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Richard Madden says it was โphysically f****** drainingโ shooting โEternalsโ.
The 35-year-old actor plays the role of Ikaris, who can fly and project cosmic energy beams from his eyes, in the hotly-anticipated Marvel movie, and he spent a lot of time on wires to perform the flying scenes, which took its toll.
In a new interview with Wonderland Magazine, Richard spilled: โThere was a lot of time on wires because my character flies, which was just physically f****** draining.โ
On the โlightnessโ the complex characters bring to the filmโs โheavyโ end-of-the-world subject matter, he teased: โTheyโre all very complicated people in โEternalsโ, but hopefully that can also help us bring a lightness to some heavy subject matter in terms of the story because I think when you live that long youโve got to have a bit of a smile to yourself. Youโve got to laugh at life.โ
The โRocketmanโ actor added how โhumanisingโ the Eternals are.
He explained: โYeah, thatโs the whole thing. Thatโs what we want. In this, you get to see me in these huge costumes and in this kind of mad, superhero detached way.
โThen we get to play with the element of just being people who have known each other for a long time, who, when youโve experienced everything in the world, what is it they can learn? Thatโs what we found interesting and humanising.
โThen we got dress up in there, the fun, which is real life isnโt it?โ
Meanwhile, after a number of serious roles, Richard insisted heโs ready for a comedy now.
The โ1917โ star told the publication: โIโm dying to do some more comedy, I want to do something fun. In โEternalsโ, we tried to get moments of lightness all the way through it, being that weโre dealing with the end of the world type feelings and atmospheres.
โItโs hard to get that lightness but thatโs whatโs so important, to get these lighter moments when we can. Iโd love to do some more comedies. I do feel like I end up playing a lot of serious things.
โI think itโs not representative of me but you get affected with what you do, what you spend all your day doing, so thatโs why Iโd love to do something lighter so my day is affected with lighter things rather than the end of the world stuff.โ