Art of Cinema on Instagram: "Charles Bronson, whom the film is based on, wasn’t allowed to see it at first but said if his mother liked it, that was enough. Director Nicolas Winding Refn said Bronson’s mother loved the film. In 2011, Bronson finally saw it and called it “theatrical, creative and brilliant.”Bronson shaved off his famous moustache and sent it to Tom Hardy, who played him, to create an authentic look. Refn wasn’t allowed to meet Bronson in person but had two phone calls. Hardy met

Explaining Film on Instagram: "Bronson (2008) is a British biographical crime drama directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Tom Hardy in a breakout role as Michael Peterson, a real-life prisoner who adopted the alias Charles Bronson and became notorious as one of Britain’s most violent inmates. Presented in a highly stylized, theatrical manner with surreal elements and dark humor, the film explores Peterson’s life from a minor crime that leads to incarceration through his escalating confronta