Tom Hardy Explains How Close His Venom Came to Crossing Over With Spider-Man

In a conversation with the Discourse Podcast from the Playlist, Tom Hardy looked back on his journey as Venom and revealed that the world very nearly got a Sony cross-over between his bumbling violent anti-hero and the heroic web-slinger. The process to bring Tom Holland’s Spider-Man into Venom’s world “got as close as I could possibly imagine getting,” according to Hardy. In fact, it couldn’t have gotten any closer “apart from doing a film together,” Hardy explained, “which I would have loved to have done because that just means so much fun.” Ultimately, of course, Hardy’s Venom never did meet Holland’s Spidey. The Discourse Podcast host, Mike DeAngelo, speculated it could have come down to studio politics; without fully conceding, Hardy affirmed carefully to the suggestions, “for all the reasons that you explained ultimately in there.” What got Hardy excited to make the cross-over happen was simple: “Fundamentally, for me, it would be for the kids,” he said. “Because, you know, a ... Read full article.