WWE superstar Becky Lynch (real name Rebecca Quin) was reportedly supposed to make her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the Chloé Zhao-directed 2021 film Eternals in a post-credit scene. However, Marvel Studios ultimately decided to omit Lynch’s character from the film.
According to the wrestling news outlet Fightful Select, Lynch’s Eternals scene would have featured the former Women’s Champion in an undisclosed role opposite Harry Styles as Eros/Starfox. Of course, Styles did appear as Eros in a mid-credit scene alongside Patton Oswalt as Pip the Troll. However, while Lynch was excluded from the final cut of Eternals, the door is reportedly still open for her to reprise her mystery Marvel role in a future project.
Evidently, the powers that be simply decided that the Eternals scene involving Lynch’s character and Eros was “too depressing.” Moreover, Fightful Select reports that Marvel’s decision to cut the scene had absolutely nothing to do with Lynch herself, as the studio was actually quite happy with her performance. That said, the outlet clarified that it is currently unknown if the scene was actually shot, or if it was cut before cameras could start rolling.
Fightful apparently knew of Lynch’s involvement in Eternals back in 2021, though no sources within Marvel Studios would comment on it at the time. The outlet has now been told that “the role was for [the Eternals] in a post-credit scene to set up something for a future installment.” Interestingly, Kris Tapley — formerly of Variety — reported all the way back in 2020 that Lynch had joined the cast of a Marvel film, though offered no further details at the time. In 2021, there was some brief (and flimsy) speculation that Lynch may have been involved in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, though Fightful’s own Sean Ross Sapp quickly debunked such claims.
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Lynch has proven to be one of WWE’s biggest stars of the last decade. Following an 11-year career on the independent circuit, she signed with WWE in 2013 before making her televised in-ring debut for the NXT developmental brand in 2014. She was called up to WWE’s main roster in 2015, subsequently becoming a multiple-time Women’s Champion and a Royal Rumble winner. Lynch was even a double champion at one point, having defeated both Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair in the history-making main event of WrestleMania 35 in 2019. Lynch recently made a return to WWE television ahead of Survivor Series 2022, having been out of action since this year’s SummerSlam due to a shoulder injury.
In addition to her in-ring accomplishments, Lynch has begun to make a name for herself in the world of acting. In 2013, she landed a role as a stunt double on The History Channel’s Vikings. She later made a cameo as herself in an episode of Showtime’s Billions in 2020. Lynch made her film debut in 2018, starring as Maddy Hayes in the WWE Studios film The Marine 6: Close Quarters. She went on to voice the character Axehammer in the 2021 animated feature Rumble, a collaboration between WWE Studios and Paramount Animation.
More recently, Lynch portrayed musical icon Cyndi Lauper on an episode of Young Rock, the biographical sitcom co-created by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. On that note, should her MCU role still materialize, Lynch certainly wouldn’t be the first WWE star to land a role in a major superhero franchise. In the DC Universe, for instance, Johnson stars as Black Adam while John Cena portrays Peacemaker. Meanwhile, the MCU itself features Dave Bautista (known in WWE as “Batista”) as Drax the Destroyer. The Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law also featured a cameo by ex-wrestler David Otunga.
Source: Fightful Select, via The Direct
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