Tom Hardy has reportedly had several clashes with A-list stars on set over the years, including Charlize Theron and Shia LaBeouf.
In May 2026, the “Venom” actor was fired from the Paramount+ series “MobLand” after two seasons. The termination was reportedly due to Hardy allegedly enraging another star while on the set of the series.
Keep scrolling to find out more about Hardy’s controversial moments on set.
Charlize Theron
Hardy starred alongside Charlize Theron in the 2015 film “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
Crew members reportedly described the “Legend” actor as being difficult to work with on set. Camera operator Mark Goellnicht even alleged an incident that occurred between Hardy and the “Monster” actress in a book about the production.
Goellnicht claimed in Kyle Buchanan’s “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road” that Hardy arrived three hours late to set one day, which made Theron furious and she allegedly approached the actor about his tardiness.
“I remember vividly the day. The call on set was eight o’clock. Charlize got there right at eight o’clock, sat in the War Rig, knowing that Tom’s never going to be there at eight, even though they made a special request for him to be there on time,” Goellnicht recalled.
“He was notorious for never being on time in the morning. If the call time was in the morning, forget it — he didn’t show up,” he added.
“Gets to nine o’clock, still no Tom. ‘Charlize, do you want to get out of the War Rig and walk around, or do you want to…’ ‘No, I’m going to stay here.’ She was really going to make a point. She didn’t go to the bathroom, didn’t do anything. She just sat in the War Rig.”
Goellnicht claimed Theron sat in the War Rig for three hours when Hardy finally showed up.
“She jumps out of the War Rig, and she starts swearing her head off at him, saying, ‘Fine the f–king c–t a hundred thousand dollars for every minute that he’s held up this crew,’ and ‘How disrespectful you are!’” Goellnicht recalled.
“She was right. Full rant. She screams it out. It’s so loud, it’s so windy — he might’ve heard some of it, but he charged up to her up and went, ‘What did you say to me?’” he claimed.
Goellnicht claimed Hardy was “quite aggressive” and that Theron “really felt threatened.” The “Apex” actress then asked for “someone as protection” and was assigned a producer to be with her at all times.
“It got to a place where it was kind of out of hand, and there was a sense that maybe sending a woman producer down could maybe equalize some of it, because I didn’t feel safe,” Theron said in the book.
Shia LaBeouf
Hardy starred alongside Shia LaBeouf in the 2012 film “Lawless.”
Rumors circulated that the “Transformers” star knocked Hardy out while they were on set of the film.
LaBeouf disputed the rumors, telling “Hot Ones” host Sean Evans that he and Hardy were simply rough-housing and had been wrestling for sport.
“Yeah, it’s a bunch of bulls–t,” he said. “We used to wrestle all the time and he’s a big f–king person, especially then. He was getting ready [to play] Bane [in the ‘The Dark Knight Rises’].”
The “Holes” star said Hardy “told everybody I knocked him out.”
However, director John Hillcoat appeared to confirm that the two actors fought and had to be restrained.
“There was definitely a fight between them,” Hillcoat told Collider.
“It escalated to the point where they had to both be restrained. But I was very pleased to hear it didn’t go that way because I would hate to see the outcome.”
Patrick Stewart
In the 2002 film “Star Trek: Nemesis,” Hardy played Shinzon, a clone of Human Starfleet captain Jean-Luc Picard (portrayed by Patrick Stewart).
Stewart wrote about his interaction with Hardy in his 2023 memoir, “Making It So.”
“I didn’t have a single exciting scene to play, and the actor who portrayed the movie’s villain, Shinzon, was an odd, solitary young man from London. His name was Tom Hardy,” Stewart penned.
“Tom wouldn’t engage with any of us on a social level. Never said, ‘Good morning,’ never said, ‘Goodnight,’ and spent the hours he wasn’t needed on set in his trailer with his girlfriend,” he claimed.
Meanwhile, Hardy claimed he was “terrified” on that set.
“You can’t hide that, the camera will pick it up,” he told Total Film in 2014.
“I was genuinely out of my depth. The whole thing was, ‘How can I do this?’ I took it very seriously.”
Helen Mirren
In May 2026, it was reported that Hardy had been fired from the Paramount+ series “MobLand” after two seasons.
Sources told Variety that the “Peaky Blinders” alum was let go from the show following “on-set issues” with executive producer Jez Butterworth, 101 Studios and others.
A Puck News report claimed Hardy was consistently late to production during Season 2, gave frequent script notes, changed dialogue and was upset about the ensemble cast, which included fellow A-listers Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan.
A source told the Daily Mail that Hardy allegedly enraged Mirren with how he behaved on set.
“Tom’s character is charming. He’s the calm one but it is quite the opposite when the cameras stop. Dame Helen is a joy, she is a total pro and she has worked with so many people over the years,” an insider alleged.
At one point, the source claimed the “Queen” actress found Hardy playing games on his phone when he was supposed to be somewhere else.
“She is getting increasingly frustrated with Tom and his attitude,” the source alleged to the Daily Mail. “He can be late to filming too and that is annoying for Dame Helen, who is extremely professional and disciplined. His tone is something Dame Helen doesn’t like, along with his lateness.”
The insider claimed that Hardy “swaggers around like a king” while on set and is “very, very arrogant.”
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