Eternals The Eternals General Disscussion and Speculation thread

[THORin]

Okay, I have no idea who he's gonna be playing.

 

[MbJ]

Well he definitely doesn't look like Starfox.

Given the casting so far, it's a safe bet they really don't care how much an actor resembles the character.

Wonder who he is playing.

 

[Dr. Evil]

He looks a bit like Benedict Wong in that pic.

 

[THORin]

My prediction is that he's playing Zuras.

 

[Web-Head]

 

[THORin]

Despite the fact that Conrad Ricamora is 40...

 

[Web-Head]

Despite the fact that Conrad Ricamora is 40...

Jolie is in her 40's as well..

 

[THORin]

Jolie is in her 40's as well..

No, I meant cause the tweet says they’re looking for an actor in their 20’s and then they say that Conrad Ricamora is at the top of the list.

 

[metaphysician]

I really, really hope they just don't use Starfox, at all. He is a deeply, deeply unfortunate character, who cannot be made not-squicky without rendering him unrecognizable and pointless.

Or, you can't have a hero whose superpower is "Living Date Rape Drug", who uses said power because his personality is "Hedonistic Lecher", and expect this to work.

 

[Zarex]

I would dump Eros' empath abilities since Mantis already has that ability and its a smidge less squicky in a lady. Extremely charming sexually flexible hero with an awful sibling would be interesting, and the character is not sufficiently high profile to warrant NOT MY STARFOX complaints from the fanboys.

 

[psylockolussus]

Man, I've seen him in every season of How to Get Away with Murder.

Definitely not a lead actor material imo.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Dong-seok is probably The Forgotten One/Gilgamesh. I'm a bit confused about the other rumor. All signs pointed to Hercules as the lead, and this description seems pretty clearly not Hercules. It COULD be Starfox, but I'd doubt he'd be a lead. The whole 20/40 age thing makes it seem pretty suspicious to me.

 

[terry78]

Never heard of him but he's apparently done some decent work in South Korea's film game.

 

[Web-Head]

No, I meant cause the tweet says they’re looking for an actor in their 20’s and then they say that Conrad Ricamora is at the top of the list.

Ah, yeah. I was multi-tasking at the time, my bad, lol.

 

[Dark Raven]

No, I meant cause the tweet says they’re looking for an actor in their 20’s and then they say that Conrad Ricamora is at the top of the list.

They should say they want a gay Asian dude in his 20s and then top of their list they've got a straight white woman in her 40s.

 

[Silvermoth]

I’m excited to get more information about the gay/bi role and I definitely wouldn’t hate it if Nikamura got the gig but isn’t he like fifty or something?

Some other ideas are Daniel K Issac from Billions


Or telly Leung who got rave reviews for playing Aladdin on Broadway



Daniel has said he would love to have a family so he sort of suits the role description giving in the article as the glue that holds the family together and telly obviously has experience with family entertainment and being adored by people of all ages. So heaps of potential. Very exciting times we live in

 

[Dasher10]

So Herc is dating an Asian guy... guessing that they're changing the race of Ajak. Not a fan of Conrad Ricamora over Luke Evans. Luke at least looks like Hercules (and is a great actor). Conrad is too thin and doesn't have the name recognition of Luke Evans which this film will really need to sell such an obscure property. The Eternals will be the film that introduces mutants to the MCU but unlike the X-Men, X-Force, Excalibur, X-Factor and Alpha Flight, the Eternals are a bunch of no-name characters who haven't ever been able to sustain a long-running comic. Even Neil Gaiman couldn't turn Eternals into an ongoing title.

 

[Dasher10]

Keep in mind that Ajak in the comics isn't gay either. That's assuming that the gay Asian guy isn't Gilgamesh since Gilgamesh in the original poem was a gay man.

 

[imbruglia]

we don't even know If herc is in the film. and he has nothing to do with gay/bi thing now.
that was thing when people thought that asian gay/bi role was herc.(before "asian" title was known)

 

[imbruglia]

He looks a bit like Benedict Wong in that pic.

I heard that he was actually offered for that role in DS, but passed it due to schedule issue.

hes' very famous in korea for his specific type. big muscler guy. (175cm/100kg ish.)
very repetitive tho.. always play tough guy in action movie.
he was born in korea but moved to US at the age of 19. so he's korean american now.
this is kinda big news in korea right now. good casting for korean market.

 

[imbruglia]

from CharlesMurphy twitter.
So what is actually known about The Eternals?
1. Jolie is in it.
2. Nanjiani is in it
3. It will have a gay male lead
4. Ikaris, Sersi, Thena, Makkari, Zuras, Druig and Gilgamesh are the Terran Eternals I initially reported
5. Elysius and Starfox are Cosmic Eternals I reported.
6. "Karen", "Piper" and "Male Lead" are other roles to be cast
7. There is one more role I haven't revealed that's yet to be cast
Beyond that, NOTHING is known or confirmed. Some will say nothing at all is confirmed because it hasn't come from Marvel Studios.

about casting news of ma.
"He's 48 so he's in the right age range they were exploring for Zuras and Druig and JUST outside of the age range for Gilgamesh, Makkari, "James", "Male Lead" and Starfox.
They also did NOT list an age range for the role I said Tomasz Kot was mentioned for, but the did want a big, muscular, physical actor...that's true about Ma. He is a BIG dude. Maybe it's that role."
about taht role, "No name, just a physical, muscular guy."

 

[Mike Murdock]

I really, really hope they just don't use Starfox, at all. He is a deeply, deeply unfortunate character, who cannot be made not-squicky without rendering him unrecognizable and pointless.

Or, you can't have a hero whose superpower is "Living Date Rape Drug", who uses said power because his personality is "Hedonistic Lecher", and expect this to work.

I think the way to make it not rapey is to not have him have sex with people - just have him make people calm and happy. Or, alternatively, don't give him emotion powers at all, just give him strength and flight and all that. Or just give him strength and make him the same as Thanos with his power set.

I mean, technically, his powers don't have to be "makes people horny" if we're going by their description and his powers have been used the way I described so maybe there's some wiggle room, but I do agree they can't import the character exactly the same if they intend to use him.

 

[imbruglia]

also for that asian gay/bi role.

"we can confirm that the studio is seeking an actor to fill the role of James, who is “intellectual, emotional, and has a strong sense of family.” Specifically, the studio is looking at openly gay/bisexual Asian actors in their 20’s." EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios Looking For A Gay Asian Lead For 'The Eternals'

 

[Dark Raven]

also for that asian gay/bi role.

"we can confirm that the studio is seeking an actor to fill the role of James, who is “intellectual, emotional, and has a strong sense of family.” Specifically, the studio is looking at openly gay/bisexual Asian actors in their 20’s." EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios Looking For A Gay Asian Lead For 'The Eternals'

Maybe that's just a human POV role. Someone who encounters the Eternals. I don't know any of the Eternals named James.

 

[THORin]

Maybe that's just a human POV role. Someone who encounters the Eternals. I don't know any of the Eternals named James.

I think James is just the code name.