Kray Twins HATED Martin and Gary Kemp’s gangster film: ‘How dare they!’

Hairdresser Maureen Flanagan was thought of like a “little sister” by the gangsters and revealed their candid thoughts about the onscreen adaptation of their crimes. 

Her insight came from visiting Ronnie in prison after previously getting to know the “frightening” thugs while she cut their mother Violet’s hair.

Ms Flannagan revealed that the Krays particularly disliked scenes that featured their mother, who was played by Billie Whitelaw, because the film showed her swearing.

Ronnie told her “they hated the film” for that reason and felt that director Peter Medak had taken creative liberties with his adaptation. 

She said: “When I first went after he’d had a DVD film sent into him he said, ‘I hate that film.’”

Ronnie continued: “How dare they allow our mother to swear. Our mother never swore in her life.”

Ms Flannagan, who cut Violet’s hair every week, admitted that she “could guarantee that” and reiterated their “hatred” for the film.

After the hairdresser watched the Kemp brothers’ attempt at bringing the Krays to life, she felt that they didn’t portray the reality of such terrifying figures. 

She said: “I thought, ‘I’ll go to see the film but if they don’t frighten me then they won’t be Ronnie and Reggie Kray’. 

JUST IN: Barbara Windsor’s tragic prediction ‘ill health would affect marriage’

“He said, ‘Get up and walk around the table.’ He didn’t want me to be in the eyeline of Peter Sutcliffe.”

Ronnie’s twin Reggie died in 2000, two months after he was released from prison on compassionate grounds following a diagnosis with terminal bladder cancer. 

During her interview on ITV’s Lorraine in 2015, Ms Flannagan expressed her belief that Tom Hardy’s 2015 biopic Legend would be a more accurate portrayal.

Ms Flannagan commented: “He’s got everything spot on so it will be a good film.”