Tom Hardy’s phone is undoubtedly filled with the numbers of various A-listers he’s met throughout his career, with previous co-stars including the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Cillian Murphy.
However, arguably one of his most surprising friendships comes not from the bright lights of Tinseltown, but, er... County Durham.
Yep, Tom is pals with none other than Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt, having first met her in 2016 when they both appeared on an episode of Alan Carr’s Chatty Man talk show.
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At the time, he asked her for a photo – much to her surprise, telling Scarlett that he and his wife Charlotte Riley were huge fans after catching her on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Mum-of-one Scarlett, 33, opened up about the unexpected friendship on Elizabeth Day’s How to Fail podcast a few years ago.
"I think the time when I really got freaked out was when Tom Hardy came up to me and said 'Scarlett, can I have a photo?'” she recalled.
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"And I went 'What?!? Do you want me to take a photo of you?'
"And he said 'No, me and Charlotte watched you in the Jungle and we loved you in Gogglebox!'
"And I was like 'What? You watch telly?' I was just so shocked that Tom Hardy watches the TV!"
Moffatt went on to reveal that later in the day, Tom's agent came over and asked if she wanted to hang out with him and Charlotte, saying: "Later his agent came in and said: 'Tom would like your number and him and Charlotte would like you to come over and play chess or play board games one time.'
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"I said 'Yeah, it's with Tom and Charlotte... chess, tiddlywinks, whatever!' So I passed my number on and he texted me saying 'this is Tom's number'."
Things clearly got off to a flying start, but the friendship almost took an unfortunate turn when Scarlett went to text a picture of her outfit to her mum.
"I accidentally sent it to Tom while he was in the next room and I literally started crying, I was so mortified," she admitted.
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"I thought I'd ruined my chances of becoming friends with him."
Thankfully for Scarlett, Tom saw the funny side and even sent a photograph back doing the exact same pose in the mirror.
"Whoops, was meant to send that to my mum too," he wrote.
Topics: Scarlett Moffatt, Tom Hardy, Gogglebox, Celebrity
Jess Hardiman