Don Lee on Eternals and Why He’s Excited for the Train to Busan Remake

It’s been a long wait for Don Lee (aka, Ma Dong-seok) to make his Hollywood debut, but what a debut it turned out to be. The Korean film star is coming out of the gate swinging, and swinging hard, as a member of the MCU’s newest superhero team in Eternals. Directed by Oscar-winning Nomadland filmmaker Chloé Zhao, Eternals follows the title heroes through thousands of years, living alongside eras of evolving civilizations, guiding the path of humanity without us ever knowing it. Lee plays Gilgamesh, touted as the strongest of all the Eternals. Indeed, one of the physically strongest characters in Marvel comics - Gilgamesh is a warrior with a gentle heart. Which means he’s in perfect hands. A massive star in Korea, Lee’s best known in the states for as everyone’s favorite baseball bat-toting, zombie-bashing Wife Guy in Train to Busan, and his resume is full of gentle giants and bruisers with soft centers. Whether he’s playing a bouncer with an arm of steel in the feel-