Ronnie Kray was one of the real-life Kray twins who ran organised crime in London in the 1950s and 1960s, and Tom Hardy played both Ronnie and his brother Reggie in the 2015 film Legend. Short lines from Hardy in character were later ripped and shared as isolated reactions on soundboards and in video edits. This one survives because wankers is a distinctly British insult that needs no context, so editors reuse it far beyond the film as a quick, recognisable put-down.