Published 17:54 IST, December 14th 2020

Gemma Chan explains how she got 'Eternals' following her Kree role in 'Captain Marvel'

Gemma Chan talked about appearing in two different Marvel movies, 'Eternals' and 'Captain Marvel', and playing two different characters. Read to know more.

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Gemma Chan appeared in Captain Marvel in 2019 as Minn-Erva, a Kree sniper and member of Starforce. However, her character’s future ended in Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), in that film itself. neless, Chan will soon be seen in MCU again in Eternals. w actor explains how she got two different roles in Marvel movies.

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Gemma Chan explains how she got Eternals after 'Captain Marvel'

In a recent interview with Hollywood Reporter, Gemma Chan talked about signing Eternals with Marvel after she just appeared in Captain Marvel. She stated that her character dies in 2019 movie, so she thought re was chance that she would really be coming back, which she was a bit bummed about.

actor mentioned that she n encountered Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige during awards circuit for Crazy Rich Asians and out of blue, he just came up to her and said, ‘We’d love to have you back. We’d love to make better use of you. We want you to do something else, so let’s find that project.’ But, to be honest, she h idea that it would be so soon, she ted.

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Gemma Chan will be portraying Sersi in Eternals. She explained how movie is different from Captain Marvel. She said that upcoming multi-starrer project is a “really epic story” and is very ambitious. actor feels like it is going to be a superhero movie that is t like a superhero movie. She mitted that it sounds like a “very obvious thing” to say, but makers are trying to do something different with Eternals.

Chan mentioned that y are all crossing ir fingers that it works, and people respond to it. She asserted that y shot a lot on locations, using a lot of natural light. re was t that much bluescreen stuff, which she did quite a lot on Captain Marvel. She ted that Sersi is very empatic and her powers come from 'an unexpected place'.

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Eternals cast includes Richard Mden, Angelina Jolie, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Don Lee, Brian Tyree Henry, Lia McHugh, Barry Keoghan and Haaz Sleiman. Directed by Chloé Zhao, it shows superheroes re-uniting after thousands of years to protect Earth from ir arch enemies, Deviants.  movie is scheduled to arrive on vember 5, 2021.

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17:54 IST, December 14th 2020