Marvel star Kumail Nanjiani has revealed that he had to undergo counseling to deal with negative reviews for his film Eternals.
In a recent episode of the podcast Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum, the Pakistani-American actor said he was “too conscious” of the negative reviews received by critics for Marvel’s Eternals. , claimed it had gotten to the point where she needed professional help.
The 2021 film, in which Nanjiani played a superhero defending Earth from evil forces alongside actors Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek and Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, is currently being labeled as “rotten.” It is evaluated. 47% score On review aggregation site RottenTomatoes.com.
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Actor Kumail Nanjiani recently claimed that he started seeing a therapist after his superhero movie Eternals was poorly received by critics. (Reuters)
The low score makes the film one of the lowest-rated films in Marvel’s cinematic universe, far below the studio’s “The Avengers” and “Avengers: Endgame.”
Nanjiani admitted podcast host When the film was released, he said he was “reading and checking all the reviews too much” and saw bad scores even though he was expecting good ones.
“It was really, really tough because Marvel thought that that movie was going to be really, really well-received,” he added, “so Marvel lifted the embargo early on and made a luxury movie. They submitted it to a number of film festivals and sent us off.” Immediately after the embargo was lifted, an extensive world tour was undertaken to promote the film. ”
The “Silicon Valley” actor argued that the film’s reviews were too harsh, telling the host: Actual quality of the movie. ”
He also revealed that he underwent counseling to deal with such public reactions. “It was really difficult and at the time I thought it wasn’t fair to me and it wasn’t fair to Emily.” [his wife], and I can’t approach work this way anymore. Something had to change, so I started counseling. I still talk to my therapist about it. ”
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Angelina Jolie attends the Los Angeles premiere of Marvel Studios’ ‘Eternals’ held on October 18, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo credit: Axel/Bauer Griffin/Film Magic)
Mr Nanjiani also said his wife believed he was still suffering from “trauma” from the critical treatment he received. The actor said he still talks to his colleagues about how bad that review was, adding, “I actually just had dinner with someone else from that movie and I was like, ‘That was terrible.’ It was,” he said. And he goes, “Yeah, it was really hard,” and I think we all went through the same thing. ”
Nanjiani also talked about other pressures associated with her role in the film, particularly body image issues she dealt with after getting in shape.
in NPR interview In 2022, Nanjiani said that having a superhero body type ultimately had a “negative” impact on him. At the time, he told the magazine that his newly ripped physique “made me feel powerful for a moment, but then it was generally negative.”
“At first, I had that kind of reaction from people — I had never had that kind of reaction before, but a part of me always wanted that. I think it was — I felt that was powerful,” he said, adding. “And soon after that, it felt reductive, it felt naked, it felt vulnerable. And because of that, discussions about my body existed in the public sphere.” ”
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