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Kumail Nanjiani was all ready to spend his next decade with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but negative reviews from his debut tarnished the ten-year dream. The actor, who played Kingo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Eternals and voiced the character in the series What If...? opened up about the plans Marvel had for his character, before it all went down the drain.
Speaking to Mike Birbiglia on the Working It Out podcast, Nanjiani said,
"I was like, 'This is going to be my job for the next ten years.' I signed on for six movies. I signed on for a video game. I signed on for a theme park ride. They make you sign on for all this stuff. You're like, 'Okay, so I'll be doing Marvel movies every year, and in between, I'll do my own little things. Whatever I want to do.'"
He then continued to talk about how the film's performance shattered him and his expectations, as he added,
"It came out right after COVID, so I had a year and a half at home to be just like, 'When this thing comes out...' It came out, it got really bad reviews, and it didn't do that well. It shattered me too much. That was when I was like, 'Oh, I need to go to therapy to figure this out.'"
Eternals had an ensemble cast that included a number of stars apart from Kumail Nanjiani that soared high but failed to receive any praise from critics. Opening to average reviews and sealing the box office with a $400 million income, the film set up events for a potential sequel, but four years down the line, there have not been any talks of any sequel or future for the characters in the film.
More details about Kumail Nanjiani's career
Kumail Nanjiani has had an extensive career in Hollywood, even outside his Marvel stint. He first charmed audiences as the endearingly awkward Dinesh on Silicon Valley, but that was just the beginning. He’s voiced cosmic troublemakers like Prismo in Adventure Time, slipped into darkly dramatic roles in The Twilight Zone, and worked on Hulu’s Welcome to Chippendales. He also worked on Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi and had a cameo in Poker Face as Joseph "Gator Joe" Pilson. Later on, he played Rudy "Christmas Guy" Thurber on Only Murders In The Building.
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He has also been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his work on Welcome to Chippendales.
Kumail Nanjiani's upcoming roles include Driver's Ed and Ella McCay this year and The Breadwinner and The Wrong Girls in the year 2026.
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