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Kumail Nanjiani Has 'Trauma' From 'Eternals' Not Doing Well; Reveals He Sought Counseling Post The Marvel Film's Failure

'Eternals' actor Kumail Nanjiani discussed how he dealt with the negative reviews that the 2021 Marvel film 'Eternals' received.

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Pakistani-American actor-comedian Kumail Nanjiani has finally shared his experience of dealing with the unexpectedly negative reviews of his 2021 Marvel film 바카라˜Eternals바카라™ and the mental strain of promoting the movie amidst harsh critiques. He revealed that the impact was so much that it led him to seek counseling after completing the press circuit for the movie.

During a podcast appearance on 바카라˜Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum,바카라™ Nanjiani went on to applaud his cast and crew and stated that he had 바카라œthe best time doing that movie and I realized this is how work should feel like.바카라 Soon after, he stated that, 바카라œwhen that movie came out and the reviews weren바카라™t good, that was very, very tough for me and I realized that too much of how I바카라™m evaluating what I want to do is based on the result of what other people think of it.바카라

When asked about how he felt about the fact that the movie didn바카라™t do well, the 바카라˜Big Sick바카라™ actor said, 바카라œIt was really, really hard because Marvel thought that movie was going to be really, really well reviewed, and so they lifted the embargo really early and they also put it in some fancy movie festivals and they sent us on a big global tour promoting the movie.바카라

He admitted to being 바카라œtoo aware바카라 of the negative reviews, and was actively 바카라œreading every review바카라 to an extent that it started impacting his personal life. 바카라œIt was really hard, and that was when I thought it was unfair to me and unfair to [my wife] Emily, and I can바카라™t approach my work this way anymore. Some s**t has to change, so I started counseling. I still talk to my therapist about that.바카라

바카라œEmily says that I do have trauma from it,바카라 he said, continuing, 바카라œWe actually just got dinner with somebody else from that movie and we were like, 바카라˜That was tough, wasn바카라™t it?바카라™ and he바카라™s like 바카라˜Yeah, that was really tough,바카라™ and I think we all went through something similar.바카라

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Released in 2021, the Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao바카라™s 바카라˜Eternals바카라™ is currently rated only 47% on Rotten Tomatoes, marking it as one of the lowest-reviewed entries in the history of the MCU. The epic features a massive star-cast including Nanjiani, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie.

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