Kumail Nanjiani Reveals He Went to Counseling Over ‘Eternals’ Bad Reviews: “I Do Have Trauma”

Kumail Nanjiani opened regarding the psychological toll of advertising a film with severe testimonials, stating today he wound up looking for a therapist after finishing the Eternals press circuit in 2021.

“The reviews were bad, and I was too aware of it,” Nanjiani stated throughout a look on Within You with Michael Rosenbaum.“I was reading every review and checking too much.”

Launched in 2021, Chloe Zhao’s Eternals presently holds a 47 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, making it among Wonder’s worst-reviewed entrances in the motion picture cosmos.

“It was really, really hard because Marvel thought that movie was going to be really, really well reviewed, so they lifted the embargo early and put it in some fancy movie festivals and they sent us on a big global tour to promote the movie right as the embargo lifted,” Nanjiani proceeded.

The timing implied that he and his co-stars were entrusted with doing press for a movie while target markets saw it fall short.

“I think there was some weird soup in the atmosphere for why that movie got slammed so much, and I think not much of it has to do with the actual quality of the movie,” he proceeded. “It was really hard, and that was when I thought it was unfair to me and unfair to [my wife] Emily, and I can’t approach my work this way anymore. Some shit has to change, so I started counseling. I still talk to my therapist about that.”

“Emily says that I do have trauma from it,” he proceeded. “We actually just got dinner with somebody else from that movie and we were like, ‘That was tough, wasn’t it?’ and he’s like ‘Yeah, that was really tough,’ and I think we all went through something similar,” he stated.

Prior to the movie’s launch, Nanjiani likewise made headings for his function in Eternals adhering to an excellent physical makeover to prepare for the function.

“I found out a year ago I was going to be in Marvel’s Eternals and decided I wanted to transform how I looked,” he composed on Instagram at the time.“I would not have been able to do this if I didn’t have a full year with the best trainers and nutritionists paid for by the biggest studio in the world. I’m glad I look like this, but I also understand why I never did before. It would have been impossible without these resources and time.”

Ever since, Nanjiani has actually been open regarding just how he still discovers it unpleasant to discuss his body.

“I’ve found out over the last year and a half, since I did that picture, that I am very uncomfortable talking about my body — and it’s become less and less and less comfortable,” he informed GQ in 2021.