Tom's a friend of mine and the band. He was supposed to rap on one of our songs from our last album because he had signed with our manager to pursue his rap career back in '07. Unfortunately, the Punjabi lyrics on the song are about drinking, and he was a recovering former alcoholic at the time, so it was inappropriate and we got another guy to feature on the song instead. I don't know if any of his music is online (his rap name is ETH, as his real name is Edward Thomas Hardy) but he has skills. I'm just hoping his Batman schedule isn't too hectic to cameo in our next video lol.
Back in '07 I knew he was an actor but I hadn't seen anything he'd done. Our manager just said to us one day that he'd started representing a rapper and actor called Tom and that we ought to feature him on our album lol. But he's a really nice guy and he's had a troubled history as far as addictions and whatnot, so we're all super proud of him and his success. I couldn't believe it when I heard he landed the Batman role!