Eternals director Chloé Zhao recently confirmed the shields featured in the film's Bollywood scene were meant to be an intentional nod to Captain America.

"Look, Captain America's shield!" the director told The Direct while discussing Easter eggs that made it into the final cut of the film. "Yay, it's here! I'm so excited that we did the shield."

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Fans may recall that the red and gold shields popped up during a scene in which Kumail Nanjiani's Kingo was filming a Bollywood dance sequence, and bore a striking resemblance to the shield used by Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) in previous Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

Zhao added that filming that scene, in particular, proved to be "one of the most moving things that [she'd] seen." She continued, "Because everyone is so dedicated. The choreographer, the whole team, they even came up with the song, as well... The way they just rallied around Kumail [Nanjiani] and supported him. It was a joy to work with this team."

The director also revealed the Bollywood scene wasn't the only one to feature a reference to Captain America. In fact, a replica of the first shield used by Rogers in 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger also appeared in the background of a scene showing Sersi (Gemma Chan) and Ikaris (Richard Madden) sitting inside Kingo's jet. Additionally, the same shield appeared in the background of a karaoke scene involving Lia McHugh's Sprite, which made it into the Eternals trailer but didn't make the final cut.

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Zhao's comments about the multiple Captain America Easter eggs also came on the heels of some fans also noticing a subtle reference to The Falcon and Winter Soldier in Eternals. The nod to the hit Disney+ series appeared in the film's first present-day scene, when Sersi looks at a billboard in London's Trafalgar Square and sees an advertisement for the Global Repatriation Council that reads, "Welcome back, we can help." The fictional charity for Blip refugees, also known as the GRC, previously played a prominent role in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.

While Eternals received mixed reviews during its theatrical release, Disney recently confirmed the film outperformed fellow MCU film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings since premiering on Disney+ last week. According to analytics company Samba TV, Eternals drew in two million households in the United States over its first five days on the streaming service, beating the 1.7 million households that tuned into Shang-Chi during its first five days on the platform.

Directed by Chloé Zhao, Eternals is streaming now on Disney+.

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Source: The Direct