Eternals’ Salma Hayek Has Signed on For Multiple MCU Movies

Marvel’s Eternals star Salma Hayek, who plays Eternals leader Ajak, has revealed she has signed a deal to star in multiple Marvel movies.

During an interview with Smallzy’s Celebrity Talk Podcast (via /Film), the 55-year-old Eternals actress revealed that she’s already signed up for multiple Marvel movies.

“I did sign multiple movie deals!” she said. “It was kind of fun being part of this… secret society that you have to protect so fearlessly!”

This story contains major spoilers for the plot of Marvel’s Eternals – if you haven’t seen it yet, turn back now.

Although the number of movies she’s signed up for remains a mystery, there’s an even bigger question – how is Salma Hayek’s Ajak going to return to the MCU? If you’ve seen Marvel’s Eternals, you’ll know that it’s revealed rather early that Ajak is dead – her scenes that follow are flashbacks from before she was betrayed by Ikaris and ultimately killed by Kro, the leader of the Deviants.

That’s a pretty finite end for Salma Hayek’s character, so Marvel is going to have to get creative if we’re going to see the former Eternals leader once more.

It’s entirely possible that Marvel has factored in potential sequels to Hayek’s contract – meaning an Eternals 2 could be on the cards. If that’s the case, we might expect yet more Ajak flashbacks throughout her thousands of years on Earth.

Source: ign.com