Dan Stevens Explains Why He Teased an MCU Role He Never Had

Dan Stevens performed a Marvel function within the principally forgotten TV collection Legion, however within the late 2010s it was rumored that he could be becoming a member of the MCU in a then-unknown film undertaking. It later turned out that the undertaking was the unfairly criticized Eternals. Nonetheless, the reality of the matter was that Stevens was by no means hooked up to the undertaking, though he tried his greatest to persuade everybody that he was.

Talking with The Playlist, Stevens defined why he selected to play the dicey sport of messing with Marvel followers and instructed a number of occasions that he may very well be enjoying the function of the villain Kro in Marvel Studios’ 2021 launch. As Stevens recalled, the rumors have been all began by one picture shared on-line. He stated:

“What occurred was, I used to be in London taking pictures Eurovision Track Contest when my good pals Brian Tyree Henry and Kamal Nanjani have been in London taking pictures ‘Eternals,’ and we went for a curry, and as generally occurs if you’re hanging out with actor pals, everybody’s like, ‘let’s take a selfie,’ and somebody posted it, and in the best way that solely the web can, it simply was like, ‘He should be enjoying [Kro].’ And I used to be like, ‘What are you speaking about?’ And so, we simply had enjoyable teasing followers for some time.”

That teasing included Stevens hinting at his involvement in Eternals in a number of interviews, together with one with Collider through which he responded to questions concerning the rumors with the road, “Kro remark.” Nonetheless, Stevens realized his error when each interview he attended changed into a conveyor belt of continuous questioning about his supposed MCU function. He continued:

“It did get form of out of hand the place, like, I might sit in junkets like this with one thing utterly unconnected, and other people would say, ‘So, you already know, what’s it like working with Chloe Zhao?’ And I’d be like, ‘Oh, pay attention, let me cease you proper there. This has gotten manner out of hand.’ However, yeah, all that occurred is we went for a pleasant dinner in London.”

Dan Stevens Has Seen His Profession Soar With out the Assist of the MCU

Whereas it was the FX Marvel collection Legion that introduced Stevens to the eye of many followers and studios, he has been capable of finding loads of success with out following up that function with a visit into the MCU – no less than for now.

Stevens has continued to be an everyday on TV, following up his early Downton Abbey function with a prolific run on Netflix, starring within the anthologies Love, Loss of life & Robots and Guillermo del Toro’s Cupboard of Curiosities, and taking up as the principle star of Photo voltaic Oppositesfollowing the sacking of Justin Roiland. He shall be one of many stars lending his voice to the upcoming Amongst Us collection, and he shall be again on Netflix within the political thriller collection Zero Day.

In the meantime, Stevens has additionally appeared in some large film releases lately. Together with voice roles in The Sea Beast, and the English dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron, he joined Legendary’s MonsterVerse with an look in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, starred within the smash horror Abigail, and is now again within the new horror film Cuckoo. With a number of different motion pictures already on the horizon, together with the Al Pacino horror, The Ritual, Stevens actually isn’t quick on roles, and it’s questionable whether or not he would have room to suit a Marvel function into his schedule if it did come alongside.

After all, the Marvel Cinematic Universe will quickly be in search of a complete new roster of mutants within the coming years, and that might see Stevens really getting to hitch the franchise for actual. If he did, this is able to in all probability result in a wierd flip of his Eternals lie, as he would in all probability discover himself having to disclaim his MCU involvement reasonably than hinting at it.