Ben Hardy, is Tom Hardy your brother? HITC wants to know if the only connection between the Love At First Sight actor and Venom star is their surname.
The Vanessa Caswill-directed romantic-comedy Love At First Sight premiered on Netflix on Friday, September 15th 2023, starring Ben Hardy as Oliver and Haley Lu Richardson as Hadley, two people who meet and fall in love at an airport who are tasked with tracking one another down after they’re separated at customs. Fans have cherished the chemistry between the two central stars but can’t help but feel distracted by a question to pop up: Is Ben Hardy related to Tom Hardy?
Even though Ben Hardy, an actor from the UK and Tom Hardy have a similar profession and last names, they are not connected.
Hardy is a French, English, and Scottish surname, so you’ll find that plenty share the name that aren’t related, it’s just a coincidence that both Ben and Tom are English actors who we’ll find on our screens in film and TV.
Ben, 32 years old, is best known as Peter Beale in the British soap EastEnders. He then went on to star in such films as X-Men: Apocalypse: Angel (Polidori), Only The Brave: Wade Parker (Wade Parker), Bohemian Rhapsody: Roger Taylor (Four), 6 Underground: Four (Frank McMullen), and The Voyeurs: Seb.
Walter Hartright has also appeared in The Woman In White and The Girl Before.
Ben doesn’t come from a famous family. On the other hand, Tom’s father is Chips Hardy, an English novelist and writer who co-created Taboo, the BBC drama series that Tom also starred in.
‘I felt myself slipping into not caring’
Ben, who got his break in EastEnders was not happy to stay there for a few years. Ben explained this during a discussion with an audience member. Interview Square Mile.
“The reason I had to leave is because I felt myself slipping into not caring,” he admitted, “which is a place I never wanted to go. For me personally, I found the lack of time so infuriating that I almost felt a desire to want to give up.”
Since retiring from his Peter role, in 2015, the actor has grown to be a household-name. He is now exploring roles for both big and small screens.
Love At First Sight exclusively available on Netflix