Tom Hardy to play fearless war photographer Don McCullin in new film

Photojournalist dodged bullets to catch the harsh realities of war

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Coming off the back of The Revenant, Tom Hardy is set to portray Don McCullin in a biopic about the photojournalist, who risked his life on a daily basis to capture the grim reality of life in war zones.

The as-yet-untitled film will be adapted from McCullin’s autobiography Unreasonable Behaviour (that would make a pretty good name for the film to be fair), according to Deadline, by ’71 writer Gregory Burke.

McCullin, who is now 80, has had a fascinating life, growing up in poverty London before becoming The Times’ go-to guy for war photojournalism.

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Regarded as one of the finest and most dedicated photographers of all time, he captured the darker side of already intrinsically dark conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Uganda and more.

In 1968, his Nikon camera stopped a bullet intended for him.

The film will be produced by Working Title, and feels like a bit more of a passion project for Hardy, following his big-budget 2015 choices: The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road.