Real talk: I think Marvel’s Eternals is pretty damn good and has been slammed unnecessarily. It introduced a ton of characters that nobody had heard of before who don’t have simple superhero backstories. That said, audiences didn’t dig it, the film did poorly at the box office, and there’s zero hope for a sequel. In fact, in a new Kit Harington profile by GQ, they reconfirm that Marvel has no plans for Eternals 2. No shocker there.
But going back to Harington, who played Dane Whitman III aka Black Knight in Eternals, he gives an honest take as to why he joined the MCU. No, it’s not because of artistic reasons.
“I’m not gonna pretend I took that [role] because it was different and interesting. If Marvel calls, you gotta do it.”
Harington is kidding around here, but that’s also probably an honest answer. It’s probably still that way to some degree now, but a few years ago Marvel Studios was this pop culture juggernaut you simply couldn’t say “no” to. And why would you? They could make you famous and very rich with a single movie.
It’s good that Harington can this way when discussing his Marvel experience because he could be bitter about it. He was a supporting character in Eternals, but Black Knight was teased in a post-credit sequence involving Blade. The Blade film has been delayed for years and may never happen, while a sequel to Eternals is off the table. It’s unclear if we’ll ever see Harington in the MCU again. That said, Harington is a popular actor, Black Knight is a popular Marvel hero, and chances are he’ll show up at some point when we least expect it.
