Eternals Writer Reveals Why Kit Harington’s Role Was Limited

There
have
been
many
comments
made
in
regards
to
Kit
Harington’s
appearance
as
Black
Knight
in



Eternals,
or
more
precisely
his
lack
of
appearance
despite
his
character
being
listed
as
just
that
on
many
movie
sites
and
cast
lists.
With
the
arrival
of
the
movie
two
weeks
ago
it
became
immediately
apparent
that
Harington’s
role
of
Dane
Whitman
was
much
less
substantial
as
many
had
hoped
for,
and
other
than
a
tease
of “family
history”
being
complex,
and
a
post-credit
scene
set
up
for
the
future,
he
barely
featured
at
all
in
the
story.
Now

Eternals
writer
Kaz
Firpo
has
revealed
to
The
Direct
that
the
character
being
in
the
movie
at
all
was
purely
down
to
keeping
a
comic
book
accurate
relationship
between
Whitman
and
Sersi.

“…[Dane]
has
a
long
history
with
Sersi

in
the
comics.
They
have
a
really
complex
and
interesting
relationship
that
goes
back
in
a
lot
of
different
runs…
what
we
really
wanted
with
Dane…
[was]
somebody
that
had
that
gravitas…
that
power,
[who]
frankly
had
the
potential
to
be
something
great…
a
character
that
learns
the
rules
of
this
world,
and
then
still
has
this
love
for
Sersi,
and
still
has
this
potential
for
where
they
could
go…
where
their
characters
could
end
up.”

In
addition,
there
was
never
any
intention
of

Black
Knight
featuring
in
the
movie
as
the
purpose
of
Whitman’s
role
in
the
film
was
to
show
only
his
human
side
and
the
connection
he
had
to
Sersi,
an
immortal
superhero.
The
fact
that
his
last
conversation
with
Sersi
is
leading
to
him
revealing
his
Black
Knight
heritage,
was
clearly
always
planned
to
bring
him
into
the
overall
MCU
without
losing
the
impact
of
the
Black
Knight
character
in
the
other
things
going
on
in
an
already
packed
movie.
As
Firpo
adds,

“So
it
wasn’t
a
choice
to
say ‘Dane
should
only
be
this
much,’
it
was
really
like, ‘who
would
this
human
[character]
relationship
with
Sersi
be?’
For
it
to
become
Dane
was
this
no-brainer
once
you
looked
at
the
mythology
of
the
universe.”

The
final
scene
of

Eternals
not
only
sets
up
Whitman’s
future
in
the
MCU
but
also
features
an
off-screen
cameo
of
one
of
the
other
highly
anticipated
new
arrivals
to
the
franchise
in
the
form
of

Blade‘s
Mahershala
Ali,
who
asks
from
somewhere
out
of
shot
whether
Whitman
feels
he
is
ready
to
take
up
the
Ebony
Blade,
the
sword

they
are
both
linked
to.
While
the
scene
itself
didn’t
immediately
make
this
apparent
to
those
who
are
not
read
up
on
the
comic
books
or
followed
the
various
explainer
threads
scattered
around
the
internet,
it
continues
the
Marvel
trend
of
using
the
post-credit
scene
to
foreshadow
events
that
are
to
come,
even
if
those
events
only
become
apparent
at
a
later
time.

While

Eternals
has
been
doing
well
at
the
box
office,
it
is
likely
to
lose
its
crown
this
weekend
with
the
arrival
of

Ghostbusters:
Afterlife
in
cinemas,
and
in
Marvel
terms
is
about
to
be
lost
to
the
attention
bestowed
upon
the
next
MCU
offering
of

Spider-Man:
No
Way
Home,
which
just
unveiled
its
second
trailer.
It
remains
to
be
seen
if



Kit
Harington
gets
his
own
solo
Black
Knight
project.
This
story
comes
to
us
from

The
Direct.