'With Eternals, Marvel plugged gaps from the past as they have taken the chance of changing characters from comic books to fit a wide model of how the world looks. Building on this can only be a good thing.' AshantiOmkar writes for MetroOpinion
, the feeling was akin to when Kamala Harris, who is Tamil like me and half Black, took the position as USA’s first female Vice President.
The characters mirror the world we live in, in a way no other Marvel offering has given us. We get an LGBTQ+ married couple, with Phastos played by Black actor Brian Tyree Henry and Emirati born Lebanese actor Haaz Sleiman. One of the most exciting characters for me, though, was super fast Makkari, played by hard of hearing actress Lauren Ridloff – a case in point, thatIn 2014, James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy franchise brought us some bursts of ethnic mixes, but Eternals gives a somewhat equal footing and screen time to these characters of colour.
My heart swelled with pride seeing Nanjiani dressed up in Pakistani traditional wear at Eternals world premiere, and eating biryani at Darjeeling Express when he was in London for the UK premiere. He’s boldly championing his roots, and I’m here for it.
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