"What's really interesting is that you care that much to really look into it. It's cool," he said of the fan theories.

Now a trilogy, the "Venom" movies have a distinct tone for Marvel-derived products, neither somber nor self-referential. That's largely due to its star's input.

The Last Dance picks up in the aftermath of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home, with Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock and his symbiote pal Venom forced to go on the run. The film also introduces Knull, played by Andy Serkis, along with Juno Temple's Dr. Payne, and Chiwetel Ejiofor's Rex Strickland.