Tom Hardy ‘terrified’ filming Star Trek: Nemesis

Tom Hardy didn’t drink for three months while filming 2002’s ‘Star Trek: Nemesis’ since he was  »terrified » of the role.

The 36-year-old star, who played Praetor Shinzon in the sci-fi film, insists he was  »out of his depth » and extremely worried about how he was going to portray his character, which forced him to put all his energy into focusing on doing a good job.

He explained:  »I was terrified. Everyday on that set, I was terrified – which worked for the character anyway. You can’t hide that, the camera will pick it up. I was genuinely out of my depth. The whole thing was ‘How can I do this?’ I took it very seriously, with my technique. I didn’t have a single drink when I did it – for three months. Friday night, nothing! I’d never been so focused in my life! I couldn’t get the job done [otherwise]. »

Hardy worked 17-hour days and was knackered by the time he got home, so all he wanted to do was sleep.

He told Total Film magazine:  »I was working 17-hour days. When I came back I just slept – I was just constantly at work. A lot of the Enterprise stuff was shot thre months prior to me coming out. So they’d already shot half the movie before I turned up. So it was like walk in, straight in, out the frying pan, into the fire, get on with it. »