No one is more suited to playing a godlike otherworldly creature. Yet no one, surely, needs this kind of movie less. Unless…
There is something going on with Eternals, Oscar winner Chloé Zhao’s debut dip into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Perhaps it’s that this is one of the first MCU episodes to arrive almost fully formed, without endless teases and character introductions during previous instalments. Maybe it’s the way August’s final full trailer seemed to apologise for this in advance, explaining that Earth’s cosmic guardians had not bothered taking down mean ol’ Thanos during the Earth-shattering events of Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame because they had been told not to by some pesky unknown entity. But more likely it’s that … hang on, is that Angelina Jolie in a blond wig and silver spandex?
Yes, the almost infinitely famous Jolie is playing Thena, an elite Eternal warrior who can form any weapon out of pure cosmic energy. And why not? For if there is a human more suited to playing a gorgeous, godlike otherworldly creature who has lived for more than 7,000 years (but not aged), I have yet to meet them.