Tony Capone: Separating Myth From Reality In The Capone Saga

Webbut who could possibly be the equal and opposing nemesis of al scarface capone, the brutal, charming villain who lorded over chicago, perhaps the most notorious gangster in.

But this isn't exactly true to al capone's real life.

Webtom hardy stars as the infamous mob boss exiled to florida to live out his final years in a haze of dementia punctuated by violent visions of his past in josh trank's.

Webgeraldo rivera attempted to prove the myth to be a fact in a 1986 tv special where he cracked open a safe that previously belonged to capone.

Webunsurprisingly, trank did some spinning of his own in inventing his version of aging mob boss.

Let's separate the fact and fiction below.

Webtom hardy gives a primal performance as al capone in his final days in the drama capone, a wild but also redemptive vehicle for director josh trank.

Webal capone (left) in real life and tom hardy (right) as capone in the josh trank movie.

Weba major element of the new capone movie starring tom hardy is the gangster's estranged son.

Webover the decades, the stories of mobster al capone and lawmen eliot ness have been subjected to literary license and hollywood exaggeration.