangsters Ronnie Kray and Reggie Kray (yes, both of them), a journalist from the _Daily Xtra_, a Toronto LGBT site, asked the actor if he thought it was difficult for celebrities to publicly discuss their sexuality. “In the film, your character Ronnie is very open about his sexuality,” asked the reporter Graeme Coleman. “But given interviews you’ve done in the past, your own sexuality seems a bit more ambiguous. Do you find it hard for celebrities to talk to media about their sexuality?” Hardy then asked Coleman, “What on earth are you on about?” When Coleman repeated the last part of his question, Hardy seemed to grow even more hostile: “I don’t find it difficult for celebrities to talk about their sexuality. Are you asking me about my sexuality?” When Coleman confirmed that he was, indeed, asking about Hardy’s sexuality, the actor asked, “Why?” before shutting the whole thing down with a frosty, “Thank you.” \[[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tiff-legend-star-tom-hardy-822752)\] Tom Hardy Snaps At Reporter Who Asks About Sexuality at TIFF ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4033163/tom-hardy-sexuality-tiff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4033163/tom-hardy-sexuality-tiff/"},"headline":"Tom Hardy Shuts Down Reporter's Question About His Sexuality","datePublished":"2015-09-14T12:16:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:40.785Z","description":"At a press conference for Legend","url":"https://time.com/4033163/tom-hardy-sexuality-tiff/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc116a820a3f9e249/69886371428a9ef613ccf184/tom-hardy.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc116a820a3f9e249/69886371428a9ef613ccf184/tom-hardy.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"tom-hardy","caption":"TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 13: Actor Tom Hardy speaks during the 'Legend' press conference at TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 13, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. 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