TV film: Stuart a Life Backwards

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND - MARCH 2007; Tom Hardy, in character as Stuart, filming on set for the TV film, Stuart a Life Backwards with the author Alexander Masters.."n"nA writer takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend Stuart, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic event in his childhood. "n"nEdward Thomas "Tom" Hardy is an English actor, screenwriter, and producer. He made his debut in Ridley Scott's 2001 action film Black Hawk Down."n"nStuart: A Life Backwards is a biography by Alexander Masters of his friend Stuart Clive Shorter, formerly, at various times, a prisoner and a career criminal. It explores how a young boy, somewhat disabled from birth, became mentally unstable, criminal and violent, living homeless on the streets of Cambridge. As the title suggests, the book starts from Shorter's adult life, and works backwards to trace Shorter's through his troubled childhood, examining the effects his family, schooling and disability had on his eventual state. (Photo by Peter Dench/Getty Images Reportage) (Photo by Peter Dench/Getty Images Reportage)