The Connection Between It And Eternals That Everybody Missed
By Isabella Wilson
In the comics, Kro is thousands of years old, much like the Eternals themselves, and he's a shapeshifter with the ability to reshape his molecules at will. Although Kro has to hide the true extent of his abilities from the rest of the Deviants because they make him closer to the Eternals, Kro is practically invincible and he's got an incredibly lengthy lifespan, making him an enduring enemy for the Eternals. What audiences probably missed, however, is that Kro is surprisingly played by "It" and "Atomic Blonde" star Bill Skarsgård. Yes, you read that right: Pennywise himself is (technically) a Marvel villain.
However, Kro isn't Skarsgård's first expeirence with a Marvel character, as he also briefly shows alongside Ryan Reynolds' in 2017's "Deadpool 2." He plays Zeitgeist, a mutant with the ability to spit acid vomit. (Nice.) Zeitgeist is one of the mutants Deadpool recruits into X-Force to try and rescue a collaborator from a prison transport convoy. Unfortunately, due to the high wind, Zeitgest is blown into a wood-chipper, but in the process, he accidentally vomits acid onto Peter (Rob Delaney), killing him too. It's fair to say that Skarsgård's role as Kro in "Eternals" is a little more serious than his glorified cameo in "Deadpool 2."
