Tom Hardy has revealed that he is a huge fan of Channel 4’s Come Dine with Me.

The actor, who stars as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises said the cookery show has given him inspiration for his latest movie Lawless in which he stars alongside Gary Oldman and Guy Pearce.

Hardy will play Forrest Bondurant, a Prohibition tough guy and said the soothing tones of comedian David Lamb has helped him get into character.

Tom Hardy is inspired by Channel 4's Come Dine With Me

Speaking to Total Film magazine Hardy said: "I really do like Come Dine With Me. It's great people-watching. I'll steal characters from Come Dine With Me. Because they're real people. I take something from everybody.”

Hardy’s character rarely speaks throughout the film and often prefers to growl.

However the actor said he is a motherly character.

''Forrest is a matriarch, he's a mother. I don't think it's being macho. I don't think that's what masculinity is.''

The actor said he is deeply interested in the feminine side of his character.

Tom Hardy and his fiancée Charlotte Ripley

''He's a specific type of man. What interested me was the female role in this guy. And what the nature of violence is to men. Non-egotistical violence, non-macho violence. Violence from within the cardigan.''

Her.ie would love to see Tom on a Celebrity version of Come Dine with Me. We think he would throw one interesting party!