'He can afford the hit': Tom Hardy's 'firm loses £2million in 12 months... as the actor's finances take another hit after his BBC series Taboo fails to break even'

By Dan Cain For Mailonline

Published: 21:00 EST, 6 February 2017 | Updated: 21:00 EST, 6 February 2017

His latest TV project Taboo has so far struggled to recoup its £10.4million budget, falling £2million shy of breaking even.

And Tom Hardy's financial woes look to have spread to his company 33 1/3rd, with its reserves plunging from £2.8million in 2015 to £696,980 in 2016, according to The Sun's Dan Wootton

A source told the publication: 'Tom is a big spender and these figures prove that. It takes some serious investment to give away more than £2 million in 12 months.

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'He can take the hit': Tom Hardy's financial woes look to have spread to his company 33 1/3rd, with its reserves plunging from £2.8million in 2015 to £696,980 in 2016, according to reports

'He can take the hit': Tom Hardy's financial woes look to have spread to his company 33 1/3rd, with its reserves plunging from £2.8million in 2015 to £696,980 in 2016, according to reports

'Tom’s career is riding high and he isn’t short of offers so he can afford the hit.

'He has enough cash to keep himself comfortable, and of course there is a chance he may have simply shifted the money from one account to another.' 

MailOnline has contacted a representative for Tom and is awaiting comment.

Taboo is a sumptuously rich eight-part period drama set predominantly in early 19th century London.

Created by Hardy and his father Edward, the actor plays the leading role of James Keziah Delaney - a tormented soul with a mysterious past who returns to London following a 10 year stay in Africa.

Compelling: Taboo is a sumptuously rich eight-part period drama set predominantly in early 19th century London

Compelling: Taboo is a sumptuously rich eight-part period drama set predominantly in early 19th century London

As he battles the powerful East India Company, the Prince Regent and the American government for ownership of a small trading post on the American/Canadian border all sorts of violence and treachery unfold.

Speaking to the Mail On Sunday's Chris Hastings, Hardy said he was delighted to be playing ‘a complete ba***rd.'

He described Delaney as ‘mercurial, intuitive, shamanistic, traumatised, noble, immoral, ethical, opportunistic, brazen, primal, mercenary, calculating and brilliant.’

He means business: Created by Hardy and his father Edward, the actor plays the leading role of James Keziah Delaney

He means business: Created by Hardy and his father Edward, the actor plays the leading role of James Keziah Delaney

‘We wanted to create a period drama that felt like an event. We hoped to do this not only with the writing, but visually as well', the handsome actor added.

With the series produced by Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions there is, unsurprisingly, a cinematic feel to the drama.

And with the likes of Jonathan Pryce and Michael Kelly among the cast there is plenty of top supporting talent to accompany Hardy's Hollywood might.

Bad boy: Speaking to the Mail On Sunday's Chris Hastings, he said he was delighted to be playing ‘a complete ba***rd'

Bad boy: Speaking to the Mail On Sunday's Chris Hastings, he said he was delighted to be playing ‘a complete ba***rd'

 

 

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