The Marvel-Sony spinoff flick "Tom Hardy, the film is already working with less content -- and without his favorite scenes.

In an for now, anyway). And as the actor tells it, there's some pretty strange bonus content waiting in the wings for its eventual inclusion on the "Venom" home release.  (Skip to the 4:40 mark in the video below.)

"They’re scenes that aren’t in this movie," Hardy said of the moments he loved best. "There are like 30 to 40 minutes worth of scenes that aren’t in this movie... all of them. Mad puppeteering scenes, dark comedy scenes. You know what I mean? They just never made it in."

It's hard to say if those particular moments would have affected the film's rating. After all, how do you turn puppeteering into R-worthy material? (Aside from a tragicomic tone.

And by the way, lest you think Hardy is too broken up about those missing scenes, don't worry: In his ComicsExplained interview, he joked with co-star infamous Ben Affleck "Batman v Superman" meme.

Can someone turn that into a bonus "Venom" scene??

"Venom" is due in theaters this Friday, October 5.