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Directed by Chloe Zhao, who won best director
and best picture for the film "Nomadland" at the Oscars earlier
this year, "Eternals" boasts one of the most diverse casts of
any Marvel movie.
"I hope it just starts to normalize what should have been there
in the first place," Jolie told Reuters. "I hope people watch
these films in years to come and we don't even think about it as
being diverse, it just becomes what's normal and what's right,
and what's appropriate representation of the world we live in."
Gemma Chan plays the lead role of Sersi, one of the Eternals, a
group of aliens who have lived on Earth and secretly guided
humanity for 7,000 years.
"It's got a different tone, visually it's going to be quite
different," said Chan. "Obviously the cast is huge and it spans
7,000 years so it's really an epic story. One of the themes of
the film is connection, connection to one another, connection to
earth. I hope that resonates with people in some way."
"Eternals" also features the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first
deaf character in Lauren Ridloff's Makkari.
"I might be the first but I won't be the only one for much
longer," signed Ridloff in American Sign Language. "There's
another deaf superhero coming into the MCU very soon so this is
definitely a game-changer."
Delayed a year due to the pandemic, "Eternals" will finally hit
cinemas on Nov. 5.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross; Editing by Karishma Singh)
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