Eternals actor Kumail Nanjiani, sure to have an interesting take on Kingo, spoke on his version of the character's day job as a Bollywood actor.
After revealing that a large portion of Eternals takes place in the present in an interview with the New Hollywood podcast, Nanjiani ventured to describe his character's career. "By this point, we’ve been on Earth for a long time. And my character, for instance, is like ‘OK we’re supposed to keep a low profile, no one should know.’ So I become a Bollywood movie star, that’s my secret identity. We’re supposed to keep quiet and I’ve become the biggest Bollywood movie star."
Nanjiani also mentioned that Eternals will also showcase a Bollywood dance number. "I took months of Bollywood dance classes to prepare for that,” he said. “It’s really a workout… and you know, there’s like 52 dancers, and 51 of them are professional dancers, and then there’s me!”
In the Marvel comics that inspired the film, Kingo Sunen was a former samurai who eventually became a Japanese action film star.
An official plot line for Eternals hasn't been revealed, though recent rumors have suggested that the film may be a love story between Kit Harrington's Black Knight/Dane Whitman and Gemma Chan's Sersi.
Directed by Chloé Zhao with a screenplay by Matthew and Ryan Firpo, The Eternals stars Richard Madden as Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Lia McHugh as Sprite, Don Lee as Gilgamesh, Angelina Jolie as Thena, Barry Keoghan as Druig, Gemma Chan as Sersi and Kit Harington as Dane Whitman, aka the Black Knight. The film arrives in theaters on Nov 6.
(via The Daily Dot)