Actress Lauren Ridloff noted the parallels between her roles in The Walking Dead and Marvel Studios’ The Eternals.
Marvel Studios’ The Eternals will introduce Makkari to the MCU with the actress Lauren Ridloff in the role. Best known for her role as Connie in AMC’s The Walking Dead, Lauren Ridloff will be the first deaf performer to portray a superhero in a major Hollywood blockbuster.
Last night, The Walking Dead returned with the mid-season premiere of its tenth season and Lauren Ridloff was on-hand to point out the similarities between Connie and Makkari during her appearance on Talking Dead. Through an ASL interpreter, Lauren Ridloff noted that her characters in The Walking Dead and The Eternals are both strong women who work within a larger group:
“It’s so exciting! I really love how the characters have this parallel. Both of them are such strong women, they’re kick-ass women. And working within the bigger ensemble, they’re not working alone. They’re part of ensemble groups and communities, so I love the parallels between [Connie and] my Eternals character Makkari.”
The Walking Dead also stars Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Danai Gurira, Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, Seth Gilliam, Ross Marquand, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Khary Payton, Cooper Andrews, Callan McAuliffe, Nadia Hilker, Eleanor Matsuura, Cailey Fleming, Cassady McClincy, Ryan Hurst, and Samantha Morton as Alpha. Fans can watch The Walking Dead at 9:00 pm ET on AMC.
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Here is the official synopsis for Marvel Studios’ The Eternals:
“Marvel Studios’ The Eternals features an exciting new team of Super Heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, The Deviants.
Directed by Chloé Zhao from a script written by Matthew K. Firpo and Ryan Firpo, The Eternals stars Richard Madden as Ikaris, Gemma Chan as Sersi, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, Salma Hayak as Ajak, Lia McHugh as Sprite, Don Lee as Gilgamesh, Barry Keoghan as Druig, and Angelina Jolie as Thena. Kit Harrington was cast as Dane Whitman.
The Eternals will be released in theaters on November 6, 2020.
Source: Talking Dead (via ComicBook.com)
