Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Developers Reveal How They Put A New Spin On Venom

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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 introduces several new antagonists to menace New York's resident web-slingers, but it's the arrival of Venom that may prove to be too much to handle for the duo. In a new interview, creative director Bryan Intihar spoke about how developer Insomniac cast Tony Todd (Candyman) as one of Spider-Man's most iconic villains and he hinted at the studio having an original take on the classic character.

When it came to casting the voice of Venom, Intihar says that he initially avoided doing that for as long as possible because of the pressure attached to finding the right actor to bring the symbiote to life. After Intihar heard a few lines of Tony Todd reprising his role as the Candyman in the 2021 film of the same name, Intihar was pleasantly surprised to discover that Todd had already submitted an audition tape for Marvel's Spider-Man 2. «Everything we talked about [with] Venom--that sense of strength, that sense of fear, that sense of overwhelming, so different from Peter--Tony embraces that completely in the performance,» Intihar said to EW.

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As for how Insomniac's version of Venom differs from other incarnations, Intihar said that this Venom embodies power and strength as an «anti-Spider-Man» for the heroes to face. «We wanted to try something very different, and I don't think you can get much more different from Doc Ock than you do Venom,» Intihar explained. «It's about power, it's about strength,