Hollywood star Salma Hayek says she is someone who “dreams big” and was surprised to finally get to do Eternals, which fulfils her wish of playing a superhero in a movie with a director like Chloe Zhao. The upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movie revolves around the Eternals, an alien race living on Earth for over 7,000 years, who team up to protect humanity from their evil counterparts, the Deviants.

Hayek said she doesn’t look like a traditional superhero the audiences are used to watching on screen. She plays Ajak, the wise and spiritual leader at the heart of the story, who has the ability to heal and is the “bridge” between the Eternals and their creators called the Celestials. “It’s a humbling experience because I dream big. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have gotten here. I wanted to be a superhero, and work with the best directors in the world and have big blockbuster movies [that are also] art,” Hayek said in a virtual press conference for the film from Los Angeles.