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It's beautiful, isn't it?
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CHAN: The Eternals is definitely
a very ambitious film.
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You've got 10 new characters.
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It spans 7,000 years.
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You're on Earth, but you're also in space.
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You're all over the planet.
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Yeah, the scope and the scale of it
is huge.
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MOORE: I mean, it's, I would argue,
our most ambitious film ever,
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and that's in a MCU that has Endgame.
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Almost anything you can think of.
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There are monsters,
there are giant space gods.
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There's also a love story.
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It's part of why it got us excited
as filmmakers.
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We've made 25 plus movies
at Marvel Studios,
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but this does feel distinctly different
than anything we've done before.
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HARRINGTON: This is a new world.
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I think that's the thing
that's incredible about Marvel,
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it's an incredibly complex universe.
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I really think
Eternals is the most epic movie
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that Marvel's done.
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It's literally the highest stakes
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that any MCU superhero
has had to deal with so far.
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MOORE: By the end of this film,
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how we look at the MCU
and the Earth itself will change.
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The impact the Eternals will have
on the MCU
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will be nothing less than redefining
the Cinematic Universe entirely.
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ZHAO: My initial vision for the film
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can be summed up
in the William Blake poem.
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"To see the World
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"in a Grain of Sand
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"And a Heaven in a Wild Flower.
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"Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
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"And Eternity in an hour."
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When I went in to pitch
without saying anything,
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that's what I did. (CHUCKLES)
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The vision for the film is
how can we capture something so epic
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and intimate at the same time,
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something as epic
as the creation of the sun
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and as intimate as
the soft whispers of a lover?
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And how to have these moments
coexist in the film?
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And that was the challenge.
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ZHAO: I'm not quite sure how it happened.
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I had just made The Rider at the time.
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So, when I got a call to come in
to meet Nate Moore,
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I was very surprised and happy
about Eternals.
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MOORE: We always look for directors
that inspire us
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and who get great performances.
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And I had seen Chloé's first film,
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and then I saw The Rider
and thought it was amazing.
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ZHAO: The very first conversation
I had with Nate
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was very much about, obviously,
the stories and characters,
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but also what I can contribute.
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Right away we dive into,
one is, what are we doing,
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but also how we're doing it.
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Because how we're making this film
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is going to define
what this film's gonna become.
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Chloé has a very specific vision
for the movie.
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Because of the way she shoots,
it feels extra personal.
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So, you get the sensation
that you're making
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almost like an independent film
that is huge.
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When I heard she's doin' a Marvel movie,
I was like,
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"Oh, God, I'd love to be a part of that."
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And see how she gets in behind this
superhero world and makes it her own.
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Chloé Zhao, who comes out of a more
naturalistic style of filmmaking,
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really pressed us to figure out
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how to shoot more of this
on practical location,
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which, again, is challenging
just from a logistical standpoint
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of getting your crew to different places.
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Finding places that you can shoot outside,
battling rain and the elements,
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it's challenging.
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It's hard on your crew,
it's hard on your cast,
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it's hard on our VFX team.
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But it's all in service of
an aesthetic that's totally different.
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That's a challenge we wanted to take on.
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It's definitely a challenge,
but it's a challenge I love.
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Because I came in both as a filmmaker
who wants to tell a story
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but also as a fan.
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For me, the MCU is a place with
great characters and great adventures.
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And it's very obvious
it is made by a team of people
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who really love the genre
and love their fans.
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It is time.
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FEIGE: Marvel Studios and
the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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is now past their 10th anniversary.
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And with the release of
the final Avengers movie,
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we finally completed
a 22-movie Infinity saga.
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Where do we go from there?
Where do we start?
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And what we really wanted to do
was two things.
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Start fresh with whole new characters,
new storylines,
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but actually go back to some of
the deepest, richest mythology
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in all of Marvel Comics.
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And when you look at
the myth-builders of Marvel,
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Jack Kirby, he's called King Kirby
for a reason,
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and he created The Eternals
many years ago,
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which is one of the most mythologically
rich storylines in the history of Marvel.
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It really gives us
a rich canvas to play with,
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not just the Marvel canvas,
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but the actual historical mythologies
of our world.
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The Eternals in the comics were
created by Jack Kirby in the late 1970s.
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It was his second stint at Marvel,
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and he was looking to do something
cosmic and completely new.
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And in the comics, much like our film,
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their job was
to protect humanity long enough
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for the Celestials to come back and judge
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whether humanity was worthy of
joining them in the stars.
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In our film, I think they share
a very similar origin.
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In the comics, the Celestials
came to Earth, found early man,
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and did an experiment.
They created the Deviants,
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which were a failed experiment.
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And then seeing that they sort of failed,
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they created the Eternals
as a counterpoint.
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Kirby created a world that was
so exciting and interesting,
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but it was grounded in human history
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and treated like
it could live in our world.
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I do love the mythology behind it,
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and I love that he was able to bring
space mythology
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with human mythology of the planet Earth
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and that he combined that together
and created characters
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that experienced that.
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And gave us an opportunity to be able
to re-learn about our own history.
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We're really excited
to explore the origins
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of the entire
Marvel Cinematic Universe in our film.
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We're looking at, for the first time,
meeting the Celestials face to face,
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And you've sort of seen
glimpses of them in other films.
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The Celestials we have hinted at
in earlier films,
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Guardians of the Galaxy, Knowhere,
the base of operations for the Collector,
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is in fact a Celestial head.
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KAZ: The Celestials are such a cornerstone
of Marvel storytelling in publishing
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and we wanna make them equally important
to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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KAZ: At its heart, Eternals is an epic.
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It's about immortality.
It's about identity, it's about duty.
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And we're exploring all these things
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that so many amazing superheroes
have done before.
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But specifically we're looking at it
over the course of the entirety of
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mankind's history here on Earth.
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To talk a little about the process,
we were given 800 pages of research.
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All the comics, every graphic novel,
everything about this universe,
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"Here you go. Go make up a movie."
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And we spent four weeks, five weeks
really just thinking
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and bashing our heads against the wall
and coming up with this world.
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The Eternals has had three runs in comics
spanning over the last 30 or 40 years.
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I mean, we're endlessly inspired
by all of King Kirby's works
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and Neil Gaiman's run with The Eternals.
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MOORE: The expectation,
I think, by our fans,
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is that we're really going to mine from
the Neil Gaiman early 2000s run.
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And that, to a lot of degrees,
is the most popular of The Eternals runs,
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but for us, the true inspiration was from
Jack Kirby's original 1976 run.
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And that is partially because he really
did steep that in our world history,
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the history of the Aztecs.
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A lot of his design language,
a lot of his, even narrative inspiration
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was from the history of the world.
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I have seen them fight and lie and kill...
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but I have also seen them...
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laugh and love.
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ZHAO: What I like about
the story of Eternals
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is that we're going back to
the beginning of our civilization
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to see that actually,
they've been among us,
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and they've been helping us
for all this time.
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We're able to look at
real historical events.
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We're able to look at the tragedies
and our greatest moments
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and look at it through the lens of
what it means to be here on this planet.
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This planet...
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and these people...
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have changed me.
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And that afforded us an opportunity
to go back in time
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and see things we haven't seen before.
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Not only in the Marvel Universe,
but as filmmakers,
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things that we don't get to see
a lot in film, frankly.
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Ancient Mesopotamia
at the very dawn of civilization
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and ancient Babylon, which is to most
historians the cradle of civilization.
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The Gupta Empire at 200 AD.
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It's a time period that we felt
we hadn't seen before a lot in cinema,
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but was very rich with
a lot of historical facts
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that even us as filmmakers
didn't know about.
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Why didn't you guys help fight Thanos?
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Or any war? Or all the other
terrible things throughout history?
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We were instructed
not to interfere in any human conflicts
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unless Deviants were involved.
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Initially, trying to define
what these Deviants were,
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we started looking
at ancient monsters from old stories.
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You know,
from the Greeks and the Egyptians.
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Chloé wanted something very unique.
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We wanted to have something
that was alien,
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but also add shapes
that we could kinda recognize.
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Like, at the beginning
of the film, in Mesopotamia,
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they're much bigger,
they're like dinosaurs.
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They're huge monsters.
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And as they evolve and as the time passes,
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they become more like animals
that we see nowadays.
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and that was informing
the design of the Deviants.
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FIRPO: Even though The Eternals
takes place over 10,000 years
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and there's these different elements
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at the same time, Kevin and Nate,
through the whole process
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have just constantly promoted character.
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It's important to know the tone
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and the genre of the movie
you're trying to make.
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And the action to some degree, I think,
and I think our fans would agree...
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...is secondary to the storytelling,
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to what is the emotional core of
this movie, and why is that special
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and why is that moving.
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Because if the emotional core
and the characters aren't there,
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then there's no attachment to
whatever happens to Iron Man or Thor.
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In this case, the Eternals.
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We're very much focusing on the family
dynamic of this group of Eternals.
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There's layers to this movie.
There's a great sci-fi adventure
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that spans through time.
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And then underneath that,
there's a very complex family drama.
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And then underneath that is a love story.
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And then at the core of it actually,
I think, is the journey of self-discovery.
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Our film is really led by Sersi,
this complex and flawed female hero
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who really is, I think, our most human
hero in the MCU that we've ever seen.
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Ethereal.
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Observant.
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Sweetness.
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The future.
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CHAN: Sersi is an empath,
and she can manipulate matter.
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She can turn things into other things,
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she also doesn't quite understand
the extent of her powers.
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She is a very creative person. I think,
what excites me about her character is
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she doesn't really punch anybody.
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You know, her power comes from
her curiosity.
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Therefore, she's an artist.
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And she has a deep connection to nature.
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You know, she's curious about humanity,
the way other Eternals might not be.
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Sersi in the comics,
she has this lust for life
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that often isn't seen in
stories about immortality.
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She finds the beauty
in having been alive for so long
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because she pulls upon
her experiences and her memories
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and thinks of them fondly.
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So that positive take is what
drew us to her as our protagonist.
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Conflicted.
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Passion.
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Mysterious.
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Amazing.
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Ikaris carries the weight of the world
on his shoulders.
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He is the loyal soldier.
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He wrestles with what's right
for him as a being
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and what's right for the greater good.
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So...
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Ikaris.
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Sersi and Ikaris have been
on and off for about 5,000 years
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so, yes, pretty long-term.
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I guess you can call that long-term.
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ZHAO: I think they look at humanity
very differently.
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One analogy I really like is that
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when Sersi sees a desert,
she sees grains of sand
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and she finds beauty
in every grain of sand.
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But Ikaris doesn't really see that.
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He's looking at, "Okay, now
there's danger in the desert.
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"We need to go." Then they
fall in love with each other
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because they love seeing the world
through each other's eyes.
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You know, they've hurt each other
in the past.
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5,000 years, they've been through
everything together,
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and there's real love there
and a lot of history.
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I think like all great love stories,
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films like Casablanca,
there are ups and downs.
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And the kind of burden
they carry for the film,
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the evolution of humanity have affected
how they feel about who they are.
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Technology.
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Inventor.
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Smart.
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Smart.
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Protective.
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HENRY: Phastos is basically
the technopath,
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which means
I can use my mind and my energy
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to literally assemble anything
out of any technology.
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Everything he does, he wants...
It's for the advancement of humankind.
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He has so much faith in humanity.
He's so passionate
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and, unfortunately as humans, we don't
always live up to his expectations.
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At some point in his life,
he really changed his view of humankind
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and just shut down.
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And what I do love about his arc
is that you watch him care again.
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For Phastos, who is that person who moves
from his heart and moves from his soul,
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he's trying to restore that in himself
and restore it in others around him.
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He's very much a emotional core for
many, many of the moments in the film.
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There were more Deviants than you said.
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Well, I'm sure that was
a lot of fun for you.
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It was.
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Fight.
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Erratic.
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Warrior.
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Warrior.
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Warrior.
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Fragile.
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Thena is a warrior
and fights so fearlessly,
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and that's all she loves to do.
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She's the goddess of war.
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She can manifest
different weapons in her hands,
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which is complicated
when you're preparing or training.
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I kept asking what my weapon was gonna be
so I could practice with it.
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And I would just get weapons sent to me.
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But I kept getting so many weapons
until I realized
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it was gonna (CHUCKLING)
be a combination of all of them.
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ZHAO: When she's not fighting, she doesn't
know where she belongs and how to be.
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She's quiet and very observant.
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And I would say has to go through
one of, if not the biggest obstacle,
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in this film.
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(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
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Strong.
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Provider.
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Special brew.
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Sexy, maybe. (CHUCKLES)
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Gilgamesh is the strongest
of the Eternals.
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He is a protector. His specialties
are punch, strong punch.
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I should say big punch. Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
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Gilgamesh has got the biggest heart.
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He's very loyal.
He always puts his friends first.
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It's a fun-loving, entertaining character.
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I feel like I'm a big brother
for my family.
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He's the lovable teddy bear.
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He doesn't take things too seriously.
He takes time to stop and enjoy life.
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Gilgamesh asked Druig
to put me to sleep once.
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So I could take a vacation to Fiji,
you know?
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(LAUGHS)
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ZHAO: He's also the best cook.
If there is a holiday or a party,
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you wanna want to go to Gilgamesh's house.
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Sarcasm.
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So cute.
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Tragic.
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McHUGH: Sprite can create illusions.
She's really fiery.
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A little bit of a temper.
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-Right?
-You abandoned me in Macedonia.
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ZHAO: Sprite is someone who's
lived forever, stuck in a child's body.
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And that's not easy. She is actually
the most mature of all the Eternals.
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One of the most interesting things
about the Gaiman run of the comics
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is the way he handles Sprite.
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He gave it a new level
of tragedy and nuance,
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and I think that caused us to wanna make
her an important character in our film.
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All she's ever wanted is to be able to
experience a beautiful life
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and be able to be a child
and go through that experience.
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ZHAO: For Sprite,
it's a very emotional journey for her
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to find her place.
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(BUZZING)
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(CRASHES)
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Oh, no, you didn't.
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Yearning.
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Passion.
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Jerk.
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Druig sucks.
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He does, sir.
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Druig. He's mind control.
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He stands for what he believes in.
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And if that decision puts him
in a division with the others,
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he's not afraid of that.
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He's very idealistic
and he's very philosophical.
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He is someone that if he likes you, great.
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If he doesn't like you,
you better watch out.
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Walking down the steps of the Aztec,
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the set itself was unreal.
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Very, very tricky because the steps were
very, very steep, you know,
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and I had to look at the camera
when I'm walking down.
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Just hoped that I get the next step
and, you know, play it cool.
365
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Then everyone in costume
and then to be standin' up,
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and everyone drops. It's like...
(BLOWS AIR)
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That was a superhero moment, that.
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(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
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Showboat.
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Show-off.
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Charisma.
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Funny dude.
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(LAUGHS)
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Joy.
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Kingo. Kingo loves life.
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NANJIANI: So, Kingo is this guy
who's always been pretty flashy.
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He's always wanted
people to know he's a superhero,
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but he can't reveal that.
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So, to him, this is the second best thing.
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Superhero, movie star.
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So people won't know he's a superhero.
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But everyone's gonna know
he's a movie star.
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You think I'm a movie star.
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Well, I am. But I am also...
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an Eternal.
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My character's introduction in the present
is on a Bollywood movie set,
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and he does this big
Bollywood dance number.
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I don't dance. I don't know how to dance.
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00:20:11,627 --> 00:20:13,754
We'd started shooting, and Chloé was like,
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"Just so you know, I'm writing you
a big dance sequence."
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And I was like, "I'm full of fear.
That sounds amazing.
393
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"Get me a dance teacher."
394
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And so, Nileeka has been my dance teacher,
395
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and I worked with her for months
before we actually shot that scene.
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And there were, like, 50 backup dancers,
and there's this massive Bollywood set.
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All the work paid off.
It looks beautiful.
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(WHOOSHES)
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Fast.
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Fast.
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Super-fast.
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MOORE: Makkari is the fastest woman
in the universe.
403
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She uses her cosmic energy
to run at accelerated rates.
404
00:20:49,206 --> 00:20:51,458
But she can also break the sound barrier
405
00:20:51,541 --> 00:20:54,503
so she can create these amazing
concussive blasts of sound,
406
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which makes her very powerful in battle.
407
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MOORE: Anyone who's met Lauren
has seen her energy.
408
00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:10,435
She really pushed us
to use sign language in the film.
409
00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:14,231
And her husband, Doug, ended up being
a sign language interpreter for us as well
410
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and helped the other actors learn to sign.
411
00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:19,319
She gave us rules
by which we could run a set
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that would be friendly
for someone who is deaf.
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She brought a lot of that knowledge
into our production
414
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so that we could do things the right way.
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Leader.
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-Maternal.
-Mother.
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Mama.
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Love.
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Ajak is kind of
the leader of the Eternals.
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The way she approaches this leadership
is from the perspective of motherhood.
421
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So, she has a special relationship
with each one of them.
422
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ZHAO: She's both the mother and a teacher.
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She's both loving, but also tough.
424
00:22:00,569 --> 00:22:04,197
And she has some big, big decisions
to make in the film.
425
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I had a very important moment for me
in this film, personally.
426
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I have a scene
where you have to ride a horse.
427
00:22:13,707 --> 00:22:16,960
And I had an accident with a horse
many, many years ago.
428
00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:20,839
So, I didn't get on horses.
429
00:22:22,257 --> 00:22:28,013
And I freed myself
from my past, from my fear.
430
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And I was able to just
gallop with the horse and feel...
431
00:22:32,976 --> 00:22:36,772
And I really didn't know
if I was gonna be able to do it.
432
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But I wanted to do it.
433
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And I think it even helped me
with the character.
434
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For the character,
it was a freeing experience for me.
435
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(INSPIRING MUSIC PLAYING)
436
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I think, for me, each of these characters
and the journey,
437
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the emotional journey they go through,
438
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represents an aspect of human nature.
439
00:22:58,418 --> 00:23:03,673
And a exploration of the duality
in each of us.
440
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So, in a way, what they picked up from us,
that they love or hate,
441
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say a lot about who they are,
but also say a lot about who we are.
442
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-And action.
-And action!
443
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(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
444
00:23:19,356 --> 00:23:22,651
I think it was very cleverly cast,
this movie.
445
00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:27,155
Every single one of us
is bizarrely right for the role.
446
00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:31,576
Everybody is unique and special
and loving and giving.
447
00:23:32,035 --> 00:23:34,996
When I cast, you know,
in all the films I've made before,
448
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:40,335
I'm trying to see how much of this
character that's already in this person.
449
00:23:40,961 --> 00:23:44,089
That excites me the most.
As much as possible.
450
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So then, they're going to bring an aspect
of who they are on screen.
451
00:23:48,343 --> 00:23:49,761
There's a camera.
452
00:23:49,845 --> 00:23:51,972
It will capture something
that I can never plan
453
00:23:52,055 --> 00:23:54,683
and I can never write,
and that process excites me.
454
00:23:54,766 --> 00:23:57,519
There was definitely some
unexpected relationships and dynamics
455
00:23:57,602 --> 00:23:59,980
that came about
that I would never have thought
456
00:24:00,063 --> 00:24:01,940
just from reading the script
off the pages,
457
00:24:02,023 --> 00:24:03,525
once you get the actors together.
458
00:24:03,608 --> 00:24:07,279
I really loved having one-on-one scenes
with each of the actors in the cast,
459
00:24:07,362 --> 00:24:09,406
and we really discovered
unexpected things.
460
00:24:09,489 --> 00:24:10,740
I think we're very fortunate.
461
00:24:10,824 --> 00:24:12,742
The first time
they got in the room together,
462
00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:16,079
the sparks were just flying.
I was like, "Okay," you know?
463
00:24:16,163 --> 00:24:19,499
You never expect to see these people
in the same room in the real world.
464
00:24:19,583 --> 00:24:21,418
They come from different backgrounds,
465
00:24:21,501 --> 00:24:23,378
and they come from
different life experiences.
466
00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:25,464
But there is something about
each of my cast.
467
00:24:25,547 --> 00:24:28,008
There's just a bit of a misfit about them.
468
00:24:28,091 --> 00:24:29,676
They carry something quite special.
469
00:24:29,759 --> 00:24:31,678
And that, I think, unites them as a family
470
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because the Eternals lives
on the periphery.
471
00:24:34,723 --> 00:24:38,310
A group of immortals who have been
on Earth for 35,000 years.
472
00:24:38,393 --> 00:24:41,188
They've been there amongst the MCU.
We haven't met them before.
473
00:24:41,271 --> 00:24:44,524
Do you guys have any interest
in meeting some of the Eternals?
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-CROWD: (CHEERING) Yes!
-All right.
475
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I know the cast all met for the same
time, save Gemma, at Comic-Con in July.
476
00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:51,865
Ladies and gentlemen, as Ikaris,
Richard Madden.
477
00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:54,034
Kumail Nanjiani.
478
00:24:55,368 --> 00:24:56,620
Lauren Ridloff.
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Playing Sprite, Lia McHugh.
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WOMAN: How does it feel to be
the youngest person
481
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to portray one of the oldest
MCU characters?
482
00:25:22,312 --> 00:25:24,564
-(CHUCKLING) It doesn't feel real.
-(WOMAN LAUGHS)
483
00:25:24,731 --> 00:25:27,859
Comic-Con was really fun
to meet everyone for the first time.
484
00:25:27,943 --> 00:25:30,529
I mean, I think immediately
we all just clicked.
485
00:25:30,612 --> 00:25:35,408
Coming together for the first time
at Comic-Con was major because...
486
00:25:35,492 --> 00:25:36,785
-Salma Hayek.
-(CROWD CHEERING)
487
00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:39,913
HAYEK: ...there were so many people
to present ourselves to
488
00:25:39,996 --> 00:25:43,500
at the same time that we
were presenting ourselves to each other.
489
00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:46,169
And that was bizarre. That was bizarre.
490
00:25:46,670 --> 00:25:49,464
And kind of scary also
491
00:25:49,756 --> 00:25:53,468
to realize the level of expectation
that the audience have.
492
00:25:53,718 --> 00:25:55,136
(CROWD CHEERING)
493
00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:58,807
And we're just like standing there
looking at each other and saying,
494
00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:00,225
"We better not mess this up."
495
00:26:00,684 --> 00:26:01,893
The Eternals!
496
00:26:02,102 --> 00:26:04,437
(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
497
00:26:05,355 --> 00:26:07,607
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
498
00:26:08,942 --> 00:26:14,823
What excites me the most, selfishly,
is the world-building, and the designs.
499
00:26:15,991 --> 00:26:20,120
The foundation, Jack Kirby's comics,
and also the Neil Gaiman run as well,
500
00:26:20,203 --> 00:26:21,788
are great inspirations.
501
00:26:22,789 --> 00:26:25,417
We also done a lot of research
with historians,
502
00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:28,628
language experts,
anthropologists, scientists.
503
00:26:29,045 --> 00:26:30,297
(UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING)
504
00:26:30,463 --> 00:26:33,508
And it was very important
for Eternals to do that
505
00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:35,010
because to convince the audience
506
00:26:35,093 --> 00:26:38,471
that these superheroes have been
on this planet for 7,000 years,
507
00:26:38,555 --> 00:26:42,017
you want to really feel like
they were actually there, visually.
508
00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:44,477
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
509
00:26:45,061 --> 00:26:46,813
STEWART: So, as a production designer,
510
00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:50,609
you're actually responsible for every
single thing that you see on camera,
511
00:26:50,775 --> 00:26:54,237
whether someone's eatin' a sandwich,
to whether someone's driving a car
512
00:26:54,321 --> 00:26:57,324
or a spaceship, or every single location.
513
00:26:57,407 --> 00:26:59,826
When you have to build over 130 sets,
514
00:26:59,909 --> 00:27:03,038
it's a huge endeavor.
And the scope is enormous.
515
00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:06,833
We're traveling 'round the world,
through space, through time.
516
00:27:07,417 --> 00:27:08,752
It's been extraordinary,
517
00:27:08,835 --> 00:27:12,088
the breadth and width of everything
that we've had to achieve.
518
00:27:12,505 --> 00:27:16,843
My starting point on this film
was obviously the Kirby comics.
519
00:27:16,926 --> 00:27:20,263
I really looked at those,
and one of the great things is
520
00:27:20,347 --> 00:27:24,059
how much it linked in with the script
in certain ways.
521
00:27:25,185 --> 00:27:29,856
One of the sets in particular really
inspired me to delve further into it.
522
00:27:29,939 --> 00:27:34,110
And this set was
the Aztec temple of Teotihuacán.
523
00:27:34,194 --> 00:27:37,739
It was believed to have
been set up by gods or aliens.
524
00:27:38,073 --> 00:27:40,075
It's in human folklore everywhere.
525
00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:42,077
So, I really started to investigate this,
526
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:46,456
and then it worked out that
there's over 100,000 people lived there.
527
00:27:46,539 --> 00:27:49,918
It was nowhere near a river.
It was nowhere near anything.
528
00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:51,586
And the myth and the legend is
529
00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:55,131
that some gods had come
and built this for the people.
530
00:27:55,256 --> 00:27:58,301
And so, that started
a real train of thought
531
00:27:58,385 --> 00:28:00,762
that I took through
to the rest of the production.
532
00:28:00,845 --> 00:28:04,432
Then I started to really get into
what influence that they think
533
00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:06,851
the alien peoples have come to this planet
534
00:28:06,935 --> 00:28:10,772
and had an influence
on our technology, on everything.
535
00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:13,608
And what was amazing
is then going back to the comics,
536
00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:16,903
and within that, there were illustrations
of all the temples
537
00:28:16,986 --> 00:28:20,490
and his own take on it
with the Eternals and the Celestials
538
00:28:20,573 --> 00:28:23,368
drawn within the decoration
on the temples.
539
00:28:23,451 --> 00:28:26,454
So we took that forward
and lifted that decoration
540
00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:30,041
and then had that emblazoned on our build.
541
00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:34,879
When they're in the interior, the top of
the temple, it's very much that Kirby nod.
542
00:28:34,963 --> 00:28:37,090
Our production design led by Eve Stewart,
543
00:28:37,173 --> 00:28:39,175
really did their homework
creating a language
544
00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:42,178
that then we could employ on the costumes
and on walls of the starship
545
00:28:42,262 --> 00:28:44,389
and have an aesthetic that felt unified.
546
00:28:44,472 --> 00:28:47,517
We wanted it to feel ancient
and technologically advanced all at once,
547
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,561
that was a challenge
from a design standpoint.
548
00:28:49,644 --> 00:28:52,939
How do you make these aliens feel
like they've been here for 7,000 years
549
00:28:53,022 --> 00:28:55,024
and also feel like
the inspiration for things
550
00:28:55,108 --> 00:28:56,526
humans built throughout history?
551
00:28:56,609 --> 00:28:59,696
Well, this was a real challenge
'cause when I started,
552
00:28:59,779 --> 00:29:03,450
I read that the Eternals had been created
by the Celestials.
553
00:29:03,533 --> 00:29:07,120
It was a million years ago, so it
can't be a spaceship like all the ones
554
00:29:07,203 --> 00:29:09,831
you love in the Ridley Scott films.
555
00:29:09,914 --> 00:29:13,752
And then this spaceship has been
lying dormant, theoretically, on Earth
556
00:29:13,835 --> 00:29:15,879
for the last 7,000 years.
557
00:29:15,962 --> 00:29:19,883
I felt it couldn't have any proper
reference to human technology.
558
00:29:19,966 --> 00:29:24,429
Also, on top of that, I just felt that it
was such a spiritual place
559
00:29:24,512 --> 00:29:27,015
for these people
and it'd been set up, theoretically,
560
00:29:27,098 --> 00:29:29,517
by the Celestials, which are gods.
561
00:29:30,059 --> 00:29:32,812
So, I started to look at sacred geometry,
562
00:29:32,896 --> 00:29:36,357
the way shapes worked throughout
all the religions across the world.
563
00:29:37,025 --> 00:29:38,860
Any religion loves a circle.
564
00:29:38,943 --> 00:29:41,112
All religions love a triangle.
565
00:29:41,196 --> 00:29:43,406
So, I was trying to put those together.
566
00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:48,119
So the exterior of the ship became
triangular quite quickly
567
00:29:48,203 --> 00:29:50,038
just because of aerodynamics.
568
00:29:50,121 --> 00:29:55,043
But also, Chloé and I discussed a lot
how triangles and circles fit together,
569
00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:59,672
both in Christianity and Islamism
and also in Asian culture.
570
00:29:59,756 --> 00:30:03,635
So, it became a very global thing
that we went for.
571
00:30:03,718 --> 00:30:05,929
So, we started with loads of triangles.
572
00:30:06,429 --> 00:30:08,181
And then I went to see some scientists,
573
00:30:08,264 --> 00:30:09,724
and they said this was very good
574
00:30:09,808 --> 00:30:14,354
because triangular planes
can also create a vertical lift
575
00:30:14,437 --> 00:30:16,564
if you've got enough energy
around all the points.
576
00:30:16,731 --> 00:30:18,316
So, this is where we started.
577
00:30:18,441 --> 00:30:23,029
HAYEK: I was really, really surprised
when I walked into our ship.
578
00:30:23,112 --> 00:30:27,242
Because how many ships have you seen?
They all look the same. Futuristic.
579
00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:32,205
This one is completely
out of the ordinary, unimaginable,
580
00:30:32,288 --> 00:30:36,084
every object, every little detail in it.
581
00:30:36,167 --> 00:30:38,962
It's really new and exciting.
582
00:30:39,045 --> 00:30:42,590
STEWART: I really love the spaceship
because it's so unusual,
583
00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:46,594
and I think it is to do with the circular
nature of it with the domed ceilings,
584
00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:49,764
and that it's almost cathedral-like
or temple-like.
585
00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:52,934
And the textures of it,
we worked really hard getting it
586
00:30:53,017 --> 00:30:55,395
so that it looked like
the inside of a meteor.
587
00:30:55,478 --> 00:30:57,313
Like, it was really, truly ancient.
588
00:30:57,397 --> 00:31:00,984
We looked at
ancient Babylonian cuneiforms.
589
00:31:01,067 --> 00:31:02,610
We actually made our own.
590
00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:07,740
These say things like, star, moon,
travel, man, Earth, and god.
591
00:31:07,824 --> 00:31:10,660
These correspond exactly to the costumes.
592
00:31:10,743 --> 00:31:15,748
When they stand against this wall, the
power from Arishem creates the costumes.
593
00:31:16,249 --> 00:31:18,418
(SERENE MUSIC PLAYING)
594
00:31:18,585 --> 00:31:23,840
DIFFER: All the shapes in the costumes
are based in the world of Jack Kirby.
595
00:31:24,924 --> 00:31:29,137
One thing that Chloé discussed a lot
was the circles with the lines
596
00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:31,139
that run through all his imagery.
597
00:31:31,222 --> 00:31:33,600
ZHAO: Because they had been
on Earth for 7,000 years,
598
00:31:33,683 --> 00:31:40,148
could the symbols, the shapes on their
bodies have influenced some designs
599
00:31:40,231 --> 00:31:42,817
in religion and in cultures
all around the world?
600
00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,570
So that all went into the design.
601
00:31:45,653 --> 00:31:48,406
I can honestly say that these costumes
602
00:31:48,489 --> 00:31:52,035
are the most difficult superhero costumes
I've ever made.
603
00:31:52,535 --> 00:31:54,996
(UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING)
604
00:31:55,663 --> 00:32:00,376
DIFFER: This room is our exhibition
of the superhero costumes
605
00:32:00,460 --> 00:32:03,129
and some of the other epochs
within the film.
606
00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:08,343
When I first read the script, I was like,
"Wow! This has got everythin'."
607
00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:13,181
It's got all different periods.
It's got future, past, everything.
608
00:32:13,264 --> 00:32:17,477
So, from a costume design perspective,
there's a lot there to play with.
609
00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:21,564
And on top of that, you know
you're gonna design 10 new superheroes.
610
00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:24,275
One of the things that was asked
611
00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:29,030
was that they didn't look like
just superhero armor-clad uniforms,
612
00:32:29,113 --> 00:32:30,865
that they look like a second skin.
613
00:32:31,449 --> 00:32:33,952
And we had to incorporate the cosmos.
614
00:32:34,327 --> 00:32:37,956
So we started off looking at
minerals and nature,
615
00:32:38,039 --> 00:32:40,333
and started experimenting with fabrics.
616
00:32:40,875 --> 00:32:43,544
ZHAO: I remember Kevin
visited our production.
617
00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:45,672
He was like, "This is like
a science experiment."
618
00:32:45,755 --> 00:32:48,383
Because when you see the film,
you see it isn't just blue.
619
00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:51,761
We used different type of black,
different type of blue,
620
00:32:51,844 --> 00:32:55,348
and oil paint, and then
put them together on a sheet.
621
00:32:55,431 --> 00:32:57,392
And then you have to wait for a few days
622
00:32:57,475 --> 00:32:59,560
to naturally see what kind of texture
you get.
623
00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:01,437
Each of these costumes are unique.
624
00:33:01,521 --> 00:33:04,774
It takes many, many experiments,
because on a big screen,
625
00:33:04,857 --> 00:33:06,359
you can really see all the textures.
626
00:33:06,442 --> 00:33:09,821
There's so many layers on each costume
627
00:33:09,904 --> 00:33:11,656
and they're all done by hand.
628
00:33:11,739 --> 00:33:13,574
It's a big undertaking,
629
00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:16,828
and the smallest amount of pieces
on a character was five or six.
630
00:33:16,911 --> 00:33:20,289
Going up to, like, Sprite,
who had 18 pieces on her.
631
00:33:21,624 --> 00:33:25,128
And each one of those pieces
has to be drawn up in the computer,
632
00:33:25,211 --> 00:33:28,881
molded, cast, cleaned up,
edited, paint work.
633
00:33:28,965 --> 00:33:31,175
All of our pieces are
incredibly labor intensive.
634
00:33:31,259 --> 00:33:34,762
So, at times, I had seven or eight people
in the work room
635
00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:36,472
just painting these pieces.
636
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:41,686
And for each of these 10 characters,
we had at least six repeats of costumes.
637
00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:46,691
So, it's really difficult to imagine just
how much work there was in there.
638
00:33:47,734 --> 00:33:51,946
Ajak loves nature
and she is also the leader,
639
00:33:52,321 --> 00:33:54,115
and has the link to the Celestials.
640
00:33:54,407 --> 00:33:56,451
So she has this amazing headdress,
641
00:33:56,826 --> 00:34:00,246
and there's a lot of flowing lines
upwards with her.
642
00:34:00,329 --> 00:34:02,498
Very gold and blue.
643
00:34:02,582 --> 00:34:05,543
And we've got this amazing cape,
which is all hand-painted.
644
00:34:05,626 --> 00:34:08,212
And I was lucky to work with Sammy,
645
00:34:08,296 --> 00:34:11,299
who put a lot of symbolic stuff
into my costume.
646
00:34:11,382 --> 00:34:15,595
There's a mixture of empowerment
and also pride
647
00:34:15,678 --> 00:34:19,515
of being able to wear this costume
that means something important.
648
00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:23,352
Sersi loves humanity,
she's a very giving person.
649
00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:27,106
The color that we gave her
was basically green and silver.
650
00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:32,236
So, she has flowing areas
to make it feminine and soft.
651
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:36,115
It's not super-structured.
It's a bit more ethereal, really.
652
00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:40,161
And then we've got Ikaris,
who is very much a fighter.
653
00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:44,874
We wanted to get away from the idea that
you've just got a superhero jumpsuit.
654
00:34:44,957 --> 00:34:47,794
And so for him, it's done
in a segmented armor way.
655
00:34:49,045 --> 00:34:53,800
Sprite, she's a thinker.
And it's slightly alabastery,
656
00:34:53,883 --> 00:34:55,760
and a bit of jade going on with hers.
657
00:34:55,843 --> 00:34:59,180
What we decided to do with her was have
a bit of fun with her modern look
658
00:34:59,263 --> 00:35:01,307
and kinda show her as someone
659
00:35:01,390 --> 00:35:03,893
who actually desperately
wants to be more grown up.
660
00:35:03,976 --> 00:35:06,604
So she wears quite quirky
but serious clothes.
661
00:35:06,687 --> 00:35:09,732
Like she was trying to find an identity.
662
00:35:10,358 --> 00:35:13,569
And then, we have Druig.
He's very monastic.
663
00:35:13,653 --> 00:35:15,613
He goes through a very big turning point.
664
00:35:15,696 --> 00:35:18,407
As we go through time with him,
he gets darker and darker.
665
00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:19,951
so his costume is very dark.
666
00:35:20,034 --> 00:35:22,787
It's quite long.
It's very strong in the center.
667
00:35:23,704 --> 00:35:25,623
Thena is a warrior,
but equally, there's also
668
00:35:25,665 --> 00:35:27,041
a fragility about her.
669
00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:30,795
She starts off as this
amazing gold goddess,
670
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,421
and then slowly through time,
671
00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:36,801
she becomes this fragile,
lacey, very soft,
672
00:35:36,884 --> 00:35:38,344
damaged butterfly in a way.
673
00:35:38,845 --> 00:35:42,473
Gilgamesh is the strongest warrior,
so he's very heavily armored,
674
00:35:42,557 --> 00:35:44,225
and this is quite hard, for him.
675
00:35:44,308 --> 00:35:48,563
And he goes on the journey with Thena,
so he gets stuck in time with her.
676
00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:51,065
So, they don't change
their clothes to the modern world.
677
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:52,733
So, we had them living in a place
678
00:35:52,817 --> 00:35:56,529
where they sort of stopped in about 1900.
679
00:35:56,612 --> 00:35:59,532
And so, he has very old-looking clothes.
680
00:36:00,366 --> 00:36:02,076
NANJIANI: What I love about my costume is
681
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,538
that there is no other costume in
the MCU that looks like this one.
682
00:36:05,621 --> 00:36:08,291
It moves really well. It fits really well.
683
00:36:08,374 --> 00:36:11,794
And it's purple, which has been
my favorite color my whole life.
684
00:36:12,211 --> 00:36:15,715
And I'm sure everybody tells you that
they got teary-eyed when they put it on.
685
00:36:15,798 --> 00:36:17,466
And I certainly did.
686
00:36:28,477 --> 00:36:32,273
My favorite moment on this film
has been Brian.
687
00:36:33,357 --> 00:36:36,819
His final fitting was just
absolutely my favorite moment.
688
00:36:36,903 --> 00:36:38,404
So I go in for my final fitting.
689
00:36:38,487 --> 00:36:40,907
You see the drawings...
It still doesn't really hit you
690
00:36:40,990 --> 00:36:43,159
'cause every time
they showed me the drawings,
691
00:36:43,242 --> 00:36:45,828
I was like, "Is that me? That's not me.
Is that really me?"
692
00:36:45,912 --> 00:36:48,623
We put the costume on him
and he wouldn't look in the mirror.
693
00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:50,374
I just battled with a lot of things
694
00:36:50,458 --> 00:36:53,169
when it came to how I thought
the MCU should look,
695
00:36:53,252 --> 00:36:55,963
and I was really nervous
about how I'd be portrayed.
696
00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:57,882
He was starting to breathe really heavily.
697
00:36:57,965 --> 00:37:00,384
Every time a zipper went up,
or a button went on,
698
00:37:00,509 --> 00:37:02,428
or like I've put my boots on,
699
00:37:02,511 --> 00:37:03,804
I was just like, "Okay!"
700
00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:06,098
They're like,
"Brian, you have to turn and look."
701
00:37:06,182 --> 00:37:07,600
I'm, "I'm really not ready."
702
00:37:07,683 --> 00:37:09,727
I was worried for him,
he said, "No, I'm fine."
703
00:37:09,810 --> 00:37:11,687
So when they finally zipped up the back,
704
00:37:11,771 --> 00:37:14,023
they're, "Okay, you have to
look at yourself."
705
00:37:14,106 --> 00:37:15,107
So I turned around.
706
00:37:15,191 --> 00:37:18,819
And then when he did turn around,
he just screamed.
707
00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:22,240
(YELLS)
"Oh, my God! This is incredible."
708
00:37:22,323 --> 00:37:23,366
(YELLS)
709
00:37:23,449 --> 00:37:25,618
I just screamed, "Everybody come in here.
710
00:37:25,701 --> 00:37:28,788
"Everybody who had anything to do
with this suit, come in here."
711
00:37:28,871 --> 00:37:31,666
And so, they all came in.
And I just... And I'm...
712
00:37:31,791 --> 00:37:34,168
I'm crying, I am weeping.
713
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:37,213
"You don't understand
how you just made this little Black boy
714
00:37:37,296 --> 00:37:40,091
"from North Carolina who never
thought in a million years
715
00:37:40,174 --> 00:37:44,387
"that he could stand here and believe
that he was a superhero."
716
00:37:44,470 --> 00:37:46,681
I have to say this from
the bottom of my heart,
717
00:37:46,764 --> 00:37:50,101
every single person that had
anything to do with making this movie,
718
00:37:50,184 --> 00:37:52,311
they're the real heroes, like honestly.
719
00:37:52,395 --> 00:37:54,480
We couldn't be the heroes
we are without them,
720
00:37:54,563 --> 00:37:57,358
and I just want people to know that
when they watch these movies
721
00:37:57,441 --> 00:38:00,903
that there are so many people
that give their time and their effort
722
00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:03,322
to make me feel like a superhero.
723
00:38:03,447 --> 00:38:04,740
(INSPIRING MUSIC PLAYING)
724
00:38:04,824 --> 00:38:07,368
My favorite part was seeing
everyone in costume
725
00:38:07,451 --> 00:38:09,203
and all of us just standing in a line.
726
00:38:10,746 --> 00:38:13,332
NANJIANI: It just was so exciting to see
everybody in their costumes.
727
00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:15,918
We were all screaming
and getting teary-eyed all day.
728
00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:17,920
I was like, (EXCLAIMING)
"Oh, my God! Look!"
729
00:38:18,004 --> 00:38:21,716
When we did all come together,
we were quite moved.
730
00:38:21,799 --> 00:38:22,800
It was really amazing.
731
00:38:22,883 --> 00:38:24,760
It was very windy, it was very dramatic.
732
00:38:24,844 --> 00:38:26,637
Everyone's capes were flying.
733
00:38:26,721 --> 00:38:30,308
There are times in a production
where you get to feel almost like a fan.
734
00:38:30,391 --> 00:38:31,851
And that's really special.
735
00:38:31,934 --> 00:38:34,145
ZHAO: Thank you. Thank you, Eternals!
736
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:37,565
(SLOW INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
737
00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:51,287
HARRINGTON: When I signed up
for this movie, I thought,
738
00:38:51,370 --> 00:38:53,706
"I'll be in a big green box
in the studio somewhere,
739
00:38:53,789 --> 00:38:55,082
"and that's just what this is."
740
00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:57,501
I was wrong. I think I've been in
the studio one day
741
00:38:57,585 --> 00:38:59,045
out of all my days of being here.
742
00:38:59,128 --> 00:39:04,050
Chloé really wanted to use as much
practical settings, sets, as we could,
743
00:39:04,133 --> 00:39:06,218
so we've been on location a lot.
744
00:39:06,302 --> 00:39:09,430
The locations and the geography
is a huge part of the film.
745
00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:14,268
It's entwined with it, because it's really
the story of the growth of civilization,
746
00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:17,396
combined with nature
and the way humanity and nature
747
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,482
have evolved alongside each other.
748
00:39:19,565 --> 00:39:21,484
So, we shot a lot around London,
749
00:39:21,567 --> 00:39:24,278
and London was
a Swiss Army knife location for us.
750
00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:26,947
It allowed us to be in North Dakota,
then in Alaska.
751
00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:28,991
It allowed us to be
in the Amazon, surprisingly.
752
00:39:29,075 --> 00:39:31,202
It allowed us to be in
different periods of history.
753
00:39:31,285 --> 00:39:34,205
It was the night shoots where
they'd shut down Camden.
754
00:39:34,288 --> 00:39:36,916
I kind of went, "Wow, this is...
They can do this?
755
00:39:36,999 --> 00:39:40,586
"They can shut down one of the busiest
parts of London for us to film here?"
756
00:39:40,669 --> 00:39:42,713
That's a lot of ambition.
757
00:39:42,797 --> 00:39:45,925
But we also shot a good deal of the film
in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote,
758
00:39:46,008 --> 00:39:47,426
in the Canary Islands,
759
00:39:47,510 --> 00:39:50,221
which is a Spanish-owned island chain
off the coast of Africa.
760
00:39:50,304 --> 00:39:52,431
That gave us a lot of looks
that we hadn't had
761
00:39:52,515 --> 00:39:53,682
in any of our other movies.
762
00:39:53,766 --> 00:39:55,726
And allowed us to
double again, historically,
763
00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:58,479
for places that no longer exist
or are hard to get to.
764
00:39:58,562 --> 00:40:00,398
Yeah, we went to the Canary Islands,
765
00:40:00,481 --> 00:40:03,609
and then we were shooting
Babylon and Mesopotamia,
766
00:40:03,692 --> 00:40:06,612
and we felt like
we are in Mesopotamia.
767
00:40:06,695 --> 00:40:09,073
It looked so real and that is so great.
768
00:40:09,156 --> 00:40:13,327
It was great to be able to actually shoot
on locations and forests and woods
769
00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:17,331
on these black sand beaches,
on volcanic islands.
770
00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:19,750
HAYEK: When you are actually
on a location,
771
00:40:19,834 --> 00:40:22,294
it helps you get into
the reality of things,
772
00:40:22,378 --> 00:40:23,879
as bizarre as they are.
773
00:40:23,963 --> 00:40:26,090
You've never seen places like these.
774
00:40:26,173 --> 00:40:30,928
This is absolutely magical. Magical.
775
00:40:31,011 --> 00:40:33,097
It's spectacular, this landscape.
776
00:40:33,222 --> 00:40:36,434
HENRY: I've never been around the world
like this on a movie.
777
00:40:36,517 --> 00:40:38,686
This movie is by no means easy.
778
00:40:38,769 --> 00:40:41,772
I don't know if you've been to
Fuerteventura, but there is nothing there.
779
00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:44,525
No diss, but, like, it is an island.
780
00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:47,528
And then we show up at this location,
and it's like rocks,
781
00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:49,238
there used to be volcanoes here.
782
00:40:49,321 --> 00:40:51,657
And then you're on a cliff.
Did I mention that?
783
00:40:51,740 --> 00:40:54,869
There were cliffs on this place,
and you're doing major fight scenes.
784
00:40:54,952 --> 00:40:57,663
And you're climbing over things
and you're doing wire work.
785
00:40:57,746 --> 00:40:59,248
And then there's the beach.
786
00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:02,460
The wind of Fuerteventura is no joke,
you're like in dust.
787
00:41:02,543 --> 00:41:05,421
And black sand does not
come off your body that easily.
788
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:10,134
It was unbelievable 'cause when I tell you
that we had to band together,
789
00:41:10,217 --> 00:41:13,804
we had to band together, and I think
we got incredibly close at Fuerteventura.
790
00:41:13,888 --> 00:41:17,016
It was fun to all be in the same hotel
'cause we were all having dinner
791
00:41:17,099 --> 00:41:19,101
and seeing each other and hanging out.
792
00:41:19,185 --> 00:41:22,480
I think being on location
really helps you feel it more
793
00:41:22,563 --> 00:41:23,856
and just be more in the moment.
794
00:41:31,238 --> 00:41:32,948
-ZHAO: Cut. All right.
-Dave?
795
00:41:33,032 --> 00:41:35,159
ZHAO: Beautiful. That's it. Got it.
MAN: Yeah. We got it.
796
00:41:35,242 --> 00:41:38,871
For us, going to shoot on location
allowed us to be able to capture
797
00:41:38,954 --> 00:41:40,748
the light and capture the place.
798
00:41:41,999 --> 00:41:45,920
You want the audience to not only
to see the character,
799
00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:49,507
you wanna see the character in
relationship to the world behind them.
800
00:41:49,590 --> 00:41:52,593
It's very difficult to make that
feel real on a stage.
801
00:41:52,676 --> 00:41:55,930
So, going to a location was
a very natural progression.
802
00:41:57,056 --> 00:42:00,809
And it's exciting for our
visual effect supervisor, Steph Ceretti.
803
00:42:00,893 --> 00:42:02,436
He always wanted to capture
804
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,856
as many real
and natural elements as possible.
805
00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:09,860
Actually, for us, it's more interesting
to have to deal with real material
806
00:42:09,944 --> 00:42:13,989
that comes with all the things
you can't control, really.
807
00:42:14,073 --> 00:42:15,074
(WIND BLOWING)
808
00:42:15,157 --> 00:42:18,160
And that makes the film
a bit more real in that sense.
809
00:42:18,619 --> 00:42:20,746
We really wanted to push the idea
810
00:42:20,829 --> 00:42:24,416
that everything has to be shot,
as much as possible, in a real place.
811
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:28,337
And Chloé really wanted that.
For example, the Amazon Forest scene...
812
00:42:28,504 --> 00:42:29,547
-(GRUNTS)
-(GROWLS)
813
00:42:29,630 --> 00:42:30,673
Ikaris!
814
00:42:30,756 --> 00:42:32,841
CERETTI: We were talking
about shooting it in a studio
815
00:42:32,925 --> 00:42:35,636
and talking with Chloé,
and the two of us were like,
816
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:39,139
"No, I mean, we can't do that.
There's never going to be enough room.
817
00:42:39,223 --> 00:42:41,225
"We gotta shoot that on location."
818
00:42:41,684 --> 00:42:45,646
Even though it was really difficult,
in England, getting into the winter,
819
00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:47,773
lots of rain, (CHUCKLES)
as you can imagine.
820
00:42:47,856 --> 00:42:51,902
But it made total sense to actually
go on location and feel the environment.
821
00:42:51,986 --> 00:42:55,573
And have the actors in the environment
and feeling the elements.
822
00:42:55,656 --> 00:42:57,825
And also having
that freedom with the camera
823
00:42:57,908 --> 00:43:00,578
to shoot anywhere and not be constrained.
824
00:43:00,661 --> 00:43:02,746
So, it was much more organic in that way,
825
00:43:02,830 --> 00:43:05,165
shooting it this way
and much more visceral
826
00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:08,544
which, you know, Chloé really wanted
to capture as much as possible.
827
00:43:08,711 --> 00:43:09,753
-(YELLS)
-(GROWLING)
828
00:43:09,962 --> 00:43:12,381
And it's difficult,
a big challenge for him.
829
00:43:12,464 --> 00:43:17,094
How he can make his visual effects element
blend into the real world
830
00:43:17,177 --> 00:43:19,138
because when you hit that sweet spot,
831
00:43:19,221 --> 00:43:23,225
then you can achieve the kind of realism
that Eternals really needs.
832
00:43:23,642 --> 00:43:24,685
(GROWLING)
833
00:43:24,768 --> 00:43:26,395
CERETTI: The action scene on the beach...
834
00:43:27,980 --> 00:43:30,316
Beautiful environment, amazing location.
835
00:43:30,399 --> 00:43:33,611
We wanted to shoot there
so we could capture as much as possible
836
00:43:33,694 --> 00:43:36,030
from the real light,
the environment, the wind.
837
00:43:36,864 --> 00:43:39,825
There was challenges
in bringing stunt rigs
838
00:43:39,908 --> 00:43:43,162
and special effects rigs on the beach
because it was so remote.
839
00:43:44,747 --> 00:43:47,416
And there was a lot of the action
we could not actually shoot,
840
00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:51,378
so we ended up building the environment
as a CG environment
841
00:43:51,462 --> 00:43:54,465
so that we could have it
and also design some shots
842
00:43:54,548 --> 00:43:56,634
that we couldn't get on location,
843
00:43:57,301 --> 00:44:02,556
with full CG characters fighting, flying,
hitting each other at full speed.
844
00:44:03,557 --> 00:44:07,519
But the thing that we tried to keep
is the cinematography aspect of it.
845
00:44:07,603 --> 00:44:11,815
Trying to make our CG shots
to match the style of shooting
846
00:44:11,899 --> 00:44:15,069
that Chloé wanted to retain,
to keep it natural.
847
00:44:15,653 --> 00:44:17,696
When you do a sequence on a set,
848
00:44:17,780 --> 00:44:20,407
you usually have
full control of the light.
849
00:44:20,491 --> 00:44:22,660
The light doesn't change,
the sky doesn't change,
850
00:44:22,743 --> 00:44:25,412
because it's the same sky we use
for all the shots.
851
00:44:25,496 --> 00:44:26,997
Here it's not the way it is.
852
00:44:27,081 --> 00:44:31,877
Every shot had a different sky,
a different wind, a different cloud,
853
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:35,005
so it's something
that we tried to fight a little bit,
854
00:44:35,089 --> 00:44:37,925
but then Chloé told us,
"Don't fight it, don't fight it.
855
00:44:38,008 --> 00:44:39,510
"Make it look natural.
856
00:44:39,593 --> 00:44:42,096
"We went there to shoot it
and things change.
857
00:44:42,179 --> 00:44:43,931
"Do the same in your CG shots.
858
00:44:44,014 --> 00:44:46,475
"Just make it as it would be natural.
859
00:44:46,558 --> 00:44:50,062
"Embrace the natural light
and the natural elements."
860
00:44:50,145 --> 00:44:52,731
So that was very, very interesting for us.
861
00:44:52,815 --> 00:44:55,192
It was a really cool
symbiotic relationship.
862
00:44:55,275 --> 00:44:56,735
(UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING)
863
00:44:56,819 --> 00:45:00,114
To some degree, it was a learning curve
for her to work with
864
00:45:00,197 --> 00:45:02,282
because she had never been
on a movie this size,
865
00:45:02,366 --> 00:45:05,160
she'd never had the same resources
that we have on our films.
866
00:45:05,994 --> 00:45:08,706
But we'd never tried to tell a story
the way that she does.
867
00:45:08,789 --> 00:45:11,667
We'd never moved the camera
in the way that she wants to.
868
00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:14,044
ZHAO: I come from an Indie world.
869
00:45:14,128 --> 00:45:17,631
To be able to let your imagination
just be set free
870
00:45:17,715 --> 00:45:21,135
and then to have people
who are so experienced and open-minded
871
00:45:21,218 --> 00:45:24,596
to be able to take your ideas
and elevate it
872
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:29,935
and just go crazy with it
is an incredible process.
873
00:45:31,437 --> 00:45:33,522
MAN 1: He's holding the white bag.
MAN 2: Yeah, that is good.
874
00:45:33,605 --> 00:45:36,650
Chloé likes to shoot at
what she would call "magic hour,"
875
00:45:36,734 --> 00:45:39,236
when the sun is just about to
dip below the horizon.
876
00:45:39,319 --> 00:45:41,780
You've all these heroes
in their amazing costumes,
877
00:45:41,864 --> 00:45:45,367
and the ocean is this giant wave,
and the wind is blowing,
878
00:45:45,784 --> 00:45:47,745
and it's the perfect environment
879
00:45:47,828 --> 00:45:52,040
that you would hope that you could
recreate digitally but very rarely could.
880
00:45:53,208 --> 00:45:56,086
And the actors and actresses
would say that moment was special
881
00:45:56,170 --> 00:45:57,713
'cause it was the end of the movie.
882
00:45:57,796 --> 00:46:00,090
So, even though you're shooting
out of sequence,
883
00:46:00,174 --> 00:46:02,760
you feel it from an energy
and a dramatic standpoint.
884
00:46:03,510 --> 00:46:05,804
But that was a moment
that really felt special.
885
00:46:08,098 --> 00:46:09,892
(LIFE MEMORY SUITE PLAYING)
886
00:46:25,115 --> 00:46:28,619
ZHAO: We knew this film has to
heavily rely on themes.
887
00:46:29,244 --> 00:46:31,622
You have 11 characters, right?
888
00:46:31,705 --> 00:46:33,832
And you have 7,000 years human history.
889
00:46:33,916 --> 00:46:37,044
And you have space, you have Earth,
all these elements.
890
00:46:37,127 --> 00:46:39,671
It's important to repeat themes.
891
00:46:40,422 --> 00:46:43,592
And that's something Ramin does
so beautifully in Game of Thrones.
892
00:46:45,093 --> 00:46:47,471
Ramin created
these beautiful, beautiful themes.
893
00:46:47,554 --> 00:46:50,349
And when the theme starts,
he evoke a emotion.
894
00:46:50,432 --> 00:46:52,392
Instead of giving themes
to each characters,
895
00:46:52,476 --> 00:46:53,894
we thought about it, thematically,
896
00:46:53,977 --> 00:46:56,605
"What do those characters go through
throughout history?
897
00:46:57,606 --> 00:47:01,151
"Love, mission, memories,
just all these aspects.
898
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:04,988
"And let's create themes
for their emotional state."
899
00:47:05,072 --> 00:47:10,953
ZHAO: That way, yeah, actually, the themes
help us connect this massive story.
900
00:47:11,036 --> 00:47:13,539
So every time that memory theme shows up,
901
00:47:13,622 --> 00:47:16,291
it doesn't matter
whether you're in present-day Amazon,
902
00:47:16,375 --> 00:47:17,668
or you're in Ancient Babylon,
903
00:47:17,751 --> 00:47:21,213
you understand how far
these characters has journeyed,
904
00:47:21,296 --> 00:47:25,926
and yet they still are dealing with
the same struggles, which is humanity.
905
00:47:26,969 --> 00:47:28,762
-Eternals assemble.
-WOMAN 1: Thank you.
906
00:47:28,846 --> 00:47:30,222
-ZHAO: Eternals assemble.
-WOMAN 2: Okay.
907
00:47:30,639 --> 00:47:32,850
HAYEK: There is a family atmosphere,
908
00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:38,856
but there's something very profound about
the way she approaches the characters,
909
00:47:38,939 --> 00:47:41,358
and how she works with the actors.
910
00:47:41,441 --> 00:47:43,986
And she really draws you into a character.
911
00:47:44,403 --> 00:47:45,696
-So good.
-(CHUCKLES)
912
00:47:46,113 --> 00:47:48,323
NANJIANI: I think the character moments
are hugely important,
913
00:47:48,407 --> 00:47:51,618
and those are the real moments that
people remember from the MCU movies.
914
00:47:51,702 --> 00:47:54,830
The little moment, the Avengers
sitting around eating shawarma.
915
00:47:54,913 --> 00:47:57,249
That's the stuff that
really people connect with.
916
00:47:57,332 --> 00:47:59,334
And Chloé Zhao, our director,
917
00:47:59,418 --> 00:48:01,879
has been very good about
finding those little moments.
918
00:48:02,254 --> 00:48:06,675
Obviously, the fighting, the aliens,
all that stuff, very exciting.
919
00:48:06,758 --> 00:48:11,889
But we've been a family for 7,000 years.
There's a lot of baggage there,
920
00:48:11,972 --> 00:48:15,100
and exploring that has been the most
satisfying part of this movie.
921
00:48:15,183 --> 00:48:18,270
McHUGH: Chloé is so perceptive in
every single little moment of the film,
922
00:48:18,353 --> 00:48:20,647
and she's always thinking of
what she can do better,
923
00:48:20,731 --> 00:48:23,108
and she just wants to
make it the best that it can be.
924
00:48:23,191 --> 00:48:25,277
She's involved
in every single aspect of the film,
925
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:27,070
she's doing 100 things at once.
926
00:48:27,154 --> 00:48:29,615
I don't know how she does it,
but it's amazing.
927
00:48:29,698 --> 00:48:31,909
She's a kamikaze agent, man.
928
00:48:31,992 --> 00:48:34,244
There's nothing greater
than watching your director
929
00:48:34,328 --> 00:48:36,079
see you do something and get excited,
930
00:48:36,163 --> 00:48:38,415
when she jumps from behind the camera
and runs up.
931
00:48:38,498 --> 00:48:41,293
She makes you wanna try stuff.
She makes you believe
932
00:48:41,376 --> 00:48:43,629
the vision includes you
and how you craft it
933
00:48:43,712 --> 00:48:46,131
and how you mold it,
so there's a lot of improv,
934
00:48:46,214 --> 00:48:49,343
there's a lot of discoveries
that we're finding amongst each other.
935
00:48:49,426 --> 00:48:51,053
I knew she'd get the character stuff.
936
00:48:51,136 --> 00:48:52,971
I knew she'd get the relationship stuff,
937
00:48:53,055 --> 00:48:54,556
but her stuff with the action...
938
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:56,475
There'll be an action scene we shoot,
939
00:48:56,558 --> 00:48:58,268
she's like, "You wanna see it?"
I'll look,
940
00:48:58,352 --> 00:49:03,023
and it just looks like
no other action scene I've seen,
941
00:49:03,899 --> 00:49:05,817
in an MCU movie or otherwise.
942
00:49:06,610 --> 00:49:11,073
HAYEK: Chloé uses our personalities
and our diversity
943
00:49:11,990 --> 00:49:15,452
in a seamless way in the film
that it's unifying,
944
00:49:16,244 --> 00:49:20,374
and it makes you feel part
of something really special.
945
00:49:20,832 --> 00:49:21,959
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
946
00:49:22,250 --> 00:49:24,670
I never imagined that I would
ever be part of the MCU,
947
00:49:24,753 --> 00:49:26,672
especially, as like a superhero.
948
00:49:28,131 --> 00:49:30,801
I had some friends who got to be
in 'em in different parts
949
00:49:30,884 --> 00:49:33,553
and I was like, "Oh, man,
I just wanna be a guy who
950
00:49:33,679 --> 00:49:35,806
"fixes Captain America's computer
or something."
951
00:49:35,889 --> 00:49:40,769
And now to actually be in this,
it's pretty great.
952
00:49:41,603 --> 00:49:44,481
To be able to be a part
of a film by Marvel
953
00:49:44,564 --> 00:49:47,693
that has the most diversity
that we've ever seen
954
00:49:47,776 --> 00:49:51,363
in any superhero movie of all time.
955
00:49:51,863 --> 00:49:56,201
I think it's exciting. I think it really
shows the scope of the film,
956
00:49:56,284 --> 00:49:57,327
and it's global.
957
00:49:57,411 --> 00:49:59,454
You see this great mix of people
958
00:49:59,538 --> 00:50:02,624
from lots of different backgrounds
and cultures.
959
00:50:02,708 --> 00:50:05,252
I think it really enriches
the story that we're telling
960
00:50:05,335 --> 00:50:07,504
because it really is an epic global story.
961
00:50:08,422 --> 00:50:11,174
KAZ: And really, it's the first time
we've ever been here on Earth,
962
00:50:11,258 --> 00:50:15,053
where we've had a team of superheroes
that really are as diverse as Earth is.
963
00:50:15,137 --> 00:50:17,305
You know, as our planet is,
as humanity is.
964
00:50:18,682 --> 00:50:21,393
This ensemble, truly, I'm getting chills
thinking about it.
965
00:50:22,561 --> 00:50:24,813
Everybody looks different,
sounds different.
966
00:50:24,896 --> 00:50:27,065
Everybody has a completely
different energy.
967
00:50:27,149 --> 00:50:29,401
I've literally never seen
an ensemble like this,
968
00:50:29,484 --> 00:50:31,945
and the fact that
we get to do it for Marvel
969
00:50:32,029 --> 00:50:35,073
as superheroes, what a special thing.
970
00:50:35,907 --> 00:50:38,452
HENRY: It's interesting because I never
in a million years thought
971
00:50:38,535 --> 00:50:39,828
I'd be a part of the MCU.
972
00:50:39,911 --> 00:50:42,956
What I like about what Chloé did
is that she really took us as is.
973
00:50:43,790 --> 00:50:46,752
I know that
I'm not the standard Marvel aesthetic,
974
00:50:47,127 --> 00:50:49,713
but Chloé, she was like,
"No, that is the point.
975
00:50:49,796 --> 00:50:51,631
"Like, you are that.
976
00:50:51,715 --> 00:50:54,468
"We need these people
to reflect everyday people,
977
00:50:54,551 --> 00:50:56,303
"'cause anyone can be a superhero."
978
00:50:56,386 --> 00:50:58,221
I love that because people going into this
979
00:50:58,305 --> 00:51:01,058
have their own concept of
what they think Marvel should be,
980
00:51:01,141 --> 00:51:03,185
and how Marvel should look like,
should sound.
981
00:51:03,268 --> 00:51:06,146
And, what we're doin' is,
we're gonna smash all that
982
00:51:06,229 --> 00:51:10,067
and just give people a sense to know
that they can see themselves up there.
983
00:51:57,864 --> 00:51:59,241
-MAN: Watch your back.
-(GRUNTS)
984
00:51:59,449 --> 00:52:01,243
(ALL CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
985
00:52:01,451 --> 00:52:03,537
KEOGHAN: That's tough for me, man.
Are you cool?
986
00:52:03,620 --> 00:52:05,497
HENRY: I love you.
KEOGHAN: I love you, bro.
987
00:52:06,373 --> 00:52:08,416
HAYEK: One thing that I really cherish
988
00:52:08,500 --> 00:52:14,297
is that I really feel that I've created
a special personal relationship
989
00:52:14,589 --> 00:52:18,510
with each one of the characters
and each one of the actors
990
00:52:18,844 --> 00:52:21,513
and some really beautiful friendships.
991
00:52:21,847 --> 00:52:24,766
LEE: I think everyone
found their roles pretty quickly.
992
00:52:25,225 --> 00:52:27,185
Not only in the film, but outside too.
993
00:52:27,269 --> 00:52:29,938
We have come to feel like
a family together.
994
00:52:30,021 --> 00:52:31,648
It felt like we'd known each other.
995
00:52:31,731 --> 00:52:34,901
We felt like... I don't know what it was,
but we were very quickly...
996
00:52:34,985 --> 00:52:36,486
We were friends.
997
00:52:36,570 --> 00:52:39,531
HENRY: I love them all, honestly,
every single one of my cast members.
998
00:52:39,614 --> 00:52:41,992
I mean, we're absolutely family.
999
00:52:42,576 --> 00:52:45,370
It's unbelievable
how that kinship came along.
1000
00:52:45,996 --> 00:52:49,583
I really feel like embracing them
and keeping them together.
1001
00:52:49,666 --> 00:52:51,918
I know it's part of my character,
1002
00:52:52,002 --> 00:52:55,255
but it's really rubbed off on me.
I feel responsible.
1003
00:52:55,338 --> 00:52:58,133
So it was very easy to become a family.
1004
00:52:58,216 --> 00:53:00,343
We became a family very, very fast.
1005
00:53:02,596 --> 00:53:04,556
ZHAO: Cut.
WOMAN: Beautiful.
1006
00:53:04,806 --> 00:53:06,016
(CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
1007
00:53:06,224 --> 00:53:07,934
(BELL DINGING)
1008
00:53:11,313 --> 00:53:14,816
MOORE: For a movie that's about 10
immortal aliens from the planet Olympia,
1009
00:53:14,900 --> 00:53:18,320
it's very much about humanity
and what it means to be human,
1010
00:53:18,403 --> 00:53:20,238
and what it means to be of this Earth.
1011
00:53:21,531 --> 00:53:22,949
And are we stewards of this Earth,
1012
00:53:23,033 --> 00:53:25,994
or is this Earth just a stepping stone
to something greater?
1013
00:53:26,745 --> 00:53:29,998
I think as a society, both as
a U.S. society and a global society,
1014
00:53:30,081 --> 00:53:33,293
we're starting to tackle
what our relationship is to this Earth,
1015
00:53:33,793 --> 00:53:35,795
what our relationship is to each other.
1016
00:53:36,254 --> 00:53:38,298
I think that's
an important theme to explore
1017
00:53:38,381 --> 00:53:40,884
because that's the things
we're facing on a day to day.
1018
00:53:40,967 --> 00:53:42,969
You do not turn against your family.
1019
00:53:43,053 --> 00:53:47,265
The film actually becomes very much
a celebration of planet Earth,
1020
00:53:47,349 --> 00:53:49,100
and a celebration of humanity.
1021
00:53:50,352 --> 00:53:53,230
We are learning about
what it means to be mortal,
1022
00:53:53,313 --> 00:53:54,898
what it means to be a human being
1023
00:53:54,981 --> 00:53:58,068
that has a very limited amount
of time in this universe.
1024
00:53:58,151 --> 00:54:00,987
And I think that's a beautiful way
to celebrate humanity.
1025
00:54:02,906 --> 00:54:06,952
It is important to stress that
we are all very powerful,
1026
00:54:07,035 --> 00:54:12,791
but we are the most powerful when we
come together towards helping this planet.
1027
00:54:15,418 --> 00:54:18,672
It's a beautiful message. When we all
come together, we're all stronger,
1028
00:54:18,755 --> 00:54:21,383
and that's when we can
actually make an impact.
1029
00:54:23,218 --> 00:54:26,888
ZHAO: This film is going to have
a big effect on the future of the MCU
1030
00:54:26,972 --> 00:54:31,476
to a point where it makes me
geek out so much as a fan,
1031
00:54:32,018 --> 00:54:36,106
that I was able to make a film that could
ripple through the MCU like this.
1032
00:54:36,356 --> 00:54:37,774
(UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING)
1033
00:54:37,983 --> 00:54:40,235
I feel like, for me,
throughout the journey,
1034
00:54:40,318 --> 00:54:44,447
Kevin, Nate, and the whole team,
they catch me when I fall.
1035
00:54:45,490 --> 00:54:48,952
When I'm spreading my wings and going
crazy, they're letting me loose.
1036
00:54:50,662 --> 00:54:52,080
I learned so much from them.
1037
00:54:52,163 --> 00:54:54,791
I'm just so grateful
they gave me this opportunity
1038
00:54:54,874 --> 00:54:58,962
to not only pay tribute and respect
of the past of MCU,
1039
00:54:59,587 --> 00:55:03,049
but also extend the MCU into the future.
1040
00:55:03,341 --> 00:55:05,593
(ENTHRALLING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
1041
00:55:07,304 --> 00:55:09,222
And that, for me, is an honor.