By Brian Davids Writer Making his American debut, Don Lee packs quite a punch in Chloé Zhao’s Eternals. The South Korean American actor, who’s also known as Ma Dong-seok, plays Gilgamesh ...

Hopefully, the MCU’s Eternals lean into this aspect of the character and bring this Mesoamerican myth to life. Gilgamesh, played by Ma Dong-seok, is based on Gilgamesh from Sumerian mythology.

Despite rumors to the contrary, it seems we may not have seen the last of the heroic, immortal androids known as the Eternals in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after ...

You might have noticed that many of the Eternals' names — Gilgamesh, Thena, Ikaris, and also Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) — resemble names from ancient myths. That's fully intentional ...

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and Don Lee as Gilgamesh, in Marvel Studios' film, "Eternals." Marvel Studios Zhao, whose “Nomadland” made her only the second woman and first woman of color to win a directing Oscar ...

The character of Gilgamesh in Eternals is the first ancient Near Eastern hero with a leading role in a Marvel film. In myth, Gilgamesh is the heroic protagonist of the world’s oldest known epic.

So she’ll probably be back. One of the strongest Eternals out there is Gilgamesh (Don Lee), making his death all the more surprising. He kept Thena (Angelina Jolie) in check for some 500 years ...

Thena’s protector is the enormous Gilgamesh (Don Lee), continuing the “Eternals” theme of everyone having an opposite number with whom they can play and riff; unfortunately the most obvious ...

Superman isn’t the only DC character to get a shoutout in “Eternals,” either. When Gilgamesh reunites with Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani) and meets Kingo’s (human) valet, Karun (Karish Patel ...

Spoilers, away! It appears Don Lee’s talent agency have confirmed the actor will somehow reprise his role as the late Gilgamesh in Eternals 2—in the comics, the Eternals can be revived after ...

Until it does, you can rewatch the Eternals trailer below. Salma Hayek’s Ajak and Don Lee’s Gilgamesh are unlikely to be in the sequel, seeing as their characters passed away in Eternals.