Over the past few months, there have been a number of reports claiming that Woody Harrelson is portraying the character of Cletus Kasady, a.k.a. Carnage, in Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man spinoff movie Venom.
So far, that remains unconfirmed, but Harrelson has been chatting briefly about his role in the film during an interview with Collider, with the Solo: A Star Wars Story star revealing that:
“I’m just … I’m in a little fraction of this movie, but I’ll be in the next one, you know? So I haven’t read that script, but anyways, just rolled the dice.”
That definitely seems to support the rumours, which claim that Cletus Kasady will only make a fleeting appearance at the end of the film, setting up Carnage as the villain for the second movie (assuming the first is successful enough to warrant a sequel, of course).
Harrelson also went on to discuss what drew him to the movie, adding that: “Well, you know, Ruben Fleischer did Zombieland, directed it, so that was a big part of it. And also, Tom Hardy, I really respect and think he’s one of the great actors. So that, coupled with what is a really wonderful script, I felt like I kind of should, you know?”
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One of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex and badass characters comes to the big screen, starring Academy Award nominated actor Tom Hardy as the lethal protector Venom.
Directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland), Venom is set for release on October 5th 2018 and features a cast that includes Tom Hardy, Riz Ahmed, Michelle Williams, Woody Harrelson, Jenny Slate, Reid Scott, Scott Haze and Sope Aluko.
