10 Movie Characters Who Were SHAFTED In 2021
4. Shriek - Venom: Let There Be Carnage
It has to be said that Andy Serkis' recent stab at the follow-up to Sony's unexpected smash that was 2018's Venom certainly wasn't lacking in the fiercely talented performer department.
Among the many star-studded additions to an already impressive OG cast was none other than Academy Award nominated sensation Naomie Harris as Shriek - a character comic book fans were very much rubbing their hands together at the prospect of seeing collide with the titular anti-hero.
However, much like in that aforementioned first Venom project, outside of the Eddie Brock/Symbiote double-act, the rest of the ensemble is routinely lost in the shuffle. But Harris' lack of substantial material/dialogue to get her teeth sunk into throughout is perhaps the most egregious of crimes on show, with the Moonlight star being largely relegated to the role of bland/forced love interest and not living long in the memory when it came to the picture's climactic skirmish either - despite possessing arguably the most effective symbiote-squashing powers in the Sony Spider-Verse in her high-pitched roars.
Once again, this Venom film struggled to make audiences give a toss about anyone outside of the leading unlikely chums, and Harris was one of many to pay the price in the disappointing slice of carnage.