Tom Hardy grants hospice patient's dying wish with video-call
10 December 2022, 22:21 | Updated: 10 December 2022, 22:23
Tom Hardy spoke "like a friend" to a fan receiving end-of-life care who said it was her dying wish to meet him.
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Mother-of-two Jo-Anne Shaw, 58, said she would love to "fulfil my final wish and meet him" in an Instagram post last week.
After users tagged the Peaky Blinders actor, he replied: "Be my pleasure."
Jo-Anne told BBC CWR: "He has made my day.
"He put me on a pedestal for a day and that's all I can ask for."
The grandmother-of-three is receiving end-of-life care at Myton Hospice in Warwick.
Describing herself as a "super fan" of Tom Hardy's work, one friend even sent her a full-sized cardboard cutout of the actor instead of flowers.
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She added: "I'm so excited, he spoke to me as if he's a friend.
"I'm such a big fan of his, I've watched all his movies and boxsets especially during lockdown. I love him to bits."
The hospice wrote on Facebook after the interaction on Friday: "We've been blown away by Tom's kindness and support.
"Jo-Anne and her family cannot thank you enough for making this happen."
