# “It was a big miss”: the pivotal 2014 movie twist that went straight over Tom Hardy’s head

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/it-was-a-big-miss-the-pivotal-2014-movie-twist-that-went-straight-over-tom-hardys-head/
- Published: 2026-11-07T21:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T22:34:24+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/2014-movie-twist-that-went-over-tom-hardy-head/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Tom Hardy missed a major secret about his character in *The Drop*.
- Noomi Rapace explained the basement detail during filming.
- The 2014 film was James Gandolfini’s final movie.

## Summary

Tom Hardy has said he missed a key plot detail while making the 2014 crime thriller *The Drop*, despite reading the script several times. His character, Brooklyn bartender Bob Saginowski, has a secret connected to his basement, but Hardy only realised its significance after co-star Noomi Rapace pointed it out during filming.

Hardy called it “a big miss” and joked that he had not read the script properly. The film, James Gandolfini’s final movie, cost $13 million to make and made only a small profit, though critics praised it and Hardy’s performance. Rapace played a part in clarifying the twist, which audiences would not know Hardy had overlooked.

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