Ironically, Ronnie may have been protected by his lack of discretion.

He was also bisexual - homosexual, says Legend - at a time when sex between men was illegal in Britain. The latter was diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent the last 25 years of his life in a psychiatric facility. But the principal conflict is between Reggie, who just wants to run posh casinos and clubs, and the uncontrollable Ronnie. Violet Kray is in this version, too, but has a less memorable role than Frances' mom (Tara Fitzgerald), one of the least joyous mothers-of-the-bride in film history.ДЄside from Reggie and Frances' domestic strife, the East End twins battle a rival gang from south of the Thames (its boss played by Paul Bettany) and a police detective (Christopher Eccleston) who's devoted to ending their careers. She becomes the central female character, where The Krays stressed the brothers' perversely indulgent mother. Legend is narrated by Frances Shea (Emily Browning), who was briefly married to Reggie. Writer-director Brian Helgeland is telling the same story, of course, but with some switches in emphasis.

The actor plays both the seething Ronnie and the cooler Reggie, and endows each with more palpable menace than did Gary and Martin Kemp, the prettier boys who starred in the 25-year-old precursor. In revisiting the saga of real-life swinging-London gangsters the Kray twins, Legend has two advantages over 1990's The Krays: Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy. Twin gangster brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray are played by Tom Hardy in Legend.

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