After the remaining factions of the Torture Gang try to shake down some of the people under the Krays’ protection, Ron walks into a crowded bar and shoots George Cornell ( Shane Attwooll) dead. However, the ongoing success of the gang continues to drive a wedge in between Reggie and Frances and increases the instability of Ron. The agreement is highly profitable and further expands their criminal operation. Bruno proposes that they engage in a deal where the parties will split gambling profits equally while the brothers provide local protection. Soon after, the brothers are approached by Angelo Bruno ( Chazz Palminteri), a member of a Philadelphia crime family and a representative of Meyer Lansky, the infamous American gangster.
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In the end, the brothers appear to patch things up and Reggie gets the gang back on track. Ron insults Frances and Reggie and Ron have a violent, all-out fight. Once Reggie is released, Reggie and Frances visit the club and the brothers get into an argument. The club is almost forced to close due to Ron scaring away all the customers. The financial setbacks put Ron in conflict with the chief financial officer for the gang, Leslie Payne ( David Thewlis). Ron’s mental instability and violent temperament lead to severe financial setbacks at the nightclub as he and his cronies, such as Edward “Mad Teddy” Smith ( Taron Edgerton), remake the gang and the business based on their arbitrary whims. Ron takes over The Firm while his brother is gone. Shortly after the marriage, Reggie goes to prison for 6 months for a prior conviction that had been under appeal for some time. Frances does not approve of Reggie’s criminal involvement, and Reggie continually promises to go legitimate, but he never does.
Frances is drawn to Reggie despite the warnings of her mother ( Tara Fitzgerald), and the couple soon are soon involved in a passionate relationship with each other. Reggie enters into a relationship with Frances Shea ( Emily Browning), the sister of one the Reggie’s drivers, Frankie Shea ( Colin Morgan). Eventually, Scotland Yard takes down Charlie and most of the Torture Gang allowing the Krays to expand their control even further. They get into a gang war with another London gangster, Charlie Richardson ( Paul Bettany), who leads the south London group called the Torture Gang. They use extortion and brutal violence to expand their criminal enterprise.
Once Ron is released, the brothers work to control a large part of London’s criminal underworld. The doctor emphasizes to Reggie that Ron is dangerous and needs to take his medication to remain under control. Reggie effectively threatens the evaluating physician to provide a favorable evaluation of his brother so that he can be released. Ron is locked up in a psychiatric hospital for paranoid schizophrenia as the film begins. He, along with his brother Ronald “Ron” Kray (Tom Hardy), run a small crime organization known as The Firm in London.
As the film begins, Reginald “Reggie” Kray ( Tom Hardy) is a former boxer who has turned to crime. Legend is the true story of the Kray brothers, twin mobsters who briefly ruled the London underworld during the 1960’s.