Both Tom Hardy and Joel Edgarton are actors who aren't household names just yet, but seemingly every time there's a high profile action role, their names come up. Hardy, a Brit, made a big impression in Bronson, and he'll next re-team with his Inception director Christopher Nolan to play Bane in The Dark Knight Rises. Australian Edgarton had a small role in the last two Star Wars prequels, and he's starring in the upcoming The Thing prequel. In the sports drama Warrior, the two actors will play estranged brothers who end up going toe-to-toe in a championship MMA match. Check out the newly released trailer, which is also available in HD at Apple.
Warrior also stars Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Noah Emmerich, and Kevin Dunn. Director, co-writer, and producer Gavin O'Conner is no stranger to inspiring sports stories and sibling rivalry, having directed Miracle and Pride & Glory. An interesting note, now that Tom Hardy is a musclebound would-be star, is that he played the skinny, bald Picard clone Shinzon in the abysmal Star Trek: Nemesis eight years ago. Back to the subject at hand, though, Warrior will punch theatergoers in their collective solar plexus on September 9th.