A Poster featuring Marvel Studios The Eternals lead actor Richard Madden. Source: The Direct
With the 35-year-old Games of Thrones actor Richard Madden less than a week away from bringing the fictional comic book superhero Ikaris in the live-action film The Eternals, while recently speaking with ComicBook.com in an interview he went on to tease the fans about a possible face-off between his superhero character Ikaris and Thanos.
"With my energy beams in my eyes, that was one that you kind of practicing going, 'Does this look stupid?' And like, 'Are the video effects guy's gonna make me look dumb?'" Madden joked in the interview. "Then, they did such amazing jobs to make it look cool. And then they kind of did same with your flying. You're like, 'I'm flying. I want to look cool, but I don't want to look like Peter Pan. Is this weird?' But Gemma [Chan] was always there to tell me when I looked dumb and she often did. And that was a really good help because it stopped me looking stupid on camera."
Maaden further went on to explain why his character wouldn't have cared to intervene during the events of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, when the Mad Titan was busy wiping out half of the population of the universe. "I don't know if Ikaris would have been like... Ikaris can sometimes be detached and be like, 'Okay, what's this guy doing? All right. It's none of my business, I'll just stand back,'" Madden said with a laugh. "So I don't know what he would have done."
An Image starring The Eternals actor Richard Madden. Source: Punch Drunk Critics
Richard Madden’s character Ikaris, who will be seen in action in the film is a team member of the superhero squad Eternals, who have been living on earth for thousands of years without meeting the public eye, the character has powers similar to that of his DC rival Superman which includes moving faster than humans, shooting lasers and the ability to fly.
The superhero epic even has a reference to the Man of Steel because according to Zhao. "I think we're in the business of telling stories about mythology, and Superman, for example, comes from... mythology," she said. Despite seeking to build her own mythology in the MCU, Zhao added, "It doesn't mean we can't pay tribute and have a good time with these iconic ones that we all love too so much. I mean, who doesn't love Superman and Batman? Clearly our Eternals like them."
With Richard Madden in the role of Ikaris, he is set to be joined by Marvel Studios The Eternals most diverse cast seen in the Hollywood’s most and biggest franchise which includes Angelina Jolie in the role of Thena, Salma Hayek in the role of Ajak, Gemma Chan in the role of Sersi, Lauren Ridloff in the role of Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as the first gay superhero Phastos, 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 including Harish Patel, Haaz Steiman as Phastos' husband, Ozer Ercan as a smuggler and Zain Al Rafeea in an unknown role.
With Oscar-Winning filmmaker Chloe Zhao as its director, The Eternals is set to play an important role in building up the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as it explores the journey of the ten new superheroes along with the films main villain Deviants. The film is debuting in theatres on 5th November, after continuous delays caused due to the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic worldwide.
