The Eternals' Kumail Nanjiani REVEALS he was asked to do Pakistani accent for 'stereotypical brown guy roles'

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety’s Virtual TV Festival will be held from June 23-25 and feature conversations with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Amy Schumer, Kumail Nanjiani, Billy Porter and many more prominent speakers.Formerly known as the annual Variety TV Summit, the event has been rebranded as the inaugural Variety Virtual TV Festival. The expansion to a digital presentation will draw a broader global audience and a wider range of topics over three days.

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Kumail Nanjiani’s parents love to buy accessories featuring images of their son’s ripped physique.

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"I just didn’t want the comedy to just be coming from someone exaggerating their accent"

Kumail Nanjiani revealed that he once refused to play up his Pakistani accent while auditioning for a major film role that he ultimately didn’t get.

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Kumail Nanjiani is definitely not skipping his workouts during the quarantine period!

Issa Rae is proud of Kumail Nanjiani. During her virtual visit to Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday, the Insecure star recalled witnessing the early stages of her The Lovebirds' co-star's shocking fitness transformation, admitting that she's "extremely jealous" of his new physique.

Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae are a quarreling couple out to solve a murder, but the first movie directed by Michael Showalter since "The Big Sick" is a crime comedy that aims lower than it thinks.

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"Why is this guy funny?" is an impossible question to answer, but I think I've figured out why Kumail Nanjiani is guaranteed to get a guffaw outta me every time he opens his mouth. His on-screen persona, from Dinesh on Silicon Valley, to his schmoozes on talk shows and podcasts, is of a sharp, insightful and erudite person… who will then smash his cred into a thousand pieces saying something truly dumb. It's a simple enough gimmick, but it works on me every time.

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