Reference to Superman in Eternals is explained by the director

Director Chloé Zhao explained the reference to Superman in eternal. After the world premiere of the upcoming Marvel Studios movie, the cast and crew are busy doing promotional interviews for the project.

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While they still can't talk about the film's plot, the marketing for Eternals offers plenty of material to discuss. This includes the surprising drop of the Last Son of Krypton's name.

Following Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Marvel Studios is debuting a new series of superheroes known as the Eternals. Created by the Celestials, they were sent to Earth thousands of years ago to protect humans from Deviants.

Eternals will feature 10 titular characters and the MCU has assembled an all-star cast with Angelina Jolie as Thena, Richard Madden as Ikaris, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Lia McHugh as Sprite, Don Lee as Gilgamesh, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Gemma Chan as Sersi and Barry Keoghan as Druig.

After being separated for thousands of years, the team comes together to fight an impending danger. There's a lot about Eternals to be excited about, especially as it's expected to expand on MCU lore.

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One of the most talked about elements in it is its direct reference to Superman. Revealed in a recently released featurette, Phastos' son accidentally confuses Ikaris with the DC hero, due to their similar abilities of flying and shooting laser beams from their eyes.

Recently, Kevin McCarthy asked Zhao about this moment. The director explains that it's her way of paying homage to the Man of Steel mythology, as Eternals is essentially about the legends of the film's titular characters.

She goes on to say that Phastos' son may have read about Superman somewhere, but she doesn't entirely rule out the idea that he might also actually exist as an actual superhero in the MCU.