On Monday, actresses Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek attended the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ latest comic book adaptation, “Eternals.” Moreover, it is one of the latest ones in the marvel cinematic universe.
‘Eternals,’ directed by Chloe Zhao, who won the best director and best picture at the Oscars earlier this year for the film ‘Nomadland,’ has one of the most varied casts of any Marvel film.
“I just hope it begins to normalise what should have been there all along,” Jolie told Reuters. “I hope that in years to come when we watch these films, we don’t even think about how diverse they are; it just becomes what’s normal, what’s right, and what’s an appropriate representation of the world we live in.”
Sersi, played by Gemma Chan, is one of the Eternals, a group of aliens who have lived on Earth for 7,000 years and have discreetly overseen humans.
So, who is Makkari in Eternals?
Fans of Marvel comics may be surprised to learn that Ridloff, a deaf woman of colour, is portraying Makkari. Also, this is the first Eternals deaf superhero character who is depicted as a white male who’s not deaf in the comics. Director Chloé Zhao has been attempting to improve diversity in the upcoming superhero film, which features Angelina Jolie, Kit Harrington, Richard Madden, Salma Hayek, and Kumail Nanjiani among its outstanding cast.
Makkari’s extraordinary talents include superhuman speed, which allows her to sprint on water, spin cyclones, and even defy gravity.
Lauren Ridloff as Makkari in marvel Eternals reveals that her character accepts her Deaf identity. She told this during the world premiere of “Eternals” in Hollywood last Monday.
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Lauren Ridloff’s Makkari, the first deaf character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, also appears in ‘Eternals.’
“It has a different tone, and it will be visually extremely different,” Chan explained. “Obviously, the cast is massive, and the storey spans 7,000 years, making it a truly epic tale. Moreover, connection to one another is one of the film’s themes as always.
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Ridloff signed in American Sign Language, “I might be the first, but I won’t be the only one for much longer.” “Another deaf superhero is on the way to the MCU, so this is absolutely a game-changer.”
