An Image featuring The Eternals lead actor Kit Harington. Source: MARCA

While the Games of Thrones actor Kit Harington, all set to be introduced in the role of Dane Whitman in Marvel Studios upcoming superhero epic The Eternals, the actor ahead of the film release has surprisingly revealed that he had no idea that his superhero character was snapped by the Mad Titan Thanos at the end of 2018’s Avengers Infinity War. Harington shared the shocking fact while speaking in an interview with The Playlist.

Harington was asked if Marvel Studios ever told him whether or not Dane was one of Thanos' many victims. "They didn’t actually, and I never asked," Harington answered. "That's bad acting of me. That’s bad preparation. I reckon he wasn’t. I reckon he was there, he stayed. That's the decision I'm making now."

Prior to his comments on his characters’ being snapped by Thanos, Harington earlier this year also revealed another shocking fact that he was unsure of Marvel's plans for Black Knight. "I’ve got no idea whether my character goes on or not," the actor said. "I had read up on who he could be, or might be. So there's the possibility for a longer trajectory. And hopefully, I think this is the tip of the iceberg for my character. I hope. But I just don't know, you know? I'm as in the dark as anyone else. And I try not to live too far ahead in the future with anything. Even when I was in Game of Thrones, even on the sixth season, I presumed the seventh season wasn't going to happen!"

According to the film actor Kumail Nanjiani, the Eternals will be set before the events of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Captain America. Nanjiani said, "way, way, way back". He added more saying, "It's really, really exciting," Nanjiani further added, "It's a lot different than the other Marvel movies we've seen. It's a lot more cosmic, It really is about the beginnings of the Marvel universe, so we're telling a story...he [Kevin Feige] says spans thousands of years, before, you know, Captain America was the oldest member we've seen and now, it's going to be way, way, way back so it really is going to be the building blocks of the MCU,” the Pakistani-American superstar Nanjiani revealed back in a Comic-Con Panel.

A Poster depicting Kit Harington's Game of Thrones Look. Source: Entertainment Weekly

When it comes to the casting list of the film, it really has some big names like Salma Hayek in the role of Ajak, Angelina Jolie in the role of Thena, Brian Tyree Henry in the role of Phastos, Richard Madden in the role of Ikaris, Gemma Chan in the role of Sersi, Lauren Ridloff in the role of Makkari, Lia McHugh in the role of Sprite, Kumail Nanjiani in the role of Kingo, Barry Keoghan in the role of Druig, Don Lee in the role of Gilgamesh, Kit Harington in the role of Dane Whitman with additional actors such as Harish Patel, Haaz Steiman as Phastos' husband, Ozer Ercan as a smuggler and Zain Al Rafeea in an unknown role. The superhero epic is directed by Chloe Zhao

Marvel Studios The Eternals, after a year of delay in its release, is now set to arrive in theatres on 5th November 2021.