 Venom Movie's protagonist, Eddie Brock, is more or less a very eccentric character. Tom Hardy, who likes to get into the inner sanctums of the characters he plays, needed to replicate that eccentricity. In order to do so, he took multiple inspirations from some of the greatest celebrities of the world. Hardy used three people as the pallet of his inspiration. Woody Allen, Connor McGregor, and Redmond. The rapper Redmond's mellow and quirky attitude, Connor McGregor's aggression, and Woody Allen's comic timing was merged together to create the basis of this character.