Tom Hardy makes kind Christmas gesture to crew of Guy Richie TV show
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‘Venom’ actor made generous offer after workers were left out of pocket. Tom Hardy offered to pay the wages of dozens of set builders who were left out of pocket after the construction company working on a new Guy Ritchie series was unable to make payment in time for Christmas.
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The Mad Max actor recently filmed scenes for Ritchie’s forthcoming gangster drama series, titled Fixer, which he will star in alongside Dame Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan. However, around 50 freelance set builders – who completed the work on the set over the summer – were left in the lurch after learning that the set construction business, Helix 3D, would not be paying out the £250,000 it owed in wages.
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According to The Times, the company is expected to enter liquidation, with its chief executive warning that the company was unlikely to pay staff before Christmas. The publication reports that Hardy stepped in and offered to pay the workers’ wages, until Paramount resolved the situation.
A source close to Tom told The Times: “He offered to [pay], but the production and Paramount have sorted the payment.”. It added that a source at Paramount told the publication that bosses were “outraged” to hear about the situation and that it would be acting swiftly to make sure workers get paid.
Chris Hudson, organising official for the broadcasting union Bectu, wrote to Helix 3D’s chief executive before the payment plan was created to call out its conduct. He wrote in a letter seen by The Times: “Our members deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and compensated on time for their work. It is wholly unacceptable that they are facing significant financial precarity, particularly ahead of Christmas.
