Kumail Nanjiani Talks About Dealing With 'Eternals' And 'Star Wars' Fame

Kumail Nanjiani revealed his strategy to not get "intimidated" while working on big projects including the Marvel movie, "Eternals" and "Star Wars" series, "Obi-Wan Kenobi," ScreenRant reported.

"Well, you just make it small in your head. You can't go to the MCU, go to Eternals, and be like, "Oh my God! I'm playing a superhero in the MCU. This is overwhelming," the 43-year-old Pakistani-American comedian told the outlet.

The actor further explained that you just need to do the work and it doesn't really "hit" you until the release date of the movie is close. "Right now, is when it's actually starting to hit me," the actor added.

Nanjiani also spoke about the TV series, "Obi-Wan Kenobi," which will continue the storyline of 2005's "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith."

"For Star Wars, again, it was for me a job, and it was really fun," he told the outlet. "Ewan McGregor's amazing. But when you're there, you kind of have to ignore that everything looks like Star Wars, and that you're dressed like someone in Star Wars."

Once again, the actor noted that he will start dealing with the fame of this series only after it comes out but before that, "I don't allow it to sink into myself, otherwise I get intimidated."

Nanjiani portrays a character named Kingo in the highly anticipated Marvel movie. The star-studded movie also features Angelina Jolie as Thena, Richard Madden as Ikaris, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, Salma Hayek as Ajak and Kit Harington as Black Knight.

Earlier this week, Nanjiani attended the "Eternals" premiere in Los Angeles on Monday, wearing a traditional Indian outfit. He posed with his co-star Harington, who donned a suit for the event.

Marvel Entertainment’s official Twitter handle shared the photo.

The action-adventure is slated to release on Nov. 5.

"Obi-Wan Kenobi," on the other hand, is currently under post-production and slated to release on Jan. 1, 2022. The series will also star Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Sung Kang and Joel Edgerton.

On the personal front, Nanjiani married writer and podcast host, Emily V. Gordon in 2007 after dating on and off for a year.