{"id":13240,"date":"2021-10-10T15:05:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T11:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blue-subtitle.com\/blog\/?p=13240"},"modified":"2021-10-10T15:05:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T11:35:41","slug":"why-kumail-nanjiani-so-uncomfortable-talks-about-his-body-for-the-role-of-eternal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blue-subtitle.com\/blog\/why-kumail-nanjiani-so-uncomfortable-talks-about-his-body-for-the-role-of-eternal\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Kumail Nanjiani “so uncomfortable” talks about his body for the role of “Eternal”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kumail Nanjiani\u00a0says after getting \u201cjacked\u201d for his role in the upcoming Marvel film\u00a0The Eternals<\/em>, he\u2019s questioned the kinds of messages his transformation sends about masculinity, saying other men have started reacting to him more aggressively.<\/p>\n

In an\u00a0interview with\u00a0GQ<\/em>, the actor spoke about how his life has changed since December 2019, when he\u00a0posted an image\u00a0of his changed physique for the superhero film. It was a decision he made on his own and one the\u00a0Silicon Valley<\/em>\u00a0star told the magazine has him feeling better than he ever has. But it was a change \u2014 which he passed on calling \u201cgetting in shape\u201d \u2014 that saw director Chlo\u00e9 Zhao \u201cget a little upset\u201d at him for \u201cchanging my body to look a certain way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Zhao told the magazine that she felt Nanjiani already had the right personality mix to play his character, Kingo, and just \u201cwanted to make sure he didn\u2019t feel like he had to do it for me.\u201d So while the change wasn\u2019t driven by any directive from Zhao, the actor did admit the appearance of other Marvel heroes influenced how he physically prepared for the role.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I\u2019m playing the first South Asian superhero, I want to look like someone who can take on Thor or Captain America, or any of those people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He went on to say that representational choice has seen his body increasingly become the focus of media attention, and it\u2019s something he\u2019s grown tired of talking about. \u201cI\u2019ve found out over the last year and a half, since I did that picture, that I am very uncomfortable talking about my body \u2014 and it\u2019s become less and less and less comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of that, Nanjiani said, is driven by the kind of toxicly masculine messages that can come with having a body like \u201980s action stars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is aggression. It is anger. A lot of times, we are taught to be useful by using physical strength or our brain in an aggressive, competitive way. Not in an empathetic way. Not in an open, collaborative way,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the same thing when you have all these guys, like, asking people to debate them on Twitter. That\u2019s the same as arm wrestling. It\u2019s about defeating. And that\u2019s what the male ideal has been: Dominating. Defeating. Crushing. Killing. Destroying. That\u2019s what being jacked is.\u201d<\/p>\n

But his treatment in the media isn\u2019t the only thing that\u2019s changed. Nanjiani said that while he\u2019s used to experiencing racist aggression in his daily life, he\u2019s started to see men respond differently to him due to his body in a way that he, at least initially, couldn\u2019t comprehend. That includes one instance at a gym that saw someone get \u201calarmingly aggressive\u201d after the actor asked someone to put on a mask.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt felt like I had printed out a picture of his grandmother and peed on it,\u201d Nanjiani recalled. \u201cI just see the little child inside them, like a little child pretending to be a big, strong man. It\u2019s laughable, if it wasn\u2019t so fucking devastating \u2014 and causing so many problems in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added. \u201cI just want to be like, \u2018Dude, if you learn how to cry, you\u2019d just be a lot happier.’\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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