According to Venom: Let There Be Carnage director Andy Serkis, it's Venom and not Eddie Brock who's interested in being a superhero.
Serkis discussed Eddie and his symbiote's messy relationship in a video promoting Let There Be Carnage. "In this movie, it's like the seven-year itch cycle of a relationship. You got two characters that are literally stuck with each other. That odd couple relationship is what this movie was always going to be about, as a progression from the first one," said Serkis. "It's like living with an oversized toddler. They have had enough of each other. They can't be together, can't be apart. Eddie's far too selfish. Venom just wants to be the hero."
The actor/director's observations echo his earlier comments about Venom: Let There Be Carnage, in which he described the movie as a "love story" centered around Venom and his human host. "Any love affair has its pitfalls, its high points and low points; Venom and Eddie’s relationship absolutely causes problems and stress, and they have a near-hatred for each other," said Serkis in the film's production notes. "But they have to be with each other -- they can’t live without each other. That’s companionship -- love -- the things that relationships are really about.”
Let There Be Carnage pays off the first movie's mid-credits scene, pitting Eddie and Venom against the serial killer Cletus Kasady and, eventually, his symbiote Carnage. When Kasady breaks out of prison and begins wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting citizens of San Francisco, it forces Eddie to not only embrace the idea of being a hero but also work out his problems with Venom -- as the duo have to cooperate if they're to have any chance of staying alive, much less saving the day.
As for the future, Serkis wants Eddie and Venom to battle other super-villains before they inevitably cross paths with Tom Holland's Spider-Man. What's more, he feels there's "real mileage" in the super-powered criminals imprisoned in Ravencroft Insitute, which factors into Let There Be Carnage's plot. "There's such fertile ground to be uncovered there. That would be the sandbox I'd be really interested in playing," said Serkis in a recent interview.
Tom Hardy reprises his role as Eddie Brock/Venom in Let There Be Carnage, with Woody Harrelson returning as Cletus Kasady in addition to lending his voice to Carnage. The film opens in theaters on Oct. 1.
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