After putting herself on the map with a brief, but memorable role, in The Dark Knight Rises, Juno Temple has since stolen the show in everything from Fargo to Ted Lasso (the latter earned her three Primetime Emmy Award nominations).
However, her biggest movie role to date will be this November's Venom 3. There's still no word on who the actress is playing, though the hope among fans is that she might transform into the monstrous Scream, a character first teased in 2018's Venom.
Talking to Josh Horowitz, Temple was asked what it's been like working with Tom Hardy on the Marvel Comics adaptation.
"Actually, it was, again, I'm not gonna lie...I may have stepped on to a bigger set than even the Batman movie I was in," she explained. "This set was insane. The creativity behind it...firstly, you walk into that and you're like, 'Wow, oh my God, this is really big.'"
"Tom is such a fan of Venom and the relationship between Eddie and Venom. He's so excited about telling this story and is so thrilled to have other people be part of [that]," Temple continued. "He feels like a kid on the first day at school. That's pretty good energy to start a job with as it's intimidating, but when you have Venom himself as excited and nervous as you are because you all care, it feel like, 'Ah, I'm in the right place!'"
She went on to talk about collaborating with Hardy and writer/director Kelly Marcel and, despite choosing her words carefully, Temple appeared to strongly hint that there's a hint of realness to her fantastical role.
"I mean, they were so communicative. If you had any questions, that was an easy fix. It's hard because I don't know how to answer these things without doing anything that might get me cut out of the movie! I will say, you have to be aware of where your character fits in the world and aware of where they're going to fit at the end of the movie in the world...it's like any job."
"You want to make the world feel the audience are going to get lost in it," she added. "You want it to feel real even though it can be potentially fantastical. There could be some truth to some of the things going on in Venom."
As for her role still being under wraps, Temple simply said, "I'm good at keeping secrets. I think secrets are important to keep."
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Doctor Strange) has also landed a lead role in the threequel, though there's currently no word on who he's playing; the most popular theory online is that he's been cast as The Jury's General Orwell Taylor. Clark Backo (Letterkenny) has also boarded the threequel as an undisclosed character.
As well as returning as Eddie, Hardy also co-wrote Venom 3's story with director Kelly Marcel before she later penned the screenplay.
Produced by Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and Hutch Parker, Venom 3 is scheduled to arrive in theaters on November 8, 2024.