The internet can rejoice : Riz Ahmed , who disclose out in a massive way last year withThe Night OfandRogue One : A Star Wars Story , will be joining Tom Hardy in Sony’sVenommovie . The news break last night , and instantly post nerds and fan to their keyboards to job who Ahmed might be playing in the moving-picture show . So far , details of his character have been keep under wraps , with the only major promulgation being that he was playing a popular Marvel persona in the film . That ’s enough to speculate on though , and fans have already been coming up with theories on who Ahmed is playing .

We be intimate very little about theVenomfilm as a whole . We know that it wo n’t cross over with any other Marvel properties , especially theSpider - Manfilms . We know Tom Hardy is play Eddie Brock , a.k.a . Venom , and the movie will have a strong revulsion argument . The only other information we know is that Venom will be combat Carnage in the cinema . butchery is a former serial killer named   Cletus Kasady   who also uses the Venom organism to gain powers . Kasady   is a cruel , maniacal character , so whoever does dally him must be quick to pace up and bring their evil A - secret plan .

While some well placed rootage , via Tracking Board , have sound out thatAhmed is up for the role of Carnageand indeed will be playing the character , others have said that he is up for a different democratic character . Tracking Board also report that Ahmed playing Carnage is a twist in the film that is being used to storm audience , while another insider says he ’s play a different role entirely . Multiple reports have also pronounce that he originally audition for Carnage , but due to script changes will be play another theatrical role entirely .

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We can at least look at the idea that he ’s not playing Carnage , as that role would most in all probability be highly publicise when it was cast . Ahmed was also up against actor like Matt Smith and Pedro Pascal for the part , consort to Variety ’s Justin Kroll . The wide array of thespian who were after this part does n’t help when it hail to figuring out who this cryptic character is , but it does orient to it being a major function if such big names as Smith and Pascal were being consider as well . Not that Ahmed does n’t have some serious cred after his standard 2016 , but it record that this role was in high demand .

There are a few other villains that Ahmed might be up for acting , assuming he ’s roleplay a nefarious role . Sony has said that the spin - off filmswill focus more on villains and characters who have n’t been brought to life on the full-grown sieve . This intend we can find out any villains who have show up up in previous Spider - film , as well as any villain who ’ve appeared in Marvel motion-picture show . That said , there are a couple of villains who Ahmed might be toy who could appear in the Venom film as either a friend or foeman .

One of the oddest voice of Tracking Board ’s clause is that it says that Ahmed is a " bit of a … Chamaeleon . " While this is true , the eclipsis are pretty peculiar . Why draw attention to that one conviction ? Perhaps Ahmed is playing the Chameleon , aSpider - Manvillain who has yet to stand out off the varlet to the screen . It ’s a bit of a spring , but the fact there is a baddie named Chameleon and the Tracking Board clause made a boastful deal of the fact that Ahmed is a chameleon of an histrion could aim to a circuitous direction of aver that yes , that is the part that Ahmed has been regorge in .

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Another villain Ahmed could perchance be toy isKraven the Hunter , who will be heading up a spin - off of his own . With a great maven attach and an introduction in theVenomfilm , Kraven could see a successful turning as a solo digit , and Ahmed more than has the endowment and charisma to pull off the authoritative character . There is very little to support this theory other than the fact that multiple sources are reporting he is not play Carnage and instead is up for a different character , but cave in Ahmed ’s talents we can only hope he ’s play a fibre who ’ll pull in their own tailspin - off .

Ultimately , we have very little to go on when it comes to supposition . We have conflicting reports , and Ahmed has not even been drop yet . It ’s likely that when he is finally officially announced as part of the cast , we ’ll learn his character ’s truthful personal identity . Until then , we can take to the content boards and forums to hash out who exactly he is playing .

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