Marvel's Eternals Star Kumail Nanjiani Says He Originally Signed on for 'Six Movies, a Video Game, a Theme Park Ride'

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We haven't heard overmuch from immoderate of the characters successful Marvel's Eternals since the movie debuted successful 2021, and isolated from a azygous What If? occurrence and a speedy motion successful Captain America: Brave New World, it's unclear if the MCU is going to admit them successful a superior mode again. But to perceive histrion Kumail Nanjiani archer it, determination whitethorn person primitively been overmuch bigger plans for astatine slightest his quality to person a larger relation successful the MCU long-term.

On a caller occurrence of the Working It Out podcast, Nanjiani talked astir his absorption to Eternals' merchandise and its assemblage reception, saying that helium primitively signed connected with Marvel for "six movies, a video game, a taxable parkland ride." At the time, helium says helium thought, "This is going to beryllium my occupation for the adjacent 10 years...I'll beryllium doing Marvel movies each year, successful betwixt I'll beryllium doing my ain small things, immoderate I privation to do. And past nary of that happened."

It's apt that immoderate large plans Marvel had for him and the different Eternals were pivoted distant from erstwhile Eternals was received poorly by some critics and audiences, and contempt a beardown archetypal container bureau performance, involvement rapidly fell disconnected and the movie ended up implicit budget. In 2022, Patton Oswalt seemed to tease an Eternals 2 besides directed by Chloe Zhao, but unless Nanjiani is doing a truly bully bluff here, it sounds similar that's not presently successful the works anywhere.

Kumail Nanjiani has spoken openly earlier astir however the captious and assemblage absorption to Marvel's Eternals impacted him personally. Back successful March, helium talked astir however Marvel had expected the movie to beryllium a large success, helium thought the movie was bully himself, and helium hyped himself for audiences to consciousness the same.

So erstwhile it launched to middling reviews and anemic assemblage reception, Nanjiani has said helium was devastated. "It was really, truly hard and that's erstwhile I was like, 'This is unfair to me. It's unfair to [my wife] Emily," helium said successful March. "I can't attack my enactment this mode anymore, immoderate s**t's gotta change.' So precise intentionally I did commencement counselling."

Nanjiani echoed akin sentiments successful ths caller occurrence of Working It Out, adding that the past 15 minutes of his astir caller stand-up acceptable screen this nonstop topic.

We gave Marvel's Eternals a 7/10 successful our review, saying, "Eternals is beautifully changeable and terrifically acted, but it bites disconnected much than it tin chew successful its 3rd act."

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