{"id":853651,"date":"2026-08-13T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/853651\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:08:17","slug":"hollywood-megastar-tom-hardy-spotted-shopping-for-pokemon-cards-in-local-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/853651\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood megastar Tom Hardy spotted shopping for Pok\u00e9mon cards in local markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fan was left stunned after running into Oscar nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity\/helen-mirren-tom-hardy-feud-response-social-media-post-break-silence-mobland-season-3-20260529-p601z7.html\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Hardy<\/a> shopping for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/australia-news\/pokemon-card-trading-how-lucy-makes-six-figures-buying-selling-cards-online-20260220-p5o3xq.html\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pok\u00e9mon cards<\/a> at a local pop-up market this week. <\/p>\n<p>TikTok user Molly Wheatley, shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@xo_mxlly_ox\/photo\/7672096400544369922\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\">snap<\/a> of the Venom actor, 48, spotted in Brighton, England, browsing the trading card event held in a local gymnasium. She was then lucky enough to get a selfie. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3a7c77fba18c5dacf0201e3f99e7e7bb71b44c993015e0e702f0875c93373e93.png\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Just a random man or a Hollywood megastar? \u00a0TikTok\/@xo_mxlly_ox<\/p>\n<p>Wheatley, who goes by the handle @xo_mxlly_ox, captioned the photo taken on Monday (Australian time): \u201cThat\u2019s just a random man in a white hat\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next photo in the slide revealed it was not a \u201crandom man\u201d but A-lister and Peaky Blinders star Hardy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust a random card show as well I guess,\u201d the fan wrote adding a laughing emoji. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ecb2639c17a19a73f6b3c0168d43f3e8d62fc9a3fa991a42f4538f8c35eab8ed.png\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Wheatley got the surprise of her life when she snapped a selfie with Hardy. \u00a0TikTok\/@xo_mxlly_ox<\/p>\n<p>Fans were in absolute disbelief in the comments section of the post that\u2019s been viewed over 300,000 times, with one writing: \u201cMy jaw hit the floor\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019M SO JEALOUS OMG CONGRATS!!\u201d reacted a second, while others asked if the actor was nice in real life.<\/p>\n<p>Wheatley replied: \u201cExtremely nice, just seemed like such a normal down to earth guy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Some fans were simply obsessed with what the A-lister bought at the convention, surprised to learn he was a collector. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Hardy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/236a5a7777d3259a6668befa153baf240dc1526e.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Hollywood star Tom Hardy is mostly recently known for his roles in MobLand and Mad Max: Fury Road. \u00a0Tom Hardy<\/p>\n<p>Wheatley seemed to hint Hardy was shopping for Pok\u00e9mon cards with the hashtags in her post, and the Pok\u00e9mon merch pictured in the photos. <\/p>\n<p>One fan even commented: \u201cWhat is it with celebrities and Pok\u00e9mon cards these days?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The fan convention also sells and trades a collection of cards including Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering, and sports trading cards.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fan was left stunned after running into Oscar nominee Tom Hardy shopping for Pok\u00e9mon cards at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-853651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}