Kumail Nanjiani says that he signed on for six Marvel movies when he was cast as the superhero Kingo in Marvel Studios’ “ Eternals ,” but that the film’s critical and commercial disappointment “shattered” him and led him to seek out therapy.

The topic came up in Nanjiani’s appearance on fellow stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia’s “Working It Out” podcast . Nanjiani revealed that his Marvel experience is a key subject in his new stand-up special, releasing on Hulu later this year.

“I talked about how I was in this big movie. It came out right after COVID, so I had a year and a half at home to just be like, ‘Oh, when this thing comes out!'” Nanjiani shared. “But then it came out and it got really bad reviews and it didn’t do that well. It shattered me too much. That’s when I was like, ‘

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