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In ways both sublime and ridiculous, its a kind of post-verbal performance.
You can hear a taste of the accent at 1:08.
You sound like a dying horse, a mob confrere played by Matt Dillon tells Capone inCapone.
Just like with the acting process, he wants all the feedback.
So I would send him anything I thought was helpful.
Tom is extremely skilled at keeping himself in control.
A century ago, he could have been a circus performer or something.
He can make himself seem bigger or smaller by holding his body a certain way.
The same goes for his command of his voice.
He can do so many different kinds of voices and accents its incredible.
Jimmy Durante thats what the accent was, the director says.
Park Slope Italians thats what the accent sounded like.
But thatBugs Bunny thing, people of that generation shared similar dynamics in their accent, the director says.
Hardy first read Tranks script originally titledFonzo and signed on to accept the role of Capone in 2016.
Were going to go big.
Were not going to be afraid to fail.
And were going to do things that are going to pop.
Thats a movie I want to watch.
And thats a movie Tom had been wanting to do for a while.
