I had a privileged upbringing but I f***** everything up with crime and drugs, says Peaky Blinders star Tom Hardy
thesun.co.ukTOM Hardy has candidly told how he "f***** up" his privileged life "with crime and drugs" before becoming sober for good. The Peaky Blinders actor, 44, who plays Alfie Solomons in the hit drama, checked himself into rehab in 2003.
His journey to sobriety came after his realisation he could "destroy everything" if he had too much to drink. Dad-of-one Tom told the Daily Mirror in 2017: "If I had four pints of lager and half a bottle of vodka I could turn this room into an absolute f***ing nightmare in about three minutes. “I could destroy everything in my life I have worked so hard for.” His alcohol and substance issues came after he told of a "privileged and peaceful" upbringing in East Sheen, south west London.
Yet the Krays star believes this in part sparked his rebellious streak and downfall, and added to the publication: "It's the suburbs, the life is so privileged and peaceful and so bloody dull, it gives you the instinctive desire to want to f**k everything up. “I got arrested at 15 for joyriding in a stolen Mercedes.
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