Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Synopsis
1973. The secret service has been infiltrated by a double agent. High ranking officials fear secrets have been shared with Soviet agents. Agent George Smiley (Gary Oldman) is coerced into coming out of retirement to find the double agent. With Colin Firth.
Film Trivia
- John le Carre, who wrote the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy novel, makes an appearance is in this film as a drunken guest at the Christmas party.
- Gary Oldman, who plays George Smiley, ate a lot of treacle sponge and custard to help gain some weight for his role in this film.
- Tom Hardy's character Ricki Tarr was Australian in the book but Hardy's accent was reportedly so bad that they made the character English in this film.
- Gary Oldman, who plays George Smiley, also played Sirius Black in the Harry Potter films and Commissioner Gordon in Christopher Nolan's Batman movies.
- Tom Hardy, who plays Ricki Tarr, also starred in Warrior and as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises.
