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Tom Hardy barely recognizable in new photo from Al Capone biopic

The actor shared a surprising photo from the set of the upcoming film

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Tom Hardy barely recognizable in new photo from Al Capone biopic

The actor shared a surprising photo from the set of the upcoming film

It's not ever very easy to recognize Tom Hardy. The actor is known for playing roles that cover his face鈥攕ee "Dunkirk," "The Dark Knight Rises," and "Mad Max: Fury Road." If he's not covering his face, then he absolutely transforms into a character鈥攍ike the grizzly mountain man John Fitzgerald in "The Revenant," for which Hardy earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. But his greatest transformation is yet to come. No, not Venom鈥攚e're talking about Tom Hardy as Al Capone. Filming has begun on Josh Trank鈥檚 upcoming "Fonzo," and the director and actor have shared a few images of Hardy in costume. As the official synopsis of the film reads: "Once a ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron fist, Alfonse Capone was the most infamous and feared gangster of American lore. At the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, dementia rots Alfonse's mind and his past becomes present as harrowing memories of his violent and brutal origins melt into his waking life.鈥�"Fonzo" will focus on the final years of Capone's life as he was tormented by his past before dying of a heart attack at the age of 48 in 1947.

It's not ever very easy to recognize Tom Hardy. The actor is known for playing roles that cover his face鈥攕ee "Dunkirk," "The Dark Knight Rises," and "Mad Max: Fury Road." If he's not covering his face, then he absolutely transforms into a character鈥攍ike the grizzly mountain man John Fitzgerald in "The Revenant," for which Hardy earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

But his greatest transformation is yet to come. No, 鈥攚e're talking about Tom Hardy as Al Capone.

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Filming has begun on Josh Trank鈥檚 upcoming "Fonzo," and the director and actor have shared a few images of Hardy in costume.

As the official synopsis of the film reads:

"Once a ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron fist, Alfonse Capone was the most infamous and feared gangster of American lore. At the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, dementia rots Alfonse's mind and his past becomes present as harrowing memories of his violent and brutal origins melt into his waking life.鈥�

"Fonzo" will focus on the final years of Capone's life as he was tormented by his past before dying of a heart attack at the age of 48 in 1947.