It’s no secret the MCU entered the 2020s with some growing pains . A pandemic will do that to you, ditto a spottier output, and one of the more divisive projects was Eternals . At the time, it seemed Marvel had some plans for the immortal beings, and thanks to Kumail Nanjiani, we now know what that would’ve looked like.

In a recent episode of Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out podcast, the one-time Kingo revealed he signed on thinking he’d be a longterm MCU player and alternate between that and non-blockbuster work. According to him, Marvel Studios had him sign up “for all this stuff. I signed on for six movies, a video game, [and] a theme park ride. I was like, ‘This is gonna be my job for the next 10 years.'” Those plans, which likely also applied to costars like Angelina J

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