

The movie's got a very good plot, it's about these two identical twins who are called Reggie and Ronnie they're both played by (Tom Hardy). They both pretty much go through higher ranks of the criminal underworld, the reason being is so they'll both turn into Legend is a brilliant movie. (Lucien: great at painting, ropey with cards.) At one point Freud cancelled an exhibition in case the Krays got wind and demanded their cash.Legend is a brilliant movie. Lucien Freud owed the Krays moneyįreud racked up £500,000 in gambling debts to the Krays. They were among the last prisoners ever to be held there. The twins were held at the tower for a few days due to failing to report for National Service. Not after their 1968 arrest but way back in 1952. They were imprisoned in the Tower of London we were sick of eating steak", claimed Brady. "Ronnie Kray cooking for his landing, I was cooking for mine. Ronnie Kray cooked with Ian Brady in prisonĭuring their time together at Durham A Level Security Wing, Kray and Brady used to cook for other inmates. "They symbolise all the blood and tears that have been spilt over the years," said the head of security, Richard Grayston. Some officials at his funeral wore a red badge bearing the initals RKF (Reggie Kray Funeral), and a red armband. Reggie Kray's funeral looked more like a doormen's convention than a funeral But according to childhood friend Laurie O'Leary the twins did just that as he owns many of their unpublished poems. It's difficult to believe that gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray enjoyed writing poetry. *GQ *reveals some amazing facts surrounding the history behind the terrible twosome.

The biopic Legend, starring Tom Hardy, highlights the rise and fall of these infamous gangsters. Notorious, epic, scandalous, the Kray twins ruled the East End of London, building a criminal empire that rocked the Fifties and Sixties.
