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Tom Hardy and Kate Winslet are tipped to play Sergeant Blackman and his wife in a Hollywood film about Marine A’s battle.

Alexander Blackman, 42, who served 1,277 days behind bars, was freed after wife Claire campaigned tirelessly on his behalf.

Lawer Jonathan Goldberg QC could be played by Al Pacino and has spent time in Hollywood discussing film opportunities.

He said on Sky News: ‘I was out t [Hollywood] two weeks ago to discuss it – t’s talk even of Kate Winslet to play Claire and Tom Hardy playing him and Al Pacino playing me, can you believe it.

Daily Mail readers raised £810,000 to fund a fresh legal challenge against Sergeant Blackman’s sentence.

Daily Mail readers raised £810,000 to fund a fresh legal challenge and last month he won a stunning victory at the Appeal Court which dramatically slashed his sentence.

Hollywood hard man Tom Hardy has played a number of military roles in his career.

In 2001, he played Private John Janovec in HBO epic Band of Brothers and is set to star in Christopher Nolan’s Second World War film Dunkirk.

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