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Kumail Nanjiani says ‘Eternals’ role is opposite of “brown dude” stereotypes
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nme.comEternals gave him the chance to reject “brown dude” stereotypes usually perpetuated in Hollywood.The actor, who is playing superhero Kingo in Chloé Zhao’s forthcoming Marvel film, has said he welcomed the chance to portray a different kind of character to the roles he is usually offered in Hollywood.“I’ve been in this industry for about a decade and I looked at the usual opportunities that the brown dudes get,” Nanjiani told the Los Angeles Times.“We get to be nerdy.
I wanted him to be the opposite of that — I wanted him to be cool. With nerdy goes ‘weakling,’ and I wanted him to be the opposite of that and to be strong physically.”He went on: “Or we get to be terrorists, and I wanted him to be the opposite of that.
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