Eternals director Chloé Zhao "wanted everybody to put pieces of themselves into their characters," Kumail Nanjiani says

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Kumail Nanjiani has shared the director's approach to casting the movie

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Chloé Zhao cast actors similar to their Eternals characters, Kumail Nanjiani, who plays Kingo in the movie, has said.

"I was like, 'Okay, so how do you see Kingo?' She was like, 'He's you. I picked you because I wanted him to be you,'" Nanjiani reflected as part of a Vulture profile on the director. "That's how she picked the entire cast. She wanted everybody to put pieces of themselves into their characters."

Eternals is still shrouded in mystery, but there are a few things we do know about the movie. It will focus on a group of ancient aliens living on Earth, and will introduce a new villain, The Deviants. Zhao has also hinted that she's considered how she can go "further and bigger" than Avengers: Endgame – a film which is already pretty epic in scale. 

Molly Edwards
Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.