In a universe, Marvel’s Eternals came out last November. In another universe, it will be released next week. In our universe, it is currently scheduled for November this year. And if you are irritated and frustrated by all of this, imagine what it is like to be part of it.
Of course, the delay Eternals (and apparently any other film imaginable) is nobody’s fault. The spread of covid-19 is to blame, and eventually all of these films will be released. But for actress Salma Hayek, whose new movie happiness left this week, the journey to the Marvel Cinematic Universe begins long before that.
“Oh God, this’it’s bizarre, ”Hayek told io9 when asked about waiting for the film. “You know, I was one of the first people they climbed … They climbed me months before they announce. Is that you you can’t tell anyone. You have to wait. You’re afraid to talk if it leaks and everybody leaked. I didn’t leak! I was the secret! “
Hayek felt that keeping the secret was especially difficult because she feels that her role, as the leader of the Eternals Ajak, is a milestone.
“It was so difficult,” she said. “Just to be in a Marvel movie this is super diverse and be 54 for playing a superhero. I am a 54 year old Mexican playing a superhero and an Eternal. So, finally, they announce. We do. Now, I can’t wait for that …then comes Corona. I have to wait another year. You [usually] have to wait for them to do all of their special effects, it takes a long time for them to do [that], but is now two years old. It tested my patience. But what are you going to do? “
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Hayek also had nothing but great things to say about Chloé Zhao, the director of Eternals who was has just been nominated for a Golden Globe (and will likely be nominated for an Oscar) for his film Nomadland.
“[Chloé] it is extraordinary. She’s real, ”said Hayek. “Very little green screen, real locations. The way she works with the camera will look and be different from anything you’ve seen in the Marvel Universe. Without losing the DNA. But, my God, she was another delicious creature that I was lucky to find in my life. I love her and I think we’re going to work again. We work very well together. “
This means Eternals 2? Nomadland 2? We do not know. Perhaps! However, Hayek is in another sci-fi movie this week: happiness, co-starring Owen Wilson. It will be on Amazon Friday. Eternals is scheduled to launch on November 5.
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