Tom Hardy's Mobland Season 3 Exit Explained

In spite of the fact that it's one of the most successful programs on Paramount+, "Mobland" has generated enough behind-the-scenes turmoil to keep several tabloids in business. It looks like all of that conflict has finally resulted in its central actor, movie star Tom Hardy, leaving the production.

Per Puck News, Hardy's feud with producers Jez Butterworth and David Glasser impacted the recently-completed filming of the show's second season. While Hardy allegedly also had problems with other people on the set, that wasn't the only issue. He was reportedly late to shooting multiple times, and often voiced his anger that the show — which, according to him, had been developed to center around his character — had shifted into an ensemble piece spotlighting the program's other A-list talent, like seasoned film and TV star Dame Helen Mirren. Butterworth apparently had enough of Hardy's behavior, resulting in the actor being canned when Butterworth threatened to quit.

While Hardy's reps have not confirmed Puck's report as of this writing, it's hard to imagine Season 3 of "Mobland" without him. His Harry Da Souza is the main focus of the show, and in spite of its sprawling nature it's going to be hard to coax audiences into returning without his presence.

It's impossible at the moment to tell how the absence of Harry Da Souza, the primary protagonist, might impact the future of a show like "Mobland." As of this writing, only Season 1 is available for public consumption, with Season 2 completed and Season 3 in the conceptual stages. 

The British crime drama's first outing saw Da Souza act as a fixer for the criminal Harrigan family, who are caught in a blood feud with the Stevenson dynasty. Harry is tough, no-nonsense and knows how to get the job done — but neither the Stevensons nor the Harrigans make his life easy. A gang war looms on the horizon by the end of Season 1, requiring brute-force ingenuity from Harry and a whole lot of political maneuvering on the part of everyone else. 

Hardy has a reputation for being difficult to work with, but since Harry is the social glue that holds the show's universe together, it's even more perplexing to figure out how the series might replace him. But that's a problem that a very different "Mobland" fixer will have to work out soon enough.