I’m willing to give it a shot with Hardy. Most Americans don’t know him as anything other than “Bane” from the Batman movie, where he was wearing a mask with horribly muffled dialogue for the whole film. He really is a good actor suited to this kind of role though. If he could pull off “Bronson”, he can pull off Mad Max.
Have you seen the trailer for “Legend,” where Hardy plays both of the Kray Twins?