Benedict Cumberbatch Replaces Tom Hardy in Crime Thriller Movie 'Blood on Snow'

Benedict Cumberbatch has landed his next movie role.

The 48-year-old Oscar-nominated actor is replacing Tom Hardy in the upcoming movie adaption of Jo Nesbo‘s crime thriller novel Blood on Snow directed by Cary Fukunaga.

The cast also includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Eva Green, Emma Laird, and Ben Mendelsohn.

Keep reading to find out more…Tom, 47, was originally supposed to star in the movie, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In the movie, Aaron is starring” a hit man/fixer named Olav who is hired by his mob boss to kill the man’s cheating wife. After Olav convinces himself he’s fallen in love with the wife and doesn’t kill her, it sets off a chain of events with tragic consequences that threaten a bloody mob war.”

While other character details are being kept under wraps, it is believed that Benedict will be playing a rival mob boss named the Fisherman.

Production for Blood on Snow is expected to begin later this month in Latvia.

In a recent interview, Benedict Cumberbatch revealed which movie character he now regrets playing.