VENOM Star Michelle Williams Confirms Return For Andy Serkis' Sequel; Wants More Time As She-Venom

Despite previously casting doubt on her return, Michelle Williams has now confirmed that she will be back as Anne Weying for Andy Serkis' Venom sequel. This time, though, she wants more time as She-Venom.

By MarkCassidy - Aug 07, 2019 12:08 PM EST

Filed Under: Venom: Let There Be Carnage

It looks like Michelle Williams will be joining Tom Hardy for Venom 2 after all.

After the critical drubbing the first movie took last year, Williams didn't sound particularly excited about the prospect of reprising her role during interviews, but it seems she's changed her tune after the news of director Andy Serkis' involvement.

“I’m such a fan of Andy’s, and I’m so inspired by what he’s been able to accomplish,” Williams told Yahoo! Entertainment after confirming that she's "in" for the follow-up. “He’s so gifted in such a specific way, and I’m very excited to learn from him and be around him.”

Although Williams' character didn't really get a lot to do first time around, she was integral to one of the movie's best scenes as Anne Weying briefly suited up as She-Venom and took out some goons. When asked about the possibility of once again merging with the symbiote, the actress says she hopes to “get equal time" with Eddie Brock (Hardy) in the sequel.

Tell us, are you glad Williams is returning for for Venom 2? Sound off down below, and check out a recap of the first film's most batshit crazy moments.

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Tom Hardy's Performance

Yes, the star of the movie gets his very own spot on this list, and for very good reason.

Tom Hardy's performance as Eddie Brock/Venom has been lambasted and praised in equal measure, and when you see some of the choices he makes with this character you'll likely understand why.

With his accent veering constantly between standard American and that infamous New York/Boston mumble, the Academy Award-nominated actor tears through Venom like a wild-eyed force of nature, and is by far the most memorable part of the film... for better or worse!

A Nice Chicken Dinner

In easily the most gross-out moment of the movie, Eddie Brock is compelled by his ravenous new friend to eat a rotten chicken carcass out of the garbage.

Eddie starts off with a few frozen chicken nuggets before diving right into the trash and devouring the contents. He then rushes into the bathroom and vomits - quite graphically - into the toilet.

It's... not pleasant.

A Dip With The Lobsters

Once Eddie realizes that something is very wrong with him, he follows his ex Annie and her new boyfriend into a restaurant, which probably wasn't the best place to take a constantly hungry alien parasite.

Venom forces his host to try a few morsels from various plates before Brock dives into a lobster tank to cool down, biting into a live crustacean while he's at it.

Apparently, Hardy came up with the idea to leap into the tank, and fake lobsters needed to be flown in at the last minute to accommodate him.

Venom Likes Heads

Who doesn't, right?

Venom may have dispensed with that rumored R-rating, but that doesn't mean it skimps on the brutality.

There's no blood and it's never particularly graphic, but Venom does gleefully chow-down on quite a few heads in this movie, which is something we never expected to see in a PG-13 "superhero" flick.

F-Bomb

Just in case it wasn't already abundantly clear that Venom does not take place in the established Marvel Cinematic Universe, Eddie Brock drops an F-bomb towards the end of the movie.

Sure, The X-Men movies are also produced in associations with Marvel Studios and characters curse-up a storm in them, but with Sony now sharing a much closer connection to The MCU thanks to the Spider-Man deal, this is a little more surprising.

If that crossover ever does happen, Venom is gonna have to wash his mouth out with soap.

Venom Calls Eddie A Pussy

Similarly, it's hard to imagine any character associated with The MCU referring to someone else as a "pussy" (edit: Tony Stark does in Iron Man 3, which completely slipped my mind), but that's what happens in Venom.

To be fair, it's actually one of the funniest moments in the movie, as Venom urges Eddie to jump out of a window only to berate his lack of cojones when we then cut to him taking the elevator instead.

Venom Makes Out With Eddie (Kinda)

One of the early Twitter reactions got some attention when it revealed that Venom and Eddie make out in the movie, but when the scene is put into context that's not exactly what happens.

Yes, Eddie and Venom do kiss, but the symbiote is bonded to Annie at the time (we get a quick glimpse of She-Venom) which obviously doesn't paint quite the homoerotic picture many fans had in their minds after the initial Tweet.

Carnage

As rumored, Woody Harrelson does indeed show up in the mid-credits scene as Cletus Kasady in a faintly ridiculous red wig, and teases the "Carnage" to come.

It's a decent set-up for a sequel featuring the serial killing villain, but it has so little to do with the movie we just watched that it feels dropped in out of nowhere as a result.

"Meanwhile, In Another Universe"

Rather than tease a connection to the live-action MCU Spider-Man, the post-credits scene of Venom establishes a link to the animated universe of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.

We get a clip from that movie featuring Miles Morales chasing The Prowler before visiting the grave of Peter Parker, only to discover that the original Webhead is still alive in another dimension.

It's an impressive scene, but just another example of some of the bonkers choices the Venom movie makes.

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lawndart - 8/7/2019, 12:37 PM

You get a symbiote! And you get a symbiote! And you get a symbiote!

mastakilla39 - 8/7/2019, 12:50 PM

@lawndart - LOL its getting as convoluted like the MCU. Everyone is suddenly an avenger now: Wong, Shuri, korg, etc. like WTF?

OmegaDaGrodd - 8/7/2019, 1:13 PM

@mastakilla39 -

I wouldn't call the MCU convoluted in that regard. They set pretty clear parameters:

Question: Did you walk out that door?

Answer: Yes

Grade: You are an Avenger

Not super complicated

blitzburgh - 8/7/2019, 1:29 PM

@mastakilla39 - but they weren't all Avengers so everything you just said makes no sense

LSHF - 8/7/2019, 3:23 PM

@OmegaDaGrodd - Ummmmm. I'm confused. What if I want to come back in the door? Am I no longer an Avenger? I don't understand. Life is too complicated!

lawndart - 8/8/2019, 3:55 AM

@mastakilla39 - Exactly! It was a big thing for a long time in the books if a character made the team. The MCU is like the books are now where pretty much everyone has been one.

tmp3 - 8/7/2019, 12:38 PM

She's openly admitted she doesn't even remember the plot of the first Venom film, so it sounds like that set was fairly chaotic (didn't Hardy do some last minute rewrites for the reshoots?), so I don't know how much I can blame her for that film. Great actress though, really great in Manchester by the Sea & Blue Valentine.

Kurne - 8/7/2019, 12:45 PM

@tmp3 - There was a report/rumor that Hardy got pissed about how bland the script was and walked off set or something a few times.

Reeds2Much - 8/7/2019, 12:48 PM

@tmp3 - She's openly admitted she doesn't even remember the plot of the first Venom film

I mean, you saw the movie.

tmp3 - 8/7/2019, 12:50 PM

@Kurne - Yeah, there's a lot of reports of it being a troubled production - but it was never publicized as much as the Fant4stic/Dark Phoenix reports were, so idk how legitimate they are
@Reeds2Much - All I remember is lobster tanks

demery - 8/7/2019, 1:25 PM

@tmp3 - It seems like it was Sony who reminded the cast and crew that VENOM was a cash-crab, so they decided to re-work it to make it more of a traditional superhero flick that's generic and bland as hell without anything that made the character cool to begin with.

You could tell the movie was probably more focused on making a darkly gonzo action/comedy/horror flick if it focused more on the Eddie/Venom relationship. Instead, it seemed like Sony intervened to make sure everything was by-the-book with occasional moments of personality to make it seem not as watered down as they think in terms of the characters and relationships from both the comics and from what the film was trying to establish.

CapnMurphy2021 - 8/7/2019, 8:42 PM

@tmp3 - Manchester and Valentine were really great films that were ROUGH to get through... emotionally draining...

tmp3 - 8/8/2019, 12:02 AM

@CapnMurphy2021 - Yep, Valentine especially

Joggingcunt - 8/8/2019, 5:34 AM

@tmp3 - Most actors don't remember the movies they do, like Paltrow.

Hawknaba - 8/8/2019, 6:17 AM

@tmp3 - So? Paltrow hasn't even watched most of the MCU movies she's in, she didn't even know she was in endgame

Kurne - 8/7/2019, 12:42 PM

Amy Pascal: "She's iconic in the role. Nobody else could wear that wig and phone it in like Michelle Williams could"

LSHF - 8/7/2019, 3:26 PM

@Kurne - Amy talks more positive sh*t than Kevin does. She uses way more phrases that don't really even apply many times, which tells me she doesn't really mean it. She's a walking, talking, sitting, marketing person. It's no wonder she doesn't really like the promotional part (interviews) of her job.

Repian - 8/7/2019, 12:44 PM

She has to go back for Carnage to kill her.

MUTO123 - 8/7/2019, 12:47 PM

I've never seen actors so visibly regretting saying "yes" to being in the movie they're currently in than her and Riz Ahmed in the first one.

tmp3 - 8/7/2019, 12:48 PM

@MUTO123 - What a waste of Riz Ahmed. Dude should have been a big star after The Night Of, not given the villain in Venom.

TheBlueMorpho - 8/7/2019, 12:51 PM

"Wants More Time As She-Venom"

Uh oh

Spock0Clock - 8/7/2019, 1:23 PM

@TheBlueMorpho - I don't want to live in a world where alleged comicbook fans are complaining about a woman in skintight alien latex with a two foot long tongue.

Reeds2Much - 8/7/2019, 12:52 PM

We already saw She-Venom. Bring on Loli-Venom.

TheUnworthyThor - 8/7/2019, 1:12 PM

Kind of amazing out of all the projects that Venom is the one that got Michelle Williams and Tom Hardy. Looking forward to the sequel though, I have high hopes.

demery - 8/7/2019, 1:14 PM

Ok, this is coming along much sooner than I thought. Let's see if we get a better flick this time out (though I doubt it with Sony at hand on this franchise).

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