Tom Hardy made waves recently surrounding Venom when he mentioned that some of his favorite scenes didn't make the cut. That led to some raised eyebrows about what exactly may have gone missing from the final feature film--read our Venom review for our thoughts--but he recently took a moment to clarify his point, which was more about his favorite improvisations than any real story content.

　　"I think that's been misunderstood," Hardy told IGN. "The question was whether is there any scenes I was most excited to shoot, and I was like, there's a bunch of stuff that hasn't made the movie. I'm talking as an actor. What I'm saying is I had a lot of time improvising and a lot of freedom to play with Venom. So in honesty there's probably about seven hours or more of me playing as Venom and enjoying myself.

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　　"Me and the other executive producers know full well it has nothing to do with what's in that story. Nevertheless, would I like to watch a seven-hour version of Venom? Yeah! But the truth is everything we want is in the story, everything I want is in the story, and more. The film is awesome, I'm excited, and I just want to shoot a sequel. Bottom line: don't get it twisted. As an actor, what we love doing, not everything is going to make it."

　　EXCLUSIVE: Tom Hardy clarifies his comments about the footage cut from Venom: "Everything I want is in it. And more." pic.twitter.com/IyOEo9oNmd

　　— IGN (@IGN) October 2, 2018

　　Hardy also recently commented on the movie's lack of Spider-Man, saying that finding a way to make the character look iconic and familiar without the spider logo was "the most challenging part." Venom opens in theaters October 5.