If you saw Venom, chances are you stuck around to see the post-credits sequence, which involved the grand introduction of Woody Harrelson. Harrelson’s minor role was the big screen’s first look at notorious serial killer Cletus Kasady, another eventual symbiote host who goes on to become carnage. Harrelson was likely brought on because he’s worked with Venom director Ruben Fleischer in the past, though it seemed likely he’d return no matter what, for consistency’s sake. 

Speaking with Collider, Venom 2 cinematographer Robert Richardson discussed why he joined the project, all the while implying that Harrelson would be returning.

“I was looking forward to entering into that arena with Batman years ago with Ben [Affleck]. I thought, ‘Well this is something I haven’t done that I would love to try to do.’ And then Andy Serkis, who I worked with on Breathe, gave me a call a month ago and said that he was up for this and would I be willing. I’d seen the film. I watched it again, then they sent me a script and I felt like, yeah, I would say yes anyway to Andy just because I would say yes to Andy, but I also think it’s a great… I think it’s unexplored yet, and it’s going to explode, and this film, I think, will help it explode, because you have a remarkable central character with Venom, but now you’ve got Woody Harrelson, who’s going to obviously make his own little entrance here, and we’ll see what else comes in with the Sony Marvel collaboration. I look forward to it. It’s a massive change for me, but I’m excited. I think Hardy is one of our best. He never misses. I so look forward to sitting with him and watching him perform.”

It is pretty cool that Richardson is looking to try out new things in his career. When spending a lot of time on set and in the industry, it’s easy to stick to what’s familiar. 

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But, if you’re hoping to see Richardson come in and overhaul what came before, you’ll likely be sorely disappointed, as Richardson sounds like he’ll be sticking close to the established aesthetic Matthew Libatique created in the first film.

“I do think that you have to honor what Matty did—you can’t not. We’re going to use locations that are already established. They’re going to be lit in what I hope is exactly the same way, so that you don’t feel that there’s a disconnect from that film to this film. In terms of the rest, that’s yet to be discussed because I haven’t yet sat with Andy in London. He’s over there now. I don’t go until the beginning of September. I’m in the process of getting my visa, and then when I go over that will become my life—with VFX, with storyboards, with, we get more into, “Well, how do we think we’re going to make this look?”

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SOURCE: Collider