Days after Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, developed by Insomniac Games in collaboration with PlayStation Studios and Marvel Games has been released, veteran actor Tom Hardy is seen showering praises for Tony Todd, who has lent his voice to Venom, the symbiotic villain in the latest game. At the time when his performance gained instant appreciation from the audience, with fans praising him for his portrayal of the villain across social media, actor Tom Hardy also took to his Instagram handle to call Todd a “legend.” Solely dedicating his post to Todd, Hardy further refrained from adding any further comments or details to the post.
Hardy also shared a black-and-white picture of the actor and wrote, “Legend” with a fire emoji. While he didn’t cite Todd’s performance as the Venom as the reason for his Instagram, the timing suggests that it is indeed the case.
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For the unversed, Hardy has already played the role of Venom in two individual films including Venom (2018) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). He also made a cameo appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home. It is believed that a third Venom film starring Hardy is also in the works. While it is slated to release in July 2024, the confirmed date is yet to be announced, considering the halt in production after the actors’ strikes.
On the other hand, a confirmation is yet to be received if Tony Todd will return to play Venom in other games, films, or projects.
Hardy and Todd’s friendship
The two actors are believed to have formed a friendship while working with each other on the 2006 film ‘Minotaur’. Speaking to The Boston Globe, Todd once shared that his inspiration for playing the role of Venom came after he started watching Tom Hardy’s Venom movies, calling them “a different medium.”
“I wanted to go back to the roots” of the character as much as possible, he told the outlet.
“The first thing I did was go to my favourite comic book store called the Golden Apple out here in LA. I said, ‘I need the best 10 books on Venom.’ They went above and beyond. I had all kinds of visual references. I didn’t want to see the movies because this is a different medium, even though…I wanted to go back to the roots — the comic, the artist, the people who diligently put the pen to the paper to create these wonderful visions,” he said.
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