An open letter addressing the film journalist who branded Tom Hardy a “spoilt baby” for seemingly cancelling on a meeting has appeared on a Tom Hardy fan site, leading many to believe it was written by the actor himself.
Hardy incurred the wrath of Drew McWeeny, a film journalist for HitFix who he was apparently due to meet for a press junket to promote his new film, The Revenant, earlier this week.
McWeeny accused Hardy of cancelling their interview to take a nap, sharing his anger in a series of furious tweets.
“Tom Hardy should stop doing junkets,“ he wrote. ”He's terrible at them, and he makes it impossible for anyone to do their jobs. F** him.
“I've seen Tom Hardy make publicists cry. He chose to take a nap during my scheduled time in Toronto. Today's Revenant junket was a joke.
“No one HAS to do press or give interviews. But if you're going to, don't be a piece of s**t about it. Thanks.”
Hardy, whose most recent run-in with the press came when a journalist questioned his sexuality during the promo tour for Legend, did not reply via an official channel.
However, an open letter published on the fan site tomhardy.org - which is not run by Hardy or in anyway affiliated with the actor, appeared on Tuesday responding to the journalist’s claims. It was signed “Tommy”, leading many to believe it was penned by the actor himself - although Hardy has not confirmed this or commented on the letter.
“The truth is we (as I was paired for all interviews that day) were unaware that ANYBODY was waiting. Or even went without a TV interview,” the letter reads.
”Someone somewhere must have thought putting it on me was a lot easier than losing their journalist relations for the ongoing junkets and multiple movies that are pending. I wish I would have napped to be honest.
“Resisting the urge to dare you to say what you 'rant tweeted' so publicly, to my face next time we meet, which I doubt you have the balls to do; I want to apologise regardless on behalf of those that misled the both of us. That isn’t cool. At all. Neither were your tweets. But that’s by the by.”
The letter signs off with: “Best regards and thanks for calling me an asshole a lot. Tommy xxx”
McWeeny hasn't replied directly to the letter or any of its claims.
Hardy’s spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment from The Independent.
