As a symbiote, there are two sides to him.
And both Tom Hardys were on show in a new pair of Venom clips released Thursday.
In one, his character Eddie Brock’s romantic side came out as he shared a kiss with Michelle Williams, who plays his girlfriend Anne Weying.
Smooch: Tom Hardy shared a kiss with Michelle Williams in a new Venom clip on Thursday
Sidling up close as they chat in a bar, Weying is flirty but still warns him to be careful.
‘We don’t want a repeat of the Daily Globe incident,’ she gently admonishes, referencing the rival newspaper to Peter Parker’s Daily Bugle.
‘Baby you were run out of New York. I don’t want you run out of San Francisco.
Brock playfully fights back: ‘I was going places… I wasn’t running, I was going places,’ he tells her. ‘I moved to San Francisco for you… you are my home.’
Concerned: Sidling up close as they chat in a bar, Weying is flirty but still warns him to be careful
In love: ‘I moved to San Francisco for you… you are my home,’ he tells her
Smack: ‘You’re not so bad yourself champ,’ she replies, leaning in for a kiss
‘You’re not so bad yourself champ,’ she replies, leaning in for a kiss.
In the Marvel film, Brock is a journalist who bonds with an alien symbiote, which gives him superpowers but forces the two to share the same body.
In the comics, Weying is the first person to become She-Venom, after bonding with the symbiote.
Bad idea: Another new clips shows Brock confronted by a gang of ‘repo men’, who quickly learn what the symbiote is capable of
Voice in his head: ‘Who the hell is this guy?’ the aliens voice growls inside Brock’s head
Out of control: But after the gang taser him, the symbiote takes control of his body
Short work: He quickly and violently dispatches the attackers
Another new clips shows Brock confronted by a gang of ‘repo men’, who quickly learn what the symbiote is capable of.
‘Who the hell is this guy?’ the aliens voice growls inside Brock’s head.
But after the gang taser him, the symbiote takes control of his body and violently dispatches the attackers.
‘Outstanding!’ it growls. ‘Now let’s bite all their heads off and pile them up in the corner.’
Snack: ‘Outstanding!’ it growls. ‘Now let’s bite all their heads off and pile them up in the corner’
Venom: In the Marvel film, Brock is a journalist who bonds with an alien symbiote, which gives him superpowers but forces the two to share the same body