Thoughts of Angelina Jolie in Eternals?

I really wish Angelina Jolie had been given much more screen time and dialogue in Eternals. Her portrayal of Thena had so much potential. She brought a quiet strength and emotional depth to the character even with limited lines.

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Spiderbet7772025-10-21 01:29

PS: Just finished watching Eternals.. ;)

ReddiTrawler20212025-10-21 01:33

She gave a good enough performance IMO, balancing kickass with vulnerability.

jojorabbit7552025-10-21 01:33

She’s still hot.

nyehu092025-10-21 01:47

Bro. Salma Hayek and Angelina Jolie in the same Marvel movie? I was happy.

Fallenjace2025-10-21 01:37

"Quiet strength" is the perfect way to describe that performance. But, I also found her vulnerability to be really disarming. As someone with family members who've had dementia, I could feel that weight in her and those around her.

pizzaporker12025-10-21 02:16

Agreed

Neither-Morning-98872025-10-21 04:23

gtotally, she really made the most of her limited screen time for sure

Obvious-End-79482025-10-21 01:43

One of the best parts of the film (along with Makkari) and completely wasted given it's unlikely we ever see them again because Marvel can't commit to an entry AND exit plan when they introduce new characters.

ny15912025-10-21 01:45

Unfortunately I think my disappointment with the entire movie overshadowed anything that AJ brought to the script.

playgroundmx2025-10-21 01:50

The fact that they hired her but NOT make her the main character is bonkers for me.

Successful-Grand-5492025-10-21 02:56

The fact she accepted knowing she wasn't the main character is what puzzles me

Unholy_mess1692025-10-21 04:07

Probably intentional, she didn't want the lifetime contract a lot of lesser known actors take to get into Marvel disney films. She wanted a more flexible role that could fit her schedule priorities down the road .

DrMangosteen22025-10-21 08:41

She chose super well, Eternals is definitely not going to be clogging up her schedule

NowWeGetSerious2025-10-21 01:57

I'm not the biggest Jolie fan, I don't think she's a great actress, as everyone else thinks.
She's fine.

She wasn't (imo) the best part of the film. The best actor in the entire film was Hayek and the speedster (dunno the actress name). They were the standouts imo🤷🏾

ubutterscotchpine2025-10-21 02:58

I really, really disliked Selma Hayek the most in this movie.

The speedster’s actress’ name is Lauren Ridloff, btw, and is absolutely fantastic in everything she does. Around the time Eternals came out, she also fought for increased captioned showings of all movies in theaters. I absolutely adore her and Makkari was the best part of Eternals.

NowWeGetSerious2025-10-21 03:09

To each their own, regarding Hayek haha

But yes! Thanks! Lauren was fantastic, any other films you recommend from her?

NightOwlsUnite2025-10-21 04:05

I'm pretty new to her so I haven't seen any other movies she's been it yet but I do know she was in the show "The Walking Dead" and she was awesome.

balthazar_edison2025-10-21 02:00

Honestly they could have gotten a less expensive actress and the movie would not have been affected in the slightest.

Popular_Material_4092025-10-21 02:05

I’ve seen Eternals. I really enjoyed Eternals. I really liked Angelina Jolie in Eternals. I still can’t fathom that Angelina fucking Jolie was in one of these goofy superhero movies.

eaguayo2025-10-21 02:31

This movie had a pretty huge stacked cast. Selma Halek, two GoT actors which by the way that show was still in people's minds when the movie came out, Chloe Zoe who's a Academy award winning director, and more. Feige had his hand in the making of this movie more compared to others and he really wanted this movie to succeed not only financially, but to award shows too. It sucks that didn't happen and he was probably still riding the high after Endgame. You may call it goofy, but I respect him for the risk he took for it.

Dantien2025-10-21 03:06

It holds up too. Mythmaking but Feige needs to do more with them yesterday.

Popular_Material_4092025-10-21 04:02

I said in the comment that I really enjoyed Eternals so I wasn’t using goofy disparagingly.

CharlieEternal6162025-10-24 08:47

I feel like it was hubris, to be honest. At that point, he probably felt untouchable like anything he touches would turn into gold, so he didn't bother to make sure they're telling a quality story. It just should've been a series instead of a movie, but even then the story has way too many problems.

MSnap2025-10-21 02:40

She was in two pretty goofy Tomb Raider movies too

GreyPilgrim19732025-10-21 04:09

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Popular_Material_4092025-10-21 04:48

I think maybe because everyone you mentioned was a major role in their films. Anthony Hopkins was Thor’s dad, Willem Dafoe was the villain in Spider-Man, Cate Blanchett was the villain in Ragnarok, Benedict Cumberbatch was the lead in Doctor Strange. Whereas Angelina Jolie was barely a supporting character in an ensemble movie.

iam_antinous2025-10-21 08:24

Yes, but Angelina Jolie was at one point the pinnacle of Hollywood and probably the most influential/power actor in the entire industry during the early 2000s. The A lister of A listers. The Beyonce/Taylor Swift of the acting industry.

GreyPilgrim19732025-10-21 13:15

Except that her noontide of popularity was a couple of years 2000-2004-ish. Not quite the same as TS or Beyonce IMO. She was also in Kung-fu Panda. I like her and am always glad to see her in stuff, so I'm not criticizing. I just don't find it surprising she chose to work with a great director on a Marvel movie where she was one of several 'leads'

reineluxe2025-10-21 02:13

Ethereal. I am not an AJ fan by any means but I loved her acting in this movie and I hope to see more of her, even if it’s in smaller, shorter stories. And Sprite.

VVantaBuddy2025-10-21 02:27

great performance from her, it's actually one of the best thing that come out of the movie. Angelina was perfect for the role, i wouldn't want to replace her by anyone.

kakahuhu2025-10-21 02:29

I thought she was awful but also miscast.

Spiderbet7772025-10-21 02:48

How come a miscast, would you elaborate more?

ajjt212025-10-21 02:39

She could have been a standout if they could have just given her a few more lines. I think she could have easily been a leader(Not the central character)rather than Cersi .

softysoaps2025-10-21 02:41

She stood out certainly, I enjoyed her character.

Mysterious_Pound22592025-10-21 02:57

She's the reason I loved the movie, shows her strength but also her vulnerability and fears

urgasmic2025-10-21 03:14

i think there's some great characters in this. druig, makkari, thena, and gilgamesh were pretty fantastic.

ProductArizona2025-10-21 06:01

Makkari and Druig were sleeper hits, I liked their characters a lot. I thought Phastos was great too.

Professional_Ad_54372025-10-21 03:31

She performed well and I thought she would stand her own in a larger ensemble/team up movie. I’ve always thought she would be good for a real franchise role.

Wooden-Radish-90082025-10-21 03:31

I thought she was really great. And her story of feeling helpless in the face of her disability, needing help, and learning that she can be self sufficient in the face of it was very touching

Current-Bowl-1432025-10-21 04:46

A wasted talent in an utterly wasted movie.

TikkiEXX772025-10-21 16:43

I and plenty of others enjoyed it. How is that a waste? Yeah I'd love to see more of the characters but if we don't at least we got one movie with them. Still shocked it even got made

RihoSucks2025-10-21 05:22

I enjoyed her and gilgamesh story and I wish we got more of it.

Ambitious-Writer-8252025-10-21 08:13

She did the bare minimum. She wasn't bad, per se, but her performance was just ok. She took that role for the money (stated it in interviews) and it shows.

She's naturally talented so it wasn't bad, but I felt as if she was going through the motions. You can tell when a marvel actor is in it for the paycheck. Glen Close in GOTG and Harrison Ford in CA4 are other examples. It was a well paying job.

Even in the same movie you can see it. Kumail Nanjiami killed it. He really wanted to be in a Marvel movie and it shows. His performance reflected his excitement.

13WillieBeaman2025-10-21 08:13

I actually love that she’s an “A-List” celebrity who played a supporting role, and it wasn’t distracting. How often does that happen when an actor/actress who usually plays leading roles takes a huge backseat in a movie (that isn’t a cameo)? I do agree that her role was pretty limited, and it was almost like she was kinda just there. But with so many of them, they could only do so much for a movie rather than a tv show to flesh everything out more/better. But she made the best of what she was given.

I love her fighting style. It kinda reminded me of A2/2B from Nier: Automata

iam_antinous2025-10-21 08:23

To have that star power, acting talent and beauty and then forgetting about it is a SIN.

multi-972025-10-21 08:52

Fucking loved her. 10/10

Notoriously_So2025-10-21 09:26

Really great. If they bring back any Eternals, she should be front and center.

BradyPhoenix2025-10-21 09:49

She was the film’s saving grace to me

ConnorRoseSaiyan012025-10-21 10:46

Don't even remember who she was

usmannaeem2025-10-21 13:59

I feel that Salma Hayek needs more screen more.

v_SuckItTrebek2025-10-21 14:34

On my 2nd and 3rd watch I got a better appreciation of the movie. Didn't read any of the comics before the movie. Thought she was good in the film but something was lacking in her role. Felt like Eternals was the perfect TV series to start on D+ to really build them up and not try to cram it all in a movie.

LeeBees11052025-10-21 16:24

I love Angelina Jolie, and I wish she had more screen time as well, mostly cus I just love her so much lol But overall I wish all the characters had more screen time.

I wish Eternals had been a TV show and we had 8-10 episodes, going through time, maybe Sersi narrating stories to Dane. I feel like we would've gotten to know each character better and really built up the stakes at the end. Icarus' betrayal would've been more tragic, as well as Thena's memory loss.

Sometimes I think Marvel is making the wrong stories movies or TV. Like Secret Invasion and Falcon & Winter Soldier should've been movies, imo.

myowngalactus2025-10-21 16:33

Thena is my favorite Eternal, Jolie did a good job with the role but the character doesn’t have a huge part to play even in the comics.

BackgroundEngineer112025-10-21 16:37

I thought her acting was great but like all the big names in that film, she was wasted and it is such a travesty we won't see any of the characters in more films.

Spiderbet7772025-10-24 09:17

Why? Is the movie got black listed in MCU?

BackgroundEngineer112025-10-24 12:09

They cancelled any plans for a sequel and the only time we've seen the Eternals since the film has been in animation.

NormalGuy34812025-10-21 17:59

She was my favorite character there. I really wanna see more eternals movies cause of her (the others too for sure but I loved her fighting scenes

nilzoroda2025-10-21 18:11

wasted, as everything else in the movie. And MCU already moved away from the Eternals, so don't tell me the movie has an audience.

Stock-Mistake-18642025-10-21 22:01

oh leave her alone. she's an a-list actress, an icon (even though she can't act - jk)

Financial_Shower95242025-10-22 08:50

Film was majorly overhated, the villain kinda sucked but aside from that I thought it was pretty good

Synth-Pro2025-10-22 14:37

I don't think *anybody* did a bad job in Eternals. Plenty of great performances.

They're just all in a movie that was very difficult to get people invested in.

odiin17312025-10-24 00:28

Ngelina Jolie. Drop the A.

bythewayne2025-10-24 04:06

I liked the Maria Callas movie

CharlieEternal6162025-10-24 08:45

Absolutely but this never should've been a movie to begin with, too many characters and too much time to explore for a 2 hour movie. And Angelina's performance was fantastic, but I feel the same way about all 9 other characters aswell.

Few-Comment-99202025-11-06 16:45

When I've learned that AJ is in the movie and saw the poster my instant thought was "Oh, that's Atlanta clone" from Aquaman. In general the whole idea and visuals seemed like off-brand DC. Take Ikaris as Superman, Kingo as Aquaman with his jokes (sorry I see him as Nimbus from Rick&Morty😭😭😭), Makkari as Flash, etc.

But it turns out Marvel showed his supremacy by taking cliches and making it into pure gold 🤌

AJ was playful and tragic, she somehow was herself and a different person. Can't wait to see her in another Eternals/Marvel production.