Almost four years later, the future MCU of Kumail Nanjiani does not seem brilliant after the critical and commercial flop which was Ethernals (2021).
The nomine to the Oscars, which had previously suffered a major physical transformation for the role of Kingo, noted that he “signed for six films”, thinking that the driver’s film of Chloé Zhao would lead to more work with Marvel.
“He came out, he had very bad criticism, and it did not succeed. It broke me too much,” he said on the To work podcast. “This is where I said to myself:” Oh, I have to go to therapy to understand this. “”
Nanjiani continued: “I said to myself:” It will be my work for the next ten years “. I signed for six films.
“For me, what really struck me was just to realize that too much of my esteem of me was linked to the reaction of others to my work,” he added.
Lauren Ridloff, Kumail Nanjiani, Barry Keoghan, Lia Mchughu, Ma Dong-Seok, Angelina Jolie, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Richard Madden and Gemma Chan in the ‘Eternals’
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With a star cast, including Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kit Harington, Barry Keoghan, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden and Brian Tyree Henry, Nanjiana said: “There were a few people too much in EthernalsIf we believe the opinions. I loved the film. I am very proud of the film.
Ethernals Made 402 million dollars at the world box office, currently having a 47% tomatometer note on Rotten Tomatoes.
In 2022, Nanjiani admitted that he had “no idea” if a suite occurs, despite information that follow -up was in preparation. “Honestly, I don’t know,” he said. “I would like Kingo to come back. I love playing this character. This one is very fun to play, you are just in a good mood. You make finger rifles, you are like a movie star-what don’t you like? You are in a good mood all the time.”
