The Eternals’ Sprite Doesn’t Have Positive Opinions Of Humans

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The Eternals' Sprite does not have a high opinion on humanity confirms star Lia McHugh. Eternals is the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a massive epic spanning 7000 years of history that sees the group of advanced aliens protecting the planet Earth from the emergence, a cosmic disaster brought forth by the events of Avengers: Endgame. The film is set to redefine the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with anticipation high as the film is already outperforming Black Widow and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in advanced ticket sales.

Eternals features a wide variety of characters, and one interestingly present in a lot of the trailer is Lia McHugh as Sprite. Sprite may appear as a child, but she is as old as the rest of the Eternals, and is forever young. She also has the ability to cast illusions. Sprite is present in the London sequence in the trailer when it appears Dane Whitman (Kit Harrington) discovers that Sersi (Gemma Chan) is an Eternal. She also appears to be present while the Eternals are reuniting various members like encountering Thena (Angelina Jolie) and Gilgamesh (Don Lee). While McHugh may not be one of the major names like Angelina Jolie or Salma Hayek, it appears the character is a very important part of the ensemble.

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Screen Rant and other publications were invited to the set of Eternals at Pinewood Studio in January 2020, on the last day of filming. McHugh revealed that her character Sprite doesn't care for humans, despite the Eternals' job being to protect and watch over humanity. The Eternals' long life and advanced technology makes Sprite view humans as childish, an interesting contrast for her character who is portrayed by a child. McHugh said:

"Sprite thinks humans are kind of stupid. [LAUGHTER] I mean, she thinks they're really dumb and they don't know things. They're really not advanced at all. And yeah. Like, the Eternals obviously are way more advanced because they're gods. And so they-- I see humans as very small and stupid."

Sprite's lack of care for humans is interesting as the trailer showcases Sprite using her magic to cast illusions for an audience of humans for entertainment. While the original read could be playful, Sprite could also be the MCU inspiration for how humans come up with trickster characters like Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream and Peter Pan. McHugh has previously mentioned how her character Sprite feels frustrated being stuck as a child in the modern world, which could further complicate her relationship with humanity.

This all may play out and set up a plot point from the comics. In Neil Gaiman's 2006 Eternals mini-series, Sprite was revealed to be the main villain of the story having wiped the Eternals' minds. Angelina Jolie's Thena is confirmed to suffer from memory loss, a possible suggestion of Sprite's villainous comic book turn. While the trailers for Eternals have teased the threat of the Deviants and the Celestials, the lack of a clear antagonist in the marketing suggests that one of the Eternals may turn on their own, and given Sprite's lack of care for humanity, she may be less willing to fight to defend them from a comic apocalypse and may be revealed as the true villain.

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