'Eternals' star Kumail Nanjiani worked for months to nail down his epic Bollywood dance scene: 'It was so outside my comfort zone.'
- Kumail Nanjiani's Bollywood dance scene is a spotlight of "Eternals."
- The star initially thought it might be a Bollywood motion sequence.
- Nanjiani prepped for months to good it, saying it pressured him to step out of his consolation zone.
Among the best moments in Marvel's "Eternals" comes almost an hour into the movie when Kumail Nanjiani's character, Kingo, performs a Bollywood dance sequence.
Nanjiani stated the brief scene for a fictional movie inside the movie, was "the toughest factor" for him throughout manufacturing, particularly since he was initially beneath the impression that it might be a completely totally different scene.
"Once we first talked concerning the film, [director Chloé Zhao] was like, 'There is a Bollywood dance sequence,' and I used to be like, 'Chloe, I do not assume I can do this,'" Nanjiani stated through the movie's digital press convention in October, which Insider attended. "She's like, 'OK, we'll make it a Bollywood motion scene.'"
Nanjiani's aid was short-lived.
"Quickly as I obtained to London, she's like, 'It is a dance sequence,'" Nanjiani stated. "I used to be like, 'Get me a dance instructor proper now.'"
Nanjiani stated the movie's choreographer, Nileeka Bose, labored with him "for months and months" on the scene, which includes tens of dancers. 50 individuals are listed within the movie's credit as Bollywood dancers.
On "The Tonight Present" with Jimmy Fallon, Nanjiani said he trained for four months.
"It was so outdoors my consolation zone," stated Nanjiani in the course of the press convention. "Finally, for me, all that got here right down to belief."
"Simply in assembly [Zhao], I used to be like, 'Oh, she's not going to let me suck on this factor,'" Nanjiani added. "So if she needs me to do one thing, I'll do it."
Forward of the movie's launch, Marvel debuted a part of the scene on-line, which you'll be able to watch under.
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