The Eternals
Marvel’s “The Eternals:” Angelina Jolie Reportedly Confirmed to Play Sersi
The
Hollywood Reporter
dropped this exclusive news that the Big
Sick star
Kumail Nanjiani is joining The Eternals, and even buried in that
report was this little mention:
“Angelina
Jolie is understood to be playing the character named Sersi, a more
outgoing Eternal who hasn’t been afraid to movie amongst
humankind.”
For
those unfamiliar, Sersi is an Eternal of the 4th generation (that
confusing lineage is a whole other story). She was born in Olympia,
Greece, in the ancient world of Earth after the fall of Lemuria and
Atlantis. She’s distinct from her fellow Eternals since she
actually enjoys being around humanity. Eventually, Sersi leaves the
hidden city of The Eternals and goes to live amongst mankind.
In
the comics,
Marvel has since used Sersi’s virtually-immortal lifetime as a
vehicle for having the character be tied to key points in history,
such as the inspiration for the part of Homer’s “The Odyssey;”
sealing the evil demons trapped in the Pandora’s Box; key incidents
in Rome, Camelot and other such historical periods tied to both human
development and Marvel’s
superheroes.
In the modern age, Sersi has joined The
Avengers.
And she eventually fell in love with Dane Whitman, the Black Knight.
She’d also go through a major period where her mind and powers were
dangerously unstable, making her a threat to the team as much as an
asset. Ultimately she would kill herself along with rest of the
Eternals, upon learning from the arrival of the Dark Celestials that
The Eternals weren’t created to be humanity’s protectors, but
instead the Celestials tool for harvesting humanity’s genetic
potential.
In
addition to the enhanced strength, flight, reflexes, intelligence,
and durability of an Eternal, Sersi has cultivated her power of
transmutation, able to rearrange the molecular structures better than
any other Eternal before her. She has often masked this power as
sorcery or illusion casting (depending on the era), but her power is
virtually limitless.
Angelina
Jolie as Sersi,
a powerful woman who is wise from centuries of lifetimes lived
amongst humanity sound pretty spot-on for the actress. No doubt
die-hard Marvel
fans
are curious to see if Jolie would also some with the Sersi’s
signature talent for dance, perfect over centuries of practice.
Avengers:
Infinity War
is available on Netflix while Captain
Marvel
is in theaters now. Avengers:
Endgame
hits theaters on April 26, and Spider-Man:
Far From Home
on July 5.
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