Michael Mando Proposes Mac Gargan Evolve Into Venom for MCU

The actor’s pitch would link Brand New Day’s Scorpion return to a prior symbiote tease and offer a clear payoff for Spider-Man continuity.

Overview

Michael Mando, who reprised Mac Gargan/Scorpion in Spider-Man: Brand New Day this week, said in a Reddit AMA and a THR interview that he sees the film as only “level one” and hopes to play Gargan’s evolution into Venom.
Mando described multiple future “levels” for Gargan and called one of them the “ultimate form of Venom,” framing the idea as an actor-driven creative proposal rather than a studio plan.
Commentators note a fragment of Eddie Brock’s symbiote has been teased in MCU-related material, which could be used to justify a Gargan host while still requiring explicit continuity changes to reconcile MCU differences with the comics.
Practical and aesthetic limits could shape any Venom portrayal, with Tom Holland warning the symbiote likely needs a CGI component and Brand New Day’s grounded style posing staging challenges.
No announcement has come from Marvel Studios or Sony, so the next signs to watch are official studio confirmation, how rights and continuity are handled, and the filmmakers’ visual-effects approach.