Webtom hardy steps into notorious gangster shoes, playing al capone in capone. what's true, what's not in josh trank's new movie (now streaming). Webal capone spends nearly the entire movie in a state of severe mental abatement with tom hardy selling every moment of his steep decline. Not only does his condition leave him completely at the mercy of his bowels, but large sections of the movie are clearly only happening in his own head. Webin the shadow of his infamous father, al capone’s son, sonny, lived a life seemingly disconnected from the criminal world his father dominated. Webpeaky blinders star tom hardy takes on the role of an ageing gangster in capone, a film biopic about the last years of infamous chicago bootlegger al capone. But who was al capone, and. Weba new netflix biopic about american gangster al capone suggests he had an illegitimate son that he refused to acknowledge. In real life he had son called albert francis “sonny” capone jr. Webas al capone's son, albert francis sonny capone was desperate to escape the shadow of scarface. Here's how he actually did it. He once quit a job when he thought his boss was cheating. Weba major element of the new capone movie starring tom hardy is the gangster's estranged son. But this isn't exactly true to al capone's real life. Webthe massacre happened in 1929 when seven men associated with george bugs moran's north side gang (one of al capone 's biggest rivals) were gunned down. It is largely believed that capone did plan for this shooting to happen to eliminate his competition, although he was never convicted.