Bizarre claims made about the set of Tom Hardy’s new film Bikeriders as the  photographer who inspired the film says he ‘was left hiding behind a tree’

The photographer who inspired Tom Hardy’s new film Bikeriders has made some baffling claims about the film’s setting.

Celebrity snapper Danny Lyon, 82, claimed he was told not to look at the actor, 46, during a visit to the set in Cincinnati where the film was being filmed.

Bikeriders was inspired by Danny’s portfolio of the same name and he was invited to watch them film the upcoming film, scheduled for release in the summer.

In his new memoir, This Is My Life I’m Talking About, Danny details his journey to meet the British actor where he worked.

However, he reveals that he never actually met Tom because he was told not to look at Tom at all, before being ordered to look behind a tree.

Danny said: “They tried to push me away but I finally got there. It’s really freezing. I just want to meet Tom Hardy.

“He comes on set and they say, ‘You can’t watch him.’ I said, “What do you mean?” Why can’t I watch it? They say, “Oh, he doesn’t like it.”

“So they make me hide behind a tree and all that shit.”

These claims come shortly after Patrick Stewart spoke out about Tom’s distant attitude on set when they worked together early in his career.

The actors were working on Star Trek: Nemesis and Patrick said he didn’t believe Tom’s career would take off, in part because of his apparent dismissive nature.

The Jean-Luc Picard actor wrote in his memoir that they never developed a strong relationship during filming.

Ironically, Tom played the villain, Shinzon, who was a clone of Jean-Luc, but this on-screen connection didn’t translate into a behind-the-scenes rapport.

Patrick wrote: “I didn’t have a single exciting scene to play, and the actor who played the film’s villain, Shinzon, was a strange, lonely young man from London. His name was Tom Hardy.

He claimed that Tom was more interested in spending his free time with his girlfriend rather than connecting with the cast’s group of experienced actors.

Patrick said: “Tom wouldn’t engage with any of us on a social level. I never said “Good morning,” I never said “Good night,” and I spent the hours I didn’t need to on set in his trailer with his girlfriend.

But while he described his interactions with Tom as cold, he also made sure to point out that the Inception actor was never explicitly rude or difficult.

“He was in no way hostile, it was just a challenge to establish a relationship with him,” he wrote.

Once Tom abruptly left after completing his work on the film, Patrick did not hesitate to issue a negative assessment of his career prospects.

He said: “The night Tom finished his role, he left without ceremony or niceties, just walking out the door. At the end, I quietly said to (teammates Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes), “And here’s someone I think we’ll never hear from again.”

But he definitely didn’t want Tom to fail. “It only makes me happy that Tom proved me wrong,” he added.

In 2022, insight into Tom and Charlize Theron’s explosive relationship on the set of Mad Max has been revealed by the cast and crew in new interviews.

It was reported that their working relationship evolved to the point where the stars got into arguments, with Charlize calling Tom a “fucking c***” after making him wait on set for hours.

These claims were made in New York Times columnist Kyle Buchanan’s book, Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild And True Story Of Mad Max: Fury Road.

In an extract published by Vanity Fairmembers of the production explained how Charlize had a producer be with her at all times as a form of “protection”.

Tom starred as the title character, played by Mel Gibson in the first three films in the series, while Charlize starred as newcomer Imperator Furiosa, lieutenant of the villainous Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) who turns against his team leader. -with Max.

Fury Road understudy Natascha Hopkins said Charlize didn’t want to waste time filming because she was a new mother and balancing her role as a parent.

But cameraman Mark Goellnicht recalled that Tom was often late when filming began.

He recounted a day when Charlize was on set at eight o’clock sharp and had her makeup and costume ready before launching into the film’s War Rig.

However, although producers made a “special request” for Tom to show up on time, it would be hours longer before he arrived.

“It’s nine o’clock, still no Tom,” says Goellnicht. ”Charlize, do you want to get out of the War Rig and walk around, wherever you want. . .’

“No, I’ll stay here.” She was really going to make a point. She didn’t go to the bathroom, didn’t do anything. She just sat in the War Rig.

Tom finally arrived after 11 a.m., even though Theron had remained in the vehicle the entire time.

“She jumps off the War Rig and starts cursing at his head saying, “Alright, that fucking king, a hundred thousand dollars for every minute he robbed that crew” and “How disrespectful you are!” » continued Goellnicht.

‘She was right. Full rant. She shouts it. It’s so loud, it’s so windy – he might have heard a little bit, but he ran up to her and said, “What did you say to me?”

The cameraman said Tom seemed “pretty aggressive” and his co-star “felt really threatened.”

“That was a turning point, because then she said, ‘I want someone for protection.’ So she had a producer who had to be with her all the time,” he explained.