Tony Todd Teases His ‘Thunderous’ Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: He’s ‘an Overgrown Kid’
variety.comKatcy Stephan Tony Todd recalls the day he landed the role of Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 like it was yesterday. “You know, I thought I had magic calls before.
I remember when I got the call for Zoom in ‘The Flash.’ When I first got the Fallen in ‘Transformers,’” he muses. “But this one was like a standing ovation for my collective voice over work.
My whole career, actually. Everything leads to another thing. I’m a big kid. I’m a gamer myself. So it all just fell into place.” Speaking to Variety weeks ahead of the highly-anticipated game release, Todd gets a big grin across his face as he teases his interpretation of the symbiotic villain. “It’s a given that people think he’s evil.
As an actor, you can never play evil. For me, I wanted to emphasize the joy of his landing on this particular place in time,” he says, adding that New York City is the perfect playground. “It’s filled with so many human beings who are ready to be symbiotized — food choices and stuff!” When he was cast, Todd went straight to work on developing his own unique take on the murderous alien with a powerful hive mind. “As soon as I got the job, I went over to Golden Apple and said, ‘Give me your best 20 graphic novels on Venom’ and they willingly supplied it for me.
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