Why are several roles in “Eternals” changed to women? Chloé Zhao attributed this to Marvel’s decision

At present, the Marvel movie “Eternals” has passed the premiere and the Rome Film Festival, and many film critics have given comments.

On the whole, “Eternals” received mixed reviews, with good reviews and negative reviews.

As for how “Eternals” is going, fans will have to wait for it to be seen after it is released.

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Fans who have a little knowledge of comics may find that this movie has a phenomenon (problem): several superheroes of the Eternal Race are male in the comics, but they are replaced by females in the movie.

For example, Ajak, the leader of the eternal clan, Makkari, who can move fast, and Sprite, who can create illusions.

They are all males in the original comics, and they are all adapted to females in “Eternals”.

This question has actually been asked by fans since the official announcement of “Eternals” at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2019.

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Let’s not make an evaluation. Director Chloé Zhao and the starring actors have made relevant responses recently.

According to the director, Marvel executives had made these decisions before she participated in the production of the “Eternals” project.

In addition, Chloé Zhao also revealed that the roles of gender swapping are “specially selected.”

For example, Ajak, the leader of the Eternal Race, is a “mother role.”

As the director said: “This may be one of the reasons why this movie really appeals to me, not just for us to swap the genders of the characters. It is specially selected, just like the leader of the team is a mother. This decision There is a purpose.”

Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Pictures, explained that “Eternals” is about “human history”, so it is important to have a diverse lineup of heroes.

Kumail Nanjiani, the actor of Kingo, also responded to this question.

He believes that Marvel deals with diverse superheroes “not to express any point of view”, but to show that “this is the way things are” and that “feels very natural.”

In order to diversify these superheroes, Marvel changed the sexual orientation of Phastos in addition to gender.

In the original manga, Phastos is not such a superhero.

For many years, making major changes to characters based on comic material has been a point of controversy.

For example, the Ancient One mage (male in the original book) appeared in “Doctor Strange”.

In this regard, we do not do too much analysis, the topic is easy to be sensitive and off-track.

In short, “Eternals” may be Marvel’s past and future adaptations of the original works most at once.

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