Does A Now Deleted Instagram Post From Tom Hardy Confirm Carnage's Role In VENOM?

Does A Now Deleted Instagram Post From Tom Hardy Confirm Carnage's Role In VENOM?

Rumours have been swirling about Carnage's role in Venom for months now and a deleted social media post from star Tom Hardy has fans talking! Hit the jump to find out what exactly we're talking about...

By JoshWilding - Jan 17, 2018 02:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Venom
There are a lot of rumours surrounding Venom but we actually know very little about Sony's Spider-Man spinoff (which may, in fact, include the wall-crawler if a new report is to be believed). However, the one thing fans really want to know is whether or not Carnage will be making an appearance in the Ruben Fleischer helmed release and speculation about his role shows no sign of slowing down.

Well, a 
now deleted Instagram post from Tom Hardy is adding even more fuel to the fire because it features Carnage front and centre, so the question now is, who could be playing Cletus Kasady?

It's been said that Riz Ahmed is playing 
Dr. Carlton Drake, the head of the Life Foundation but what if he ends up bonding with the Carnage symbiote and we don't get to meet Cletus until a possible sequel? That sort of change to the source material is pretty much what fans have come to expect from producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach so don't be surprised if that ends up being the case in Venom!
 
What do you think this artwork could mean? As always, share your thoughts in the comments section.

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Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 1/17/2018, 2:33 AM
Well he has to fight somebody so....not super surprised.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/17/2018, 5:46 AM
@Kevwebsz - I was assuming he would be fighting the other symbiotes. Phage, Scream, Knuckle-Butt, and Hemroid.

But I wouldn't be surprised if Carnage showed up at the end. I also wouldn't be surprised if it was not Cletus Cassady. Which is a mistake.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 1/17/2018, 7:16 AM
@CorndogBurglar - i wouldnt be surprised if this movie is f*cking terrible and ruins 2 of my favorite villains of all time
Polaris
Polaris - 1/17/2018, 2:44 AM
wasn't the latest rumor that Woody Harrelson is playing Carnage?
BrokenMachines
BrokenMachines - 1/17/2018, 5:07 AM
@Polaris - Facts
RealSpiderMan
RealSpiderMan - 1/17/2018, 2:50 AM
Hardy will play both, because f*ck the source material
connorblaze
connorblaze - 1/17/2018, 3:08 AM
I hope Woody Harrelson will play him. And as much as I really wanna see Carnage, I wouldn’t mind if they just did a cameo of him at the end and saved him for the sequel. Kind of like how Batman Begins teased Joker and they didn’t introduce him until The Dark Knight. Dedicate a whole film to him, so that you’re not balancing the origin story with the villain plot.
RocknRolla
RocknRolla - 1/17/2018, 5:05 AM
@connorblaze - but it's not an origin story. You would need a whole movie with Spiderman for that now wouldn't you?
Origame
Origame - 1/17/2018, 3:16 AM
Why is that a change we'd expect from Sony? In all of their Spider-Man movies, they never once had characters assume roles that belonged to someone else. And I could think of only one technical case where a character assumed a role they never did (Harry, though his identity in the movies is still as a Goblin). In fact, this is something more associated with MARVEL than Sony.
JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 1/17/2018, 3:24 AM
If Carnage is not in this movie, why make a Venom movie without him
connorblaze
connorblaze - 1/17/2018, 3:52 AM
@JohnnyTBP - Maybe they want to leave a whole movie to explore Carnage, rather than trying to force him in to a plot that will already involve Venom’s origin, exploring his character etc. How much Joker would we have gotten if they’d shoehorned him into Batman Begins?
789
789 - 1/17/2018, 3:28 AM
I hope that Harelson will play J.J.J, and Carnage will be played by Reid Scott.

Chances are little, but still I hope so......
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 1/17/2018, 3:30 AM
Well that looks awesome
Scarilian
Scarilian - 1/17/2018, 5:09 AM
In the comics the Life Foundation created five Symbiotes Agony, Phage, Riot, Lasher and Scream. Four of these symbiotes eventually became 'Hybrid'

I expect Carnage in the Sony film is actually going to be a combination of these symbiotes and appear solely in the final battle of the movie.

MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 1/17/2018, 7:20 AM
I'm so f*cking torn with this movie. 1) I love Tom Hardy (no homo) and will basically watch anything with him (currently bingeing Taboo which is he amazing) 2) It's f*cking Sony and they can't make a god damn good film if they wanted to. 3)Venom is my ALL time favorite villain. 4) I guess i need a trailer to make up my mind..... Why Sony, why do you do this to me!!!

Lostcause
Lostcause - 1/17/2018, 7:23 AM
@MotherGooseUPus - LOL..."There was a firefight!"
Lostcause
Lostcause - 1/17/2018, 7:30 AM
My #1 pic for Cletus
Carnage67
Carnage67 - 1/17/2018, 8:47 AM
lets hope so! the fact it got taken down does make it suspicious.

i dont think woody harrelson is playing cletus. could be. i think he'd make more sense for orwell taylor.he'll be leading the jury with scott haze playing one of them. thats my guess at least.

its just odd we havent heard for certain whether carnage is the villain, and who is playing him if so. the movie comes out this year and has been shooting. youd think we'd hear some casting news but for some reason theyve been really tight lipped on this.
LSHF
LSHF - 1/17/2018, 10:15 AM
"Does A Now Deleted Instagram Post From Tom Hardy Confirm Carnage's Role In VENOM?"

I don't know, Josh. I don't know. Why do you keep asking us questions we can't answer?
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