Tom Hardy resurrects Bane voice on first rap album under Frankie Pulitzer moniker

Tom Hardy has released his first official rap album with Czarface, featuring guest appearances from Busta Rhymes, Method Man and El-P. READ MORE: Czarface & MF DOOM – ‘Super What?’ review: a bittersweet epilogue The Oscar-nominated actor performs under his Frankie Pulitzer moniker on ‘Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer’, which arrived on Friday (August 28) via Silver Age, having been first announced in June. The 15-track album is a full-length collaboration with Czarface, the hip-hop collective comprising Wu-Tang Clan rapper Inspectah Deck and underground duo 7L & Esoteric. The record sees Hardy making sly references to his own acting career, including on ‘Grim-Visaged War’, which sees him recite the opening “winter of our discontent” monologue from Shakespeare’s Richard III, using the distinctive voice of Bane from 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises. ‘Raw Forever’, his collaboration with Busta Rhymes, includes references to Nicolas Cage and Martin Scorsese’s 1999 film Bringing Out The Dead. “I’m bringing out the dead like a paramedic out the Cage, directed by Marty,” Hardy raps, before invoking Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin from 2002’s Spider-Man and Marvel villain Doctor Doom. On ‘M...