Venom - Tom Hardy stars as the lethal protector and anti-hero Venom - one of Marvel’s most enigmatic and complex characters. Venom 2 - Tom Hardy returns to the big screen as the lethal protector Venom, one of MARVELS greatest and most complex characters.In search of his next big story, journalist Eddie Brock lands an exclusive interview with convicted murderer and death row inmate Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson), who discovers Eddies secret and becomes the host for Carnage, a menacing and terrifying symbiote.