History Trivia / Eternals

* CreatorBacklash: Not towards the film itself but toward its reception. Creator/KumailNanjiani has said in interviews that he was disappointed that the film received lukewarm reviews, and that it took such a huge toll on him that he had to go to therapy.

* OldShame: While it wasn't a bomb, the film did not do well either critically or financially, so Marvel has been rather hesitant to explicitly acknowledge its existence, and a proper sequel has yet to be announced.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Haaz Sleiman, who plays Phastos' husband Ben, is gay himself.

* CreatorBacklash: Not towards the film itself but toward it's reception. Creator/KumailNanjiani has said in interviews that he was dissapointed that the film received lukewarm reviews, and that it's reception took a huge toll on him that he had to go to therapy.

* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/BarryKeoghan suggested the HeadbuttOfLove between Druig and Makkari after the final battle ends. According to Creator/LaurenRidloff the rest of the cast were surprised by it when they saw the finished film.

* IKnewIt: After Music/HarryStyles spent months denying rumors that he was joining the MCU, he shows up as Eros/Starfox in the mid-credits scene.

* Word of God: According to director Chloe Zhao, the Eternals were not victims of Thanos' blip. This is due to the fact that they are artificial beings, thus they were not subjected to its effects.

** According to the screenwriters, there was an scene of Kingo in the Gupta Empire that would've highlighted the contrast between his past and present self, but it was cut from the final film.

* WordofGod: According to director Chloe Zhao, the Eternals were not victims of Thanos' blip. This is due to the fact that they are artificial beings, thus they were not subjected to its effects.

* WordofGod: According to director Chloe Zhao, the Eternals were not victims of Thanos' blip. This is due to the fact that they are artificial beings, thus were subjected to its effects.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted with the London sequences, which were filmed on location, but played straight with the Mesopotamia and Amazon rainforest sequences, which were filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Spain}}-the Mesopotamia scenes were filmed on the Canary Islands of Fuerteventura and Tenerife-the Tenochtitlan scenes were filmed in Pinewood Studios in London, and the Alaska forest scenes were also formed in Surrey, Southern England.

* With Creator/ChloeZhao winning Best Director at the 93rd UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for ''Film/{{Nomadland}}'', she became the very first Best Director winner to helm an MCU movie. She is also only the second nominee for said award to direct an MCU feature, following Creator/KennethBranagh (director of ''Film/{{Thor}}'', nominated for ''Film/HenryV'', won a screenwriting award years later for ''Film/{{Belfast}}''). Notably, she won the award during post-production on ''Eternals'' (with ''Nomadland'' having been filmed during its pre-production). Also, while Taika Waititi (''Film/ThorRagnarok'') won an Oscar previously for ''Film/JojoRabbit'', the award was for screenplay rather than directing.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub:
** [[Creator/ShinjiKawada Ikaris]], [[Creator/AyumiTsunematsu Sersi]] and [[Creator/RikaFukami Thena]] are [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Shino, Tsukino and Natsuhi]].
** [[Creator/KoukiUchiyama Druig]], [[Creator/TetsuInada Gilgamesh]] and [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Kingo]] are [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Shigaraki, Endeavor and Skeptic]].
** [[Creator/TetsuInada Gilgamesh]] and [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Kingo]] are [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Komamura and Nova]].
** [[Creator/KoukiUchiyama Druig]] and [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Kingo]] are [[Anime/BuddyComplex Dio and Conrad]].
** [[Creator/KeikoToda Ajak]] and Phastos (Kosuke Goto) are [[Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure Queen Teatine and Megabyo-gens & Gigabyo-gens]].
** [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Kingo]] and [[Creator/AyumiTsunematsu Sersi]] are [[Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic Drakon and Rurumu]].
** [[Creator/KoukiUchiyama Druig]] and [[Creator/TetsuInada Gilgamesh]] are [[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Shiro Kotomine and Shakespeare]].

* ExecutiveMeddling: A positive example. Although Creator/ChloeZhao had an unprecedented level creative freedom on this film, it originally had a very definitive beginning, middle, and ending. Creator/KevinFeige requested that Zhao make it more open-ended and add a SequelHook, which she agreed was a good idea.

** Creator/CharlieHunnam, Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard, Creator/ArmieHammer, and Creator/SamHeughan were considered for the part of Ikaris before Creator/RichardMadden was cast.
** Creator/AnaDeArmas, Creator/EizaGonzalez, Creator/GinaRodriguez, and Creator/NaomiScott were considered for the role of Ajak before the casting of Creator/SalmaHayek.
** Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/LukeEvans, Creator/RamiMalek, and Creator/IanMcShane were considered for Druig before Creator/BarryKeoghan was cast.

** [[Film/{{Bumblebee}} Travis Knight]], [[Film/TheWoodsman Nicole Kassell]], and [[Literature/ResonanceBookOneBirdsOfPassage Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra]] were considered to direct the movie before Creator/ChloeZhao was hired.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/SelmaHayek and Creator/ChloeZhao got into a heated argument regarding the script while working on this film. While the specifics aren't entirely known, the two did eventually find middle ground, and Hayek noted that their discussion overall was a very positive experience for her.

** [[Film/{{Bumblebee}} Travis Knight]], [[Film/TheWoodsman Nicole Kassell]], and [[Literature/ResonanceBookOneBirdsOfPassage Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra]] were in the running to direct the movie before Creator/ChloeZhao was hired.

** [[Film/{{Bumblebee}} Travis Knight]], [[Film/TheWoodsman Nicole Kassell]], and [[Literature/ResonanceBookOneBirdsOfPassage Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra]] were considered to direct the movie before Creator/ChloeZhao was hired.

** Creator/AnaDeArmas, Creator/EizaGonzalez, Creator/GinaRodriguez, and Creator/NaomiScott were considered for Ajak before the casting of Creator/SalmaHayek.
** Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/LukeEvans, Creator/RamiMalek, and Creator/IanMcShane were considered for the role of Druig before Creator/BarryKeoghan was cast.