Juno Temple Wants to Continue Starring in the Marvel Universe After Venom: The Last Dance: 'It Was Major' (Exclusive)

Juno Temple is here to stay!

The actress, 35, who makes her Marvel debut in Venom: The Last Dancein an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, she says that she would like to continue being a part of the Marvel universe.

“Oh my God, I’d love to,” she says. “It was important.”

The film trilogy follows Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock as he becomes host to an alien symbiote named Venom — voiced by Hardy — who embroils him in a life of danger.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple and Clark Backo in Venom: The Last Dance.

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All three films were written by Kelly Marcel, who enters the directorial role for the first time in the third film.

In the new installment, Temple plays idealistic scientist Dr. Teddy Paine opposite General Rex Strickland Chiwetel Ejiofor — the supervisor of a secret research facility devoted to symbiotes.

“It was so cool to be a part of this movie. This one in particular, because Kelly directed it. The journey that she and Tom have taken with these movies and the passion behind it, you can really feel it,” Ted Lasso alum says. – And you felt that on the set.

Director Kelly Marcel and Tom Hardy on the set of Venom: The Last Dance.

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When it came to shaping her character, Temple paid close attention to her tragic background.

“You see a moment in her past that was very influential and changed her life,” he explains. “It means she’s very invested in her work in a way that’s not just professional. She sees symbiotes and sees things from the extraordinary world as something really worth nurturing and valuing.”

The actress still says she built her character “as you would with any movie or any TV series” — but she believes she was “lucky” with her company on set.

Juno Temple at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024.

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“Whenever you’re in someone else’s room, you really want to think about what’s going on in the moment when you meet them, what’s affecting them and how they’re affecting the people around them,” she says. “But I also think it’s a lot about reacting with the people you work with, and I’ve been really lucky with my expenses.”

Temple adds that she “learned a lot” and “also had a lot of fun” working on the film.

“We got to have some really amazing scenes that I was really grateful for,” shares Temple. “And I just loved working with Chiwetel.”

Meanwhile, the new film isn’t Ejiofor’s first foray into the Marvel universe. The British actor played Karl Mordo Doctor Strange and its sequel, but says his two characters are “very separate.”

Chiwetel Ejiofor poses with the Raindance Icon Award during the opening ceremony of the 32nd Raindance Film Festival on June 19, 2024.

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“The multiverse can be any number of things and that’s what’s fun,” he tells PEOPLE. “You can go on and make these interesting connections, but these two characters are very separate. Strickland is in his own space in this movie than Mordo is, but they’re two really amazing characters.”

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Venom: The Last Dance follows Eddie and Venom as they flee from the various threats that surround them. “Haunted by both their worlds and with the web closing in, the duo is forced to make a devastating decision that will bring down the curtains on Venom and Eddie’s last dance,” the synopsis reads.

The film also stars Rhys Ifans, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu and Alanna Ubach.

Venom: The Last Dance now playing in cinemas.

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