With the Venom movie set to kick off the Spider-man universe at Sony without Spider-man, we’re expecting cool details to drop between now and it’s release in October.
One such new revelation is star Tom Hardy’s reason for playing the character; is it the character’s rich history? Is it because Hardy’s son loves the character? Is it because the character walks the fine line between hero and villain?
Nope.
“As far as Marvel characters, I have to say for me, Venom looks the coolest,” Hardy says, “That sounds a bit shallow! But I appreciate that he has a kind of brazen swagger and a zero foxtrot attitude.”
In the movie “Eddie Brock, a journalist reeling from a recent scandal. Desperate to get back on top, he starts investigating the Life Foundation and its cryptic leader, Dr. Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed). Before long, Eddie is exposed to a slimy, tar-like alien known as a symbiote, which imbues him with extraordinary powers and takes up residence in his head, rent-free.”
Hardy says: “There’s something funny about the circumstances of having a gift but it’s a tragic gift. It’s a superpower you don’t really want, but at the same time, you love it. It makes you feel special. He’s a reluctant hero and an anti-hero.”
Interestingly, despite all the rumours that the Sony movies are connected to the MCU (we still think is is), it seems that it’s really not… so chill out.
The new article in EW says: Venom is the first of Sony’s new films based on characters from the Spider-Mancomics, although it’s a separate world from last year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. (It’s also not part of the deal between Sony and Disney that allows Tom Holland’s Spidey into the Marvel Cinematic Universe).
Dammit!
Also, the movie is, as suspected, leaning towards its horror movie aspects more than previous comic movies. Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer says: “We talked a lot about a werewolf and what it is when you get infected or bit by a werewolf.”
“… this is really about a relationship between two people who have to work together to create this hybrid symbiotic relationship.”
Hardy adds: “There’s that biting-off-heads issue.
“Which is not what you would expect from, say, Captain America taking down a crook.”
You certainly wouldn’t…
Check out the new awesome image(s) below:
Venom arrives on earth on October 5th, 2018.
Source: EW
Marc
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