We've all been so concerned with what Sony has planned for Venom and why Spider-Man won't swing into the movie, none of us have really stopped to think about how the fan-favourite villain will be brought to life on the big screen. Well, during a recent interview to promote his new movie Breathe, Andy Serkis has confirmed that Tom Hardy will don a motion-capture suit in Sony's upcoming spinoff.
"The time has come that people understand that performance capture is a technology, not a genre of acting,” Serkis explains in our video above. Acting is acting, and the more actors – like Steve Zahn… and Karin Konoval who plays Maurice in ‘War For The Planet of the Apes’ – the more A-list actors that come on board, like Mark Rylance playing The BFG, or a lot of actors in the new Marvel films… Tom Hardy is playing a new character using performance capture. It all points up ‘what is the nature of acting?’ and there is no difference between acting wearing a costume and make up, or wearing a motion capture suit. That’s plain and simple, it just needs awarding bodies to understand that."
While the Black Panther star doesn't mention Venom specifically, it's obvious that's what he's referring to because Hardy starts shooting the movie this week. Given how technology has advanced since the release of Spider-Man 3, it makes sense that motion capture is being used here but we still don't know whether Venom will be significantly bigger than Hardy or if we'll see his face exposed at any time.
After all, it's feasible that Sony won't stick to the source material in terms of Venom's appearance and that the character's teeth and tongue will be ditched. Hopefully not, though, as that's bound to upset fans! What do you guys think about this surprising new details? Share your thoughts down below.
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