Are Gemma Chan's Captain Marvel And Eternals Roles Linked?
Warning! Spoilers for Eternals ahead.
Gemma Chan is one of few actors who has played two different characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but are her roles in Captain Marvel and Eternals linked somehow? Ever since the Infinity Saga concluded, the MCU has continued to expand with new stories, timelines, and concepts. The MCU’s Phase 4 not only explores the multiverse and its many dangers, but has also introduced many new characters and in particular a new team that has been secretly living on Earth for centuries: the Eternals.
Directed by Chloé Zhao, Eternals is set after the events of Avengers: Endgame, with the return of half of the population igniting “the emergence”—the birth of a new Celestial, Tiamut, from within the Earth's core. Faced with this threat that will destroy all of humanity, and the moral quandary that accompanies it, the Eternals are forced to reunite for the first time in centuries. The Eternals are an immortal alien race created by the Celestials, and the group is formed by Sersi (Gemma Chan), Ikaris (Richard Madden), Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani), Sprite (Lia McHugh), Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), Makkari (Lauren Ridloff), Druig (Barry Keoghan), Gilgamesh (Don Lee), Ajak (Salma Hayek), and Thena (Angelina Jolie). While each Eternal plays a key role on the team and in the film's story, Gemma Chan's Sersi is undoubtedly the main protagonist of Eternals.
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However, Chan had an earlier MCU role on a much smaller scale: Minn-Erva from Captain Marvel. Although Marvel usually tries to avoid continuity errors within its sprawling cinematic universe, Chan's double-casting as Minn-Erva and Eternals' Sersi is a bit of an odd exception.
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