Alongside Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, and 12-year-old Lia McHugh, Eternals also stars Pakistani-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani, Mexican actress Salma Hayek, British-Asian TV star Gemma Chan, deaf Walking Dead actress Lauren Ridloff, Korean action star Dong-seok Ma, Irish up-and-comer Barry Keoghan, and black actor Brian Tyree Henry, whose character, Phastos, is the MCU’s first openly gay superhero. This is undoubtedly a major turning point in the MCU and a rarity for a big budget franchises that fans hoping for diversity in their comic book cinema.
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