Venom: The Last Dance: Who Is Playing Knull?

The final trailer for Venom: The Last Dance shocked Marvel fans when it revealed that the big bad of the threequel will be Knull, the God of the symbiotes . The Venom 3 trailer only gave us the barest glimpse of Knull , with his head bent and that signature white hair hanging in front of his face. We can't know for sure which actor is playing Knull, but there are a few educated guesses floating around.

Who Is Rhys Ifans Playing in Venom 3?

One major standout of the final trailer for Venom: The Last Dance was a shot of Eddie Brock/Venom (Tom Hardy) hitchhiking his way into a van filled with hippies, including Rhys Ifans, who is seen both strumming a guitar in song, and giving Eddie profound advice about how "There comes a time in every man's life...".

Some fans have taken Ifans' appearance in Venom: The Last Dance to be a tease that the actor is reprising his role as Curt Connors/The Lizard from The Amazing Spider-Man. It's hard to believe that theory, though: Ifans' character is seen strumming a guitar with two hands - so if he is Curt Connors, then he seems to have successfully regrown his missing arm and left his Lizard days behind him. That would be an odd callback to throw at fans - but then again, casting Ifans in Venom: The Last Dance is already an oddly conspicuous choice for Sony to make (see also: adding Doctor Strange actor Chiwetel Ejiofor to the cast).

Rhys Ifans returning as Curt Connors seems unlikely; fans have already checked the captions on the scene, which show Ifans' character to be named "Martin." So unless Connors is traveling incognito to ahead his felonious past, it's probably a different character. But that doesn't mean his appearance is just bait for Spider-Man fans...

Venom 3: Who Is Playing Knull?

The other theory is that Rhys Ifans is playing Knull and that the scene of the actor strumming guitar in a van is just misdirection, with the God of the Symbiotes taking on human form to approach Eddie Brock/Venom before their inevitable super-powered showdown. It could also be the case that the film changes Knull , making the villain a super-symbiote looking for a host - and Rhys Ifans' hippie ends up being that host. Judging from the shot of Knull in the trailer, it may be Rhy Ifans under that white-haired wig and makeup.

Other than the Rhys Ifans theory, there's not much to go on in terms of who could be playing Knull in Venom: The Last Dance . If the movie does change the villain into being a symbiote possessing a host, then Chiwetel Ejiofor's soldier character could also be a possibility.

If Venom: The Last Dance honors the comic book history of Knull, and the villain is played by a different actor, then maybe we have a surprise cameo coming our way.

Venom: The Last Dance has a release date of October 25th.