Like every Marvel Studios movie and TV show, Eternals went through extensive reshoots in order to get it to a place where it could fit into the wider MCU tapestry.
We've previously heard a fair bit about alternate endings and post-credits scenes, and Kingo actor Kumail Nanjiani has now shared a few new details about the latter. It sounds like it was set to involve Harry Styles as Eros, with the entire team meeting him instead of just those who weren't kidnapped by Arishem the Judge.
"[You] show up to work one day, and there’s gorgeous Harry Styles. 'Hey, mate!’' I'm like, 'Hey, what are you doing here, man?' We actually shot a different scene with Harry Styles because the ending now, my character is not in that scene. But we shot a version where I was with him. It was a different sort of post-credit sequence."
"We didn’t...we don’t really - we didn’t really talk," the actor continues. "We just sort of like made eyes at each other from afar. No, it was sort of...I don’t know if I’m allowed to say..."
Nanjiani would go on to reiterate that it was a "completely different" scene, though we're unsure whether this is the one that was supposed to include Anthony Mackie as Captain America! Chances are we'll never find out, but with no word on a sequel, we do wish Marvel Studios hadn't chosen to end Eternals on a cliffhanger!
Asked about his MCU future, the Kingo actor added: "I genuinely do not know if my character is going to come back at all. I would love to come back and do it. But I genuinely, genuinely, genuinely don’t know. I would love to go back and do it again."
While Eternals didn't receive the warmest of responses from critics, fans remain keen to see more of these characters, though we're beginning to doubt whether it will happen in The Multiverse Saga unless it's near the end of Phase 6.
Eternals is available to watch now on DVD, Blu-ray, 4K, Digital, and Disney+.