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Tom Hardy is a superhero in real life too!

The Hollywood actor reportedly held down a thief in South London until police made the scene.

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The Taboo star has chased down a man who crashed a stolen moped. According to The Sun, Hardy chased the thief through gardens and across a building site and ended up grabbing him by the neck as he proudly announced, "I caught the c***." 

Another onlooker, Arun Pullen told newspaper that actor is clearly not "a man you'd mess with". He explained how the Peaky Blinders actor "switched to superhero mode" and caught the thief.

He said: "It was mental – like he'd switched to superhero mode in an action movie. Two boys on the nicked moped had jumped a red light and smashed into a car.

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"Tom must have been walking down the road. He went off like a shot in pursuit and looked furious. If the kid had been dumb enough to resist I reckon Tom would have given him a good hiding."

According to The Sun, the stolen moped crashed into a Mercedes at a busy road junction on Sunday afternoon.

Both the crooks will face theft charges.