Kumail Nanjiani On His Marvel Universe Experience: “I Need Therapy”
Kumail Nanjiani has opened up about his disappointment surrounding his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the film Eternals. You may have heard Eternals was one of the lowest-grossing and worst-reviewed films in the Marvel franchise.
The negative reviews and underwhelming box office performance “shattered” him, leading him to seek therapy. On a recent episode of Mike Birbiglia’s “Working It Out” podcast, he said; “I was like, ‘Oh, this is going to be my job for the next 10 years. I signed on for six movies. I signed on for a video game. I signed on for a theme park ride,” “They make you sign up for all this stuff…And then none of that happened.”
It DID give him the last 15 minutes of his upcoming stand-up comedy special.