Williams is power force behind Venom
Four-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams stars as Eddie Brock’s (Tom Hardy) ex-girlfriend, lawyer Anne Weying, who in many ways is the power force at the center of Columbia Pictures’ new action-thriller Venom (now showing in Philippine cinemas).
One of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters takes center stage as Eddie becomes the host for the alien symbiote Venom. As a journalist, Eddie has been trying to take down the notorious Life Foundation scientist Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed) for years — an obsession that ruined his career and his relationship with his girlfriend, Anne. When one of Carlton’s experiments — the alien Venom — merges with Eddie’s body, he suddenly has incredible new superpowers and the chance to do just about whatever he wants. Twisted, dark, unpredictable and fueled by rage, Venom leaves Eddie wrestling to control dangerous abilities that he also finds empowering and intoxicating. As Eddie and Venom need each other to get what they’re looking for, they become more and more intertwined — where does Eddie end and Venom begin?
At the beginning of the story, Anne is driven to break up with Eddie because of his rogue-ish ways. As Michelle explains, “While she loves him, she can’t abide by his terrible behavior anymore. But the love hasn’t really gone away, and that’s what connects them through the movie.”
As for working with Tom, Michelle was thrilled at the opportunity and challenged by what it entailed. Says Michelle, “There is just nothing that Tom can’t do. He is maddeningly talented, but it is so exciting to work with him because he’s able to make illogical leaps.”
Venom is distributed in the Philippines by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.