Is Tom Hardy Leaving MobLand? Everything We Know So Far

Speculation has been rife over the last week about Tom Hardy’s future in the crime drama MobLand.

The Oscar nominee plays mob family fixer Harry Da Souza in the series, as well as serving as one of its executive producers.

Season one quickly became one of the most-watched shows on Paramount+ when it dropped in 2025, with a second run of episodes having recently wrapped filming, and a third already in the works.

However, it’s now looking uncertain whether Tom will be back for season three, based on speculation and rumours about supposed drama behind the scenes of MobLand, which also stars Pierce Brosnan and Dame Helen Mirren.

For those struggling to keep up, here’s a breakdown of everything that’s been reported in the press about Tom Hardy’s MobLand future so far…

Puck News first reported on 22 May that Tom had parted ways with the show, alleging he wouldn’t be returning for season three.

This report claimed that showrunners David Glasser and Jez Butterworth had issued an ultimatum to Paramount+, with the latter said to have told the network they had to choose between him or Tom.

On the same day, Variety published a separate piece, citing an undisclosed source who claimed that Tom “was not asked to return to the series following on-set issues with executive producer Jez Butterworth, 101 Studios and others”.

A report from The Hollywood Reporter five days later expanded on the story, including quotes from one source who described the Dark Knight Rises actor’s behaviour behind the scenes of MobLand season two as “career suicide”.

“He refused to come out of his trailer for hours at a time,” they were quoted as saying. “He kept the cast waiting, [which is] a power play. Keeping Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren and others waiting is career suicide, I would wager.”

Well, that’s where things get more complicated.

A production insider told Variety on Thursday 28 May that while there had been on-set tensions, Tom is “not fired”, and that the door is “not closed” to him for season three, with the team said to be trying to resolve the creative differences before season three gets underway.

Variety’s source also elaborated further on the previously-reported allegations, suggesting that the Venom actor was unhappy with the show’s scripts only being delivered to him weeks before shooting, as he “likes to prepare” with more time than that.

There are also conflicting reports from Variety’s sources regarding showrunner Jez Butterworth’s presence on set, with some saying he wasn’t around to address the script issues, while others say he had weekly Zoom meetings with Tom about the show.

The stars of MobLand have mostly stayed amid rumours of the behind-the-scenes drama, and reps for both Tom Holland and Paramount+ did not respond to HuffPost UK’s request for comment.

Dame Helen Mirren did post a photo of the Inception star on Instagram on 28 May, with the caption “love you now and always”.

Although this didn’t directly refer to the MobLand rumours, many read her post as alluding to the rumours about on-set tensions.

Comments were turned off on the post, which was uploaded days after footage of Dame Helen being confronted by a pro-Palestine demonstrator over her past support of Israel was widely shared in the press.

Before these latest reports, there had already been rumours of on-set tension between Tom and other members of the MobLand cast.

In December 2025, the Daily Mail published quotes from an unnamed source who claimed that Tom was often “late to filming”, which was “annoying for Dame Helen”, who was described as “extremely professional and disciplined”.

“She expects better. She holds people to a high standard. She’s 80. She’s been there and seen it all,” the source continued.

“The behind-the-scenes crew watch it all and believe that she no longer looks as happy working on scenes with him. It has all become quite personal between them.”

Dame Helen appeared to shoot down this report two days later, by sharing an Instagram post in which she thanked Tom “for his brilliance onscreen, his dedication off screen, his good heart and especially the HardyHugs I get when onset with him which is not nearly enough in my opinion”.

Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller told The Telegraph in 2024 that Tom had a difficult relationship with his co-star Charlize Theron on set, and also claimed that Tom often “had to be coaxed out of his trailer”.

He said: “There’s no excuse for it, and I think there’s a tendency in this business to use great performances as an excuse for other disruption that could be avoided.”

A book about the making of the film, titled Blood, Sweat and Chrome: The Wild And True Story Of Mad Max: Fury Road, alleged that Tom would show up late so frequently that Charlize asked that the Venom star be fined $100k for “every minute that he’s held up the crew”.

Tom has been open about his behaviour while making the film and has responded to the allegations about his conduct.

“What [Charlize] needed was a better, perhaps more experienced partner in me,” he told The New York Times in 2020. “That’s something that can’t be faked. I’d like to think that now that I’m older and uglier, I could rise to that occasion.”

Patrick Stewart has also spoken less than favourably about his experiences of working with Tom in the film Star Trek: Nemesis.

In his 2023 memoir Making It So, the X-Men actor recalled: “Tom wouldn’t engage with any of us on a social level. Never said, ‘good morning,’ never said, ‘good night’, and spent the hours he wasn’t needed on set in his trailer with his girlfriend.”

MobLand season one is available to stream on Paramount+ now. A release date for season two is yet to be announced.