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![Fabio on Twitter: "Tom Hardy and Taron Egerton on the set of #Legend - August 2014 . #TomHardy #TaronEgerton #TheKrays http://t.co/ZG5zXE6k64" / Twitter Fabio on Twitter: "Tom Hardy and Taron Egerton on the set of #Legend - August 2014 . #TomHardy #TaronEgerton #TheKrays http://t.co/ZG5zXE6k64" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6zhXOVCIAABmi1.jpg)
Fabio on Twitter: "Tom Hardy and Taron Egerton on the set of #Legend - August 2014 . #TomHardy #TaronEgerton #TheKrays http://t.co/ZG5zXE6k64" / Twitter
![L to R, foreground) Edward "Mad Teddy" Smith (TARON EGERTON), Albert Donoghue (PAUL ANDERSON), Leslie Payne (DAVID THEWLIS), Leslie Holt (CHARLEY PALMER ROTHWELL) and Reggie Kray & Ronnie Kray (both TOM HARDY) L to R, foreground) Edward "Mad Teddy" Smith (TARON EGERTON), Albert Donoghue (PAUL ANDERSON), Leslie Payne (DAVID THEWLIS), Leslie Holt (CHARLEY PALMER ROTHWELL) and Reggie Kray & Ronnie Kray (both TOM HARDY)](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/1a439d512b294c26964995a1eb52223f/pmbbn5.jpg)