Andy Serkis on Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Shooting the Coming Out Club Scene

With Venom: Let There Be Carnage now playing in theaters, I recently landed an extended interview with director Andy Serkis to talk about making the Venom sequel. During the wide-ranging interview he talked about how they always planned for a fast moving and lean film, the way they figured out how many VFX shots they could get with their budget, the way the script and story changed during production, how he landed the gig, what he learned from other directors that he took with him to this project, the post-credits scene, how they came up with the club scene where Venom takes the stage, if they ever had another title in mind, and more. In addition, Serkis talked about producing Taika Waititi’s sports comedy Next Goal Wins and the upcoming Luther movie with Idris Elba. As most of you know, Venom: Let There Be Carnage is about Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) trying to get his career back on track by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) as a favor to the San Francisco police. Unfortunately, C