Charles Bronson (prisoner) who called for an inquiry into how the recording had been made. Bronson had initially been refused access to the film, but on 15 November 2011 he was granted permission to view it. Describing it as "theatrical, creative and brilliance", he heaped praise upon Tom Hardy, who portrayed him. He disagreed on the distance suggested in the film between himself and his father, and of the portrayal of fight promoter Paul Edmunds (played by Matt King as Paul Daniels) as "a bit of a ponce". Charles Bronson (prisoner) Charles Arthur "Charlie" Salvador (formerly Charles Ali Ahmed; born Michael Gordon Peterson
Michael Peterson (surfer) but revealed to Doherty: "I haven't given it away! Who told you that? Is that what's getting around?". Peterson's friends strongly supported Peterson's return to surfing and, according to Bartholomew, many of his peers had not stopped surfing at that point in time. On 29 March 2012, Peterson died of a heart attack whilst inside his Australian home at Tweed Heads South, New South Wales; he was 59 years of age. In the novel, "The Life" by Malcolm Knox, aspects of the life and surfing career of the protagonist, 'Dennis Keith', are based on Peterson. Michael Peterson (surfer) Michael "MP"