The Eternals star Kumail Nanjiani offered some advice to his fellow Marvel Studios actor Simu Liu, who portrays the titular hero of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Marvel Studios’ Phase 4 line-up will include feature films such as The Eternals and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. While The Eternals has wrapped production, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is gearing up to start filming in Australia early this year.
Among the many cast members of The Eternals is Kumail Nanjiani, who stunned the internet with a photo of his new and improved physique for his role as Kingo. During an interview with etalk, Kumail Nanjiani was asked if he had any advice for Simu Liu before the actor begins filming Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. While Kumail Nanjiani noted that Simu Liu was already in great shape, The Eternals star advised the Shang-Chi actor to remember to have fun with the role:
“Well, Simu was already in really good shape. Not that I wasn’t- Simu is already in great shape, and he’s going to get in better shape. We met him, we met him at Comic-Con, he was very, very nice. I would suggest, have fun, just enjoy it. It can be very hard when you’re doing a big thing like that to really like- you want to focus, but it can be hard to sometimes not enjoy it while you’re doing it. So that would be my advice to him, just have fun.”
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Here is the official synopsis for Kumail Nanjiani’s 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, while Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will be released in theaters on February 12, 2021.
Source: etalk