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Published 15:27 22 May 2026 GMT
It's been reported that Tom Hardy has been fired from MobLand ahead of the British crime drama's third season.
The Paramount+ show stars Hardy alongside the likes of Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, and Paddy Considine.
While Hardy remains a popular figure in Hollywood, a new report has emerged, suggesting that he allegedly may not be so easy to work with.
The British actor portrayed Harry Da Souza, a fixer for the Harrigan crime family, for the first two seasons of the critically acclaimed TV series.
Season two wrapped in March 2026 and is set to air by the end of the year, but Hardy is reportedly set to be absent when filming for the show's third season commences, according to Matthew Belloni’s Puck News.
According to the new report, the Venom actor was allegedly often late to set and proved difficult to work with, which caused clashes with the producers.
The move is seismic for Paramount+, as MobLand is one of the platform's most successful series.
Speaking in his newsletter, Belloni claimed that producers Jez Butterworth and David Glasser didn't get along with Hardy while filming for the show's upcoming second season.
Belloni's report reads: “Hardy was apparently late to set a bunch, constantly asked to give notes on scripts, attempted to change dialogue, and expressed his displeasure that a series initially built around him was increasingly becoming an ensemble showcase for Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and other co-stars.”
This would apparently reach a boiling point, with Butterworth threatening to quit his role on the show.
However, the studio would instead allegedly fire Hardy, despite the success of the show's first season, which garnered an average score of 8.3 on IMDb and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 76%.
While Hardy has a large fanbase, he actually has a history of falling out with people on sets.
Reflecting on their time on set, Theron said that they would fight or ice each other out, explaining: "It was horrible! We should not have done that; we should have been better. I can own up to that," she added.
"I don’t want to make excuses for bad behaviour, but it was a tough shoot," the South African actress admitted in the 2022 book Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, adding that she was 'scared s***less' at the time.
"It came out of a really bad moment where things kind of came to blows between me and Tom," Theron explained.
Reports of Hardy's lateness also surfaced from the set, where he would reportedly show up three hours later than his co-star, who called him "disrespectful".
Theron even claimed that she felt unsafe around him, asking that a woman producer to be assigned to her at all times.
Hardy also explains in the book: "In hindsight, I was in over my head in many ways. The pressure on both of us was overwhelming at times."
He stated that Theron needed a "more experienced partner" in himself, claiming that now he's "older and uglier", he could rise to the occasion.
