Tom Hardy's 2015 true crime thriller "Legend" is finding renewed attention as a streaming success, coming after a turbulent year for the actor that included being briefly fired from Paramount Plus's "MobLand" before a reported reconciliation secured his return for Season 3. With Hardy seemingly moving on from the Marvel franchise following "Venom: The Last Dance", the film is being highlighted as an underrated highlight of his career, drawing comparisons to "Peaky Blinders" and "Goodfellas" for its stylish portrayal of London's criminal underworld.

In "Legend", Hardy plays both Ronald and Reginald Kray, real-life identical twin gangsters who dominated London's criminal scene in the 1960s, in a dual performance likened to Michael B. Jordan's acclaimed turn in "Sinners". The film, also starring Taron Egerton and Emily Browning, follows the Kray twins as they build a criminal empire through robberies, murders, nightclubs and protection rackets while being pursued by Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read, ultimately achieving notorious tabloid fame. It was made on a reported $30 million budget.