Marvel’s Eros Creator Explains Why Bringing The Harry Styles Character To The MCU Is So ‘Tricky’

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has actually invested a great deal of Phase Four presenting us to brand-new characters. Eternals is a movie loaded with brand-new members of the MCU, however a number of the most intriguing come throughout the Eternals mid-credits scene. Patton Oswalt voiced Pip the Troll and Harry Styles was introduced as Eros, the sibling of Thanos. We put on’t truly understand what any future strategies are for the character, and even Eros developer Jim Starlin confesses consisting of Eros won’t always be simple.

The intro of Eros at the end of Eternals is performed in a relatively comical method, however in Marvel Comics, Eros, while tending to be less wicked than his sibling Thanos, isn’t in fact an extremely good man. Speaking with Inverse, developer Jim Starlin states utilizing Pip the Troll in the MCU will be simple, since he can simply be a comic relief character, however Eros has actually been composed formerly as a real sexual predator, making him a “challenging” character to present into the modern-day MCU. Starlin states… 

Eros was very first presented in 1972 and at that time his severe interest in the opposite sex and the method he treated them may not have actually been seen in rather the very same light that it might be today. Eros has in fact been accused of sexual assault in the pages of Marvel Comics in the past along with utilizing his powers to accomplish numerous sexual conquests.

We might definitely see a variation of Eros like this, where the character is much more bad guy than hero. At the very same time, seeing a bad guy in the MCU who might be referred to as a sexual predator would definitely be something brand-new for the MCU. A character like that would require to be managed with a particular special that Marvel Studios hasn’t always needed to fret about in the past. 

Alternatively, we might see a more household friendly variation of Eros who merely doesn’t decrease that sort of course, permitting Marvel to prevent the more complex elements of the character. He can even still be a sociopath, however in the very same vein as lots of other MCU bad guys might technically be explained that method.

Of course, when we’ll get a response to the concern of how the MCU will handle Eros is any person’s think. While we have a respectable outlook on upcoming Marvel movies in the next couple years of tasks, there’s no location that we understand for sure that we’ll see a benefit to Eternals post-credits scene. 

It’s being stated an Eternals 2 is coming, however it has yet to be formally revealed. As such, it might be rather a long time prior to we see Harry Styles in the MCU once again. Although, that will provide Marvel a lot of time to find out how to manage this character.