Nolan added: “Sure enough, you see there in the film, this kind of Brando-esque brow, expressing all kinds of just monstrous things.
Hardy spends almost the entirety of the film wearing a mask, which obscures the lower half of his face.
Reviews of Hardy’s performance at the time of the film’s release were mixed, with many reactions fixating on the strange vocal choices made by the actor.
In the build-up to the film’s release in 2012, Hardy had to re-record all his lines amid concerns that he was too difficult to understand.