Actor Tom Hardy confirms he will next play notorious gangster Al Capone in the movie Fonzo. The man who inspired the original Scarface, Prohibition-era bootlegger Capone rose to become the most powerful gangster in Chicago. Capone legendarily went down not for murder or racketeering, but tax evasion. Hardy?s interest in playing the notorious Al ?Scarface? Capone first came to light in 2012 when he became attached to Cicero, with director David Yates.