“Legend,” the new film from Brian Helgeland (opening Friday, Nov. 20), depicts the life of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, notorious in the London crime scene of the 1960s. Rather than casting similar-looking actors or real-life twins, the film has Tom Hardy playing both brothers.
Q. Which Kray twin was a psychopath?
“In the case of the Krays, Ronnie, although the younger of the two, was the dominant twin. He was also a paranoid schizophrenic psychopath.”
Q. Why are the Kray twins so famous?
The infamous Kray twins, Reggie and Ronnie, are known all over the world as being two of the most feared and ruthless gangsters in London during the 1950s and 1960s. They established a criminal empire that enabled them to rub shoulders with the rich and famous with no need to worry about interference from the police.
Q. Did Ron Kray kill Frances?
A former gay lover and prison confidant of Reggie Kray has alleged the gangster revealed his first wife was murdered by twin brother Ronnie. Bradley Allardyce says that Reggie’s wife Frances was forced by his brother Ronnie to take the pills that killed her.
Q. How did Frances Shea Kray die?
After their death, documents revealed that they had an incest relationship. Despite this, Reggie Kray was married twice. On the 7th of June, 1967, Frances Shea attempted suicide by overdosing sleeping pills and took her life. She did at the age of 23.
Q. Is Legend a true story?
Based on a true story, Legend follows the tale of Reginald “Reggie” Kray and his twin brother, Ronald “Ronnie” Kray (both portrayed by all around great guy Tom Hardy).
Q. Who was the hardest Kray twin?
Moody was an enforcer for the Richardsons and did freelance “work” for the Krays. He was considered by many of his peers to be “the hardest man in London”. In the 1970s, he joined a team of criminals to form the Chainsaw Gang who went on to become that decade’s most successful group of armed robbers.
Q. Is the Krays house still standing?
The actual house no longer exists, but to see the childhood home from the movie, head to Canrobert Street, on the other side of the Bethnal Green Road, where filming took place. Teesdale Street, which runs parallel to Canrobert, also features.
Q. Did the Krays have cousins?
Ronnie and Reggie Kray ruled the London’s East End for almost two decades. Yet to Kim Peat, the twins were kindly cousins who spoiled her as a child and wrote to her every day from prison.
Q. What was the Krays Grandad’s nickname?
Mad’ Jimmy Kray
Q. Is Charlie Kray still alive?
Deceased (1927–2000)
Q. Did the Kray twins have a dad?
Charles David Kray (10 March 1907 – 8 March 1983) also known as Charlie Sr. or Old Charlie Kray, was the father of the Kray brothers, Charlie, Reggie and Ronnie.
