Chiwetel Ejiofor Talks Big Difference in His Venom and MCU Characters

Chiwetel Ejiofor is becoming a familiar face in Marvel movies as he played Baron Mordo in ‘Doctor Strange.’ This month, he’s set to move from the MCU to SSU, taking on the role of General Strickland in ‘Venom: The Last Dance.’

Before ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ hits theaters this weekend, ComicBook.com talked with Ejiofor about the differences between his two big Marvel roles:

It’s just such a different character, and that’s the main thing. For General Strickland, just how organized everything is, and the responsibility. How Earthy it is. It’s all just kind of built on reality and on these really high stakes for him, this attempt to keep in line the military part of this incredibly secret facility.

His life, in many ways, is being complicated by the scientific wing of that, headed by Doctor Payne. So they end up in this kind of conflict about what’s best, and the best ways to proceed with these alien life forms. And all of that, all of those dynamics, were really interesting to play. And fun to play, with Juno [Temple].

Mordo and Strickland are so different that it’s tough to imagine any connection between them in the same universe. However, before Ejiofor’s character was revealed, many Marvel fans speculated that he might be linked to Mordo or even be an alternate version of him in disguise.

The rest of the interview is here:

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