Venom: The Last Dance director talks developing the story with Tom Hardy: "Getting to collaborate with your best mate of over 20 years is really a beautiful thing"
Oct. 24, 2024Exclusive: The Venom: The Last Dance team talk collaborating with Tom Hardy on and off-screen
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Tom Hardy might be the man bringing both Eddie Brock and his symbiote pal Venom to life, but he’s just as involved behind the scenes, too. OnVenom: The Last Dance, Hardy worked to develop the story with director Kelly Marcel, and he’s also a producer on the threequel.
“We’re really lucky in that we’ve been able to break story together on these films,” Marcel tells GamesRadar+ of working with Hardy. “So, during Venom 1, we were figuring out what the story of Venom 2 was. During Venom 2, we figured out what Venom 3 would be. Tom and I have spent the best part of eight years working on these movies, and getting to collaborate with your best mate of over 20 years is really a beautiful thing, and I think we’re both incredibly grateful toSonyfor letting us do it. Collaborating with him is a blast. He’s got lots and lots and lots of ideas.”
The movie also sees the introduction of Juno Temple’s Dr. Payne and Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Rex Strickland, with both actors making their Sony-verse debut.
“I feel privileged just to be engaged in that way,” adds Ejiofor. “I think that was the whole thing about it, everything was filled with so much passion and, really, from Tom and Kelly, just this real sense of their own personal, nearly decade-long commitment to this. And so, just to be around that, and be part of that, was really great.”
Venom: The Last Dance is in theaters this October 25. While you wait, check out our guides to all theupcoming superhero moviesand how to watch theSpider-Man movies in order. You can also see whatMarcel had to say about introducing Knull, and why he’s like Thanos, orTemple and Ejiofor on joining the Venom world.
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I’m a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site’s Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.
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