Check out a perfect look at Tom Hardy as disturbing 'Venom'

Oscar-nominated actors tend to go for transformation — but never quite like the one Tom Hardy went through to become an alien creature that's all teeth, eyes, and goopy skin.
In an exclusive Entertainment Weekly first look at Sony's upcoming Venom, we see the former Batman villain transform into the Spider-Man equivalent of Jekyll and Hyde. And if he's being honest, Hardy knows that the repulsive, Xenomorph-on-crack appearance is part of what attracted him to the role.
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