“Captain Marvel” really is going higher, further, and faster, judging by the first reactions from early screenings.
As one Twitter user put it: “Thanos is f—ed.”
There are already high expectations surrounding Marvel’s first film led by a female superhero, which introduces Carol Danvers (Brie Larson). The powerful character is unlike anything we’ve seen yet in the MCU and should play an important role in defeating Thanos in the upcoming “Avengers: Endgame.”
“Captain Marvel,” which opens March 8, was directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. The tone of the movie is receiving a lot of praise, as is the performances by Larson. Co-star Ben Mendelsohn, who plays the villanous Skrull named Talos, also gets mentioned as a standout.
Here’s a round-up of early reactions, including from Moviefone’s own Drew Taylor:
Really loved #CaptainMarvel. It’s a little wobbly at times but only because it’s so ambitious. It’s beautifully constructed, hilarious and offers tons of surprises. @brielarson obviously rules but Ben Mendelsohn is the surprise MVP. pic.twitter.com/yQLQGl2Yt0
1. Cat people will love this movie. 2. Several truly magnificent music moments for this 90s kid. 3. Carol's hero moment was very cathartic/true to the female experience, imho. 4. The MCU feels more complete now that Carol is in it. ♥️
#CaptainMarvel has a great ‘90s sci-fi vibe w/ a tone unlike any other Marvel movie, really. It’s retro & trippy, mysterious & dorky. It’s funny in surprising places & badass in all the right places. It remains entertaining because it’s always changing. It’s got the right stuff pic.twitter.com/o7AvqYY63x
The future of the MCU gets even brighter adding #CaptainMarvel to the mix. Really fell for @brielarson’s sass, strength & energy in the role. Same with @LashanaLynch too! Ben Mendelsohn is A+ casting as Talos. And yes, Goose is a scene stealer. 2nd viewing can’t come soon enough.
#CaptainMarvel is a great origin story. Brie’s buddy cop chemistry with @SamuelLJackson is so much fun and her relationship with Lashana Lynch is the real heart of it. Ben Mendelsohn and the cat both steal the show.
Boden and Fleck spoke about the film influences for “Captain Marvel,” comparing it to “RoboCop,” though Boden said that the film isn’t dark. She said, “I think that what is exciting to us about ‘RoboCop’ was this idea of a character who’s finding himself and finding his past and even though it’s a dark movie its also like extremely emotional in that way.” She spoke about the scene in “RoboCop” where the main character walks into his house and remembers his past. She told us that it was all about self-discovery, as Carol Danvers has forgotten her past on Earth now that she’s working for Starforce. Fleck also mentioned films like “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and “The French Connection.” Color us intrigued!
They also spoke about having writer Kelly Sue DeConnick as part of the process. DeConnick is known for her run of “Captain Marvel” comics and recreating the character in her most recent form. Boden said the two were thrilled to meet her and had read her entire “Captain Marvel” run. She said that many of the references and ideas about Carol Danvers, and the things they pitched to Marvel were influenced by DeConnick. Fleck, who joked that he does what Boden tells him on set spoke about what attracted him to the character. “It was just her voice. It was the humor in her attempts at humor. You know, I think that sometimes she’s funny and sometimes she tries to be funny and it’s just like nice try at that joke and she doesn’t care she just keeps doing it you know.” Hey, who has to be funny when you can push an actual Jeep up a hill!
Schwartz gave us an overview of what we’re going to see, and with everyone watching the trailers over and over to get a sense of what’s coming, the info is invaluable. He explained that the film starts with Carol already working with Spaceforce and fighting for the side of the Kree in the Kree/Skrull war. Mar-Vell (Jude Law) is in charge of the mission, which doesn’t exactly go well. Carol is captured by the Skrull, and ends up on Earth, crashing through the roof of a Blockbuster Video. We learned that the film is about 50/50 in terms of space scenes and Earth scenes, and that the big Earth plot ties it all together. He also told us that we’re going to see the first meeting between Coulson (Clark Gregg) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). We can only hope for the ultimate Marvel Cinematic Universe meet cute.
Gemma Chan (who plays Minn-Erva) spoke to us about her character, who is a member of Starforce. She’s also blue, and Chan told us that she spent hours in the makeup chair. We finally got to see her full costume by the end of the set visit’s second day, and you can understand why it took so long. She also said that the costume was less than comfortable, and that doing stunts was challenging, but that she loved it. She also praised the hair and makeup team for their work.
Chan explained that there is a “slight rivalry between the two characters. I would say that to a certain extent, Minn-Erva doesn’t quite trust Carol but they’re all, as a team, they’re very efficient and they get stuff done.” She continued, “I suppose before Carol joined the team, Minn-Erva was probably kind of the star of this Starforce team, and she was probably the favorite of the commander who is played by Jude Law. So yeah, so I suppose there’s more to do with their abilities rather than affections as such. It’s kind of playful rivalry.”
While on set we saw a scene where Starforce is getting ready to go out on a mission, and the joking between the characters as they give Carol hell for being overly enthusiastic on their last mission bore that out. We watched them in their green costumes, laying down on slabs and being transported to their next mission.
In “Captain Marvel” we’re going to see a familiar character or two, from Agent Coulson to Nick Fury. We’re also going to see Korath when he was a member of Starforce. Djimon Hounsou told us that he’s still a “killing machine” like he is in the first “Guardians of the Galaxy” film. He’s younger here, but there isn’t much difference in his personality and sensibility.
Hounsou talked about the scene we saw and explained, that the mission is, “to retrieve the subject basically. We’re heading on a mission, we’re not back from the mission yet, we don’t know what the mission reserves — what are the attributes around the mission and certainly the issues around the mission.” He explained that the mission was supposed to be “simple.”
Hounsou also spoke about Korath’s relationship with Carol. He told us, “I feel like Carol is the type of person that takes a joy at taking the piss at me all the time, cause I’m sort of very machine-like, very framed, very driven. The lack of not being so flexible and playful, she takes a piss at that, I think.”
We asked him about what the film means for him, and he told us that it really mattered to him. He said, “Well the thrill for me this time around is not even so much about this film, other than the fact that it’s great to be part of this one, but I think the one that really leverage all films for me, it’s ‘Black Panther.’ In a way that I’ve never heard in my own country, championing our kids, going to movies. Parents are even putting money on the side for them to just get that one ticket to go and see a movie like that.”
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Lashana Lynch plays Maria Rambeau, mother of Monica Rambeau, whom comic book fans know and love (for a time Monica was Captain Marvel). Lynch explained who Maria is, saying, “She is a fighter pilot, very strong, very bold, very in control of herself. I’d say, in high demand with the industry that she’s in.” She told us that Rambeau and Danvers are best friends and she’s been dealing with the grieving process of losing her. When she shows up again, Maria has to, “reverse that grief and make it work for this, picking up of a friendship, which is kind of strange but ends up really beautifully.” Lynch expressed joy in the fact that she got to bring a lot of personality to her character because she wasn’t completely fleshed out.
Lynch also spoke about what a film like this means for her. She explained that having black superheroes in “Black Panther” meant a lot to her, and to kids who are finally seeing themselves on screen. She compared that to the role of Maria, saying, “in creating Maria, it made me realize that the younger generation, are going to have what I didn’t have as a kid, which is seeing themselves on screen. So this will be a classic film for the new generations to come, which is crazy. And also the new normal, which I can’t wait to be.”
She also explained the dynamic between Maria and Carol. “They have a very dry humor together,” she said. “They’re kind of… you know when you love someone and you pretend like you hate them? They have that little bit of a slightly unlikely boisterous, yet very loving, deeply loving, caring sister love. They have a sisterhood about them that is really nice to see in a Marvel movie. Carol Danvers is someone who is an aunt to my child, like she is family and that’s why her death take such a big effect on her life because she actually is her life. They’re in a male-orientated environment and industry, and all they have is each other, those female fighter pilots.”
“In terms of making decisions about where content goes,” Iger said, “since we are betting on this long-term we obviously need to fill it with intellectual property.”
He did concede that having ABC shows like “Grey’s Anatomy” on Netflix has helped build up the show’s following. Does that mean it’s leaving Netflix for Disney+?
Iger said he intends to “respect traditional windows,” including Hulu (of which Disney will soon own 60%). So, one way or another, Disney will be profiting off your streaming dollars.
There’ll be more info about Disney+ on April 11, when the company will demo the new Disney+ app. They haven’t yet announced a launch date for the streaming service.
Well, the big game is over and was, for the most part, incredibly boring. But on the advertising side of things, we got the usual mixture of big name cameos (Harrison Ford for Alexa, really?), bizarre pop culture crossovers (“Game of Thrones” shilling for beer? Wile E. Coyote selling out for Mercedes Benz?) and, of course, pricey ads for 2019’s hottest and most clamorously anticipated movies. To that end, we’ve rounded up all the trailers that aired during the big game. Which one was your favorite? And why?
Cats rule! Ten new characters posters from “Captain Marvel” are here, and one of them is feline fierce.
The posters feature the lead, Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), and her fellow elite Starforce team members. We also get a young Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson, de-aged) all suited up.
But the real star of this show is Goose the cat. In the comics, Carol’s sidekick goes by Chewie (a “Star Wars” reference), but the movie makes a call-out to “Top Gun.” Goose not really a cat, but a Flerken, an alien who happens to look like Earth’s felines.
The 10 new posters are below. “Captain Marvel” also stars Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, and Annette Bening. The movie opens in theaters March 8.
Last year, we were lucky enough to be able to check out the “Captain Marvel“ set in Los Angeles, and we got to chat with the actors. You already read our Brie Larson interview (and if you haven’t, you can check it out here), but today we’re giving you a look at what some of the other actors had to say, including Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn and Jude Law. Stay tuned, because there will be more to come before the release of “Captain Marvel” on March 8.
Ben Mendelsohn had a lot to say about his character, and he was in full costume and makeup when he did it. Yes, Mendelsohn plays a Skull, and one of the antagonists in the film. He explained, “I’m Talos. I’m the battle commander of the Skrulls. I take it most of you know who Skrulls are? We kind of rule the sh*t. Most of the rest of the Marvel comic universe are punks basically. And I guess to quote Snoop Dogg, we are the shiznit. We stand above. I mean, look, we can be anyone, and we’re stronger than the rest of them. Basically that’s it. Yeah, we’re maligned, we’re misunderstood. But, you know, we’re Skrulls. We’re Skrullin. Any other questions?”
Mendelsohn told us that he started at the beginning of the Skrulls’ comic book runs and read them through. “I started at the start because I wanted to see us when we were scummy little amphibious tadpoles scum, and see how we rose and became reimagined until this point where I could stand at the zenith of Skrull creation. We have a peek at this, and we have a peek at that, but I can’t tell you that without showing you my petticoat, and I don’t want to show you the petticoat I’m still shy.”
He also gave us some info on his character. “He’s quite active, so he has to switch in and out of some various stuff. So, you know, I’m going to assume we’re going to see Talos do his thing. And look, the thing about Skrulls and changing shapes, and I can say this with some authority. Physiologically any Skrull can change shape. It takes practice, and, dare I say it, talent to do it well. He’s a battle commander because he does it well.” He continued, “See, the thing about him is, we know basically who you are for the last x amount of time, right? So you want to think it’s a pretty good carbon copy of what’s going on with ‘Haha human, I got you’ behind this. You might think of it like a chameleon, trapdoor spider, or just one of those spiders that just hangs there looking useless, but it doesn’t look like spider, you know what I mean? But it knows you’re coming; you’re coming closer. I’m very gentle, and very meek. That kind of vibe.”
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Samuel L. Jackson spoke about what’s going on with Nick Fury in the film. He said, “I mean, his job right now, his place in the world is to find out where the next enemy’s coming from. And like most sane human beings with a job like that, you figure the next enemy is some other country or somewhere else. And all of a sudden he discovers something that we speculate about and now we know it’s, well he knows it’s true that there other beings in the universe, not just us. The next problem will be convincing everybody else that’s true.”
He also spoke about Fury’s relationship with Carol Danvers. He said, “Like most people you meet somebody, you theoretically surmise that they’re from outer space and I guess like most of us the first thing you think about is the difference and she looks like us, yes, but she also showed up with these things that can shape-shift. So is she what she appears to be? Is she a safe individual? Is she a dangerous individual? All those things come to mind. Spending time with her, he discovers things about her that lead him to believe that she is something other than what she has presented herself to be or even knows herself to be. So during the course of interacting with her, they do become compatriots. They have a shared sense of humor. He’s open to the difference in what she may be and what she may not be. And he’s definitely willing to help her explore what she needs to find out to find out who she is and what and how she came to be.”
He spoke about the importance of being part of a female-led superhero film. “I have a daughter and I have a wife who feels undervalued. Because she is a Black woman, she is in this business and she’s been in this business longer than I have. She was a professional actor when she was a kid and doing all this stuff. And she’s a specific body type and a specific… skin tone. Which is not the preferred skin tone of this business basically. I mean, Viola Davis is the biggest dark skinned star. And… being able to uplift women in a very specific way, I grew up in a house full of women. Who always made me feel special. And made me tow a specific line. I understand a lot about who they are and what they felt just because I heard it. And I had to experience it every day. How hard the world is for women specifically. And I guess as I got older because my world was specifically black and white when I grew up, ’cause I grew up in segregation. So I didn’t talk to white women, ’cause I didn’t know any. So I only talked to black women, so I know what their worldview was and what it meant. And it wasn’t until I got older that I realized that white women might be as beat down as we were in a specific way.
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And to work with Brie who has a very political aware sense of self, who not afraid to use her platform to push female agendas has been a real joy. This is my third movie with her. I did ‘Kong‘ with her, so we went all over the world. And then I did her movie, ‘Unicorn Store.’ And to be a part of this specific story where she has such an enormous responsibility, especially in the success of the Marvel Universe and what it means every time there’s a Marvel film. And to look at what happened last year with ‘Wonder Woman,’ DC almost figured it out with that movie. To know what’s going to happen when this movie does actually hit theaters for women and little girls is going to be amazing. Just because of who she is and what her understanding of her responsibility to not the male audience, but the female audience that’s coming to this film. To be able to be alongside her, support her and to give her what she needs to be this strong character questing for self identity, number one. And once she realizes what her power is and how she wills it has been a real honor for me. ‘Cause I want Brie to succeed in a very real, very strong way. And… to have the opportunity to come into this particular place where they actually know how to do this. They figured it out. There’s a Marvel playbook that works. I mean, as out of the box that people think ‘Black Panther‘ was, it’s part of the Marvel playbook. It just happened to have black people in it. And this is a Marvel movie being made through the Marvel playbook and it just happens to be a strong female character in it. And it will hopefully incite people the way Black Panther incited us racially when we saw it. So I’m really proud to be part of it.”
Jude Law spoke about who Mar-Vell is. He said, “He heads Starforce which is an elite special forces-esqe group of Kree warriors, he’s also mentor to Carol, Brie’s character.” About the relationship between Mar-Vell and Carol Danvers, he couldn’t say too much because of spoilers, but stated that, “Their bond as mentor and mentee, pupil and sensei, and how they met and what they offer to each other is very much at the heart of the film and the journey that Brie’s character goes on.” He later explained, “Because of the age it’s not like a sort of wise old master. I’d say that as leader of the group I lead by example, so he’s very much hands on combat. The relationship really is about containment there’s a sort of control to my character, a sense of focus and clarity and discipline, and really that’s one of the things of the piece is trying to contain: what is being in control and what isn’t.”
Mar-Vell is a Kree, and Law told us about his character’s feelings on the Skrulls. “The Kree and the Skrulls are constantly in conflict, so both communities are living really at high alert and both obviously live with a huge wariness of each other. And obviously as a part of the military, not only that but as a commander of the military, and as a poster boy of the military obviously of the Krees, my character is somewhat judgmental and full of hatred towards the Skrulls. The Skrulls to the Krees really represent despicable maneuvering and manipulation. The Skrulls have this way of simulating other people and turning into other things, so it’s this idea of subterfuge where you’re not who you really are, whereas the Kree have a kind of purity and honesty to them as I see it.”
When he was asked about Mar-Vell’s relationship to Earth, he laughed, “That’s a really good question. I think it’s a curiosity. It’s actually described as a sh*thole by someone, as is often the case in these we’re always pitied, like why would you want to possibly stop there, they’re so backwards. It’s not much difference, I think on the grand scale of things we’re viewed as unthreatening, rather idiotic, and somewhat backwards. Which is not far wrong really.”
He also spoke about the Skrulls and their ability to shape-shift, and how that poses a problem for Starforce, the group he and Carol are part of. “That’s what they feed their insecurity and their paranoia on. There are posters that you’ll see around Hala which say ‘Know your enemy it could be you.’ There’s a great line in one of the scenes where a warrior is asked if he’s ever been simmed and he says yes and that he had to kill himself. So it can be psychologically very scarring.” Yikes!
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“I’ve never seen anything like her,” Nick Fury confesses in a new TV spot for “Captain Marvel” that aired during Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship game.
No, we haven’t! The new special look contains footage we’ve already seen in previous trailers, but also some new bits. The spot opens with some delightful banter between Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) and Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), where she explains the Kree vs. Skrull war and the coming invasion.
We also see a Skrull transforming, Carol training with Jude Law’s mentor (and maybe future adversary), and a young Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg).
The trailer also teases the rise of the Avengers down the road, as Fury tells Coulson, “She’s just the beginning.”
Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the movie also stars Ben Mendelsohn, Lee Pace, Djimon Hounsou, Lashana Lynch,and Gemma Chan.
Marvel’s first female-led movie is (thankfully) almost upon us.
“Captain Marvel“ arrives on the big screen March 2019, and recently, Moviefone was invited to set of the film — and, once again, it looks like Marvel Studios has another hit on their hands. Now, we saw a lot of cool stuff, and we can’t spoil it here — but trust us, you’re gonna like what you eventually see come March. And you can check out the brand new (and freaking awesome) trailer below:
We chatted with star Brie Larson, the Oscar-winning actor who plays the titular character, aka Carol Danvers. Being the first female superhero to star in her own live-action Marvel film is an honor not lost on the actor. She told us all about her training for the role, which included a video (shown to us by co-star and Nick Fury himself, Samuel L. Jackson) of her pushing a Jeep up a hill. She also revealed what this historic moment means to her, Carol’s relationship with Lashanna Lynch’s character, and more. Check out what Larson had to say below.
Moviefone: Sam showed us these crazy videos of you pushing a Jeep up a hill.
Brie Larson:Oh my gosh. He showed those to you, too?
It’s his favorite thing.
I can’t believe it. I feel like I’m close to 100 people that have come up to me and been like, “I saw this video that you sent Sam.” It’s so embarrassing. I sent that to him in private. He actually showed the person that was next to him on a plane, too. Which I found out later. “Oh, I sat next to Sam — who you sent that video and he showed it to me.” I was like, “Why?” I know, I know. He knows it was … I came from humble beginnings … It was a joke. It was a joke with the trainer, with my trainer, Jason Walsh, that I wanted to be able to, we were joking about it, that like, “Well, if I’m gonna go for it,” because I spent nine months training with him ahead of time, and I was getting super strong. And I was like, “Well, she can move planets, the least I could do is move a car.”
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And so I thought it was gonna be, I’m trying to remember how long we had trained together for. Maybe five or six months at that point? And I just showed up in the gym one day and he was like, “All right, let’s do it.” And I pushed the car, yeah. And it wasn’t as hard as I thought, which was kind of crazy. There was someone in the front seat in case for some reason — the car is in neutral — but it’s going uphill. And I pushed it for a minute. Someone was in the car in case I like, crapped out, so it wouldn’t run me over. There was someone waiting there to put their foot on the brake. It’s safe, [so] don’t try it at home. Really don’t. It’s really probably not a safe thing to do, but it felt super satisfying, and I felt really crazy afterwards. Because when you do stuff like that, you get these crazy highs, and then you’re just kind of collapse onto the floor.
Is there a particular sequence or something that required such training? Or is it just a personal goal of yours?
No, it really all came out of ignorance, to be honest. I didn’t realize that most people don’t do their own stunts in these movies. I thought you did, and I’ve never been a particularly elegant or athletic person. I’m just an introvert with asthma, and felt like I needed to be able to do that. I just thought, “I don’t wanna be on set, and they ask me to do things, and I don’t know how to do it.”
So I started training as soon as I could, which was right after I wrapped, so it basically started right as I wrapped picture, I locked picture on the film that I directed. I then went into that, which then turned into nine months of training. And nine months of just “training-training,” and three months of stunt training with the stunt team. We spent two hours every day, five days a week.
Everyone just went along with it, and was like, “Cool.” It wasn’t until we started shooting — and I started doing all my own wire work stunts, and flips and stuff — that people were like, “You know — now we’ll tell you — nobody actually does this. We just didn’t want you to stop. But now that you’ve kind of accomplished this thing, we don’t normally do this.” And I was like, huh?
But I love it. I mean it definitely makes things more complicated in certain ways, because I could be taking a lot more naps than I am. But instead it’s really become a huge part of how I learned more about her, and became her, and embodied her was through that. It was through discovering my own strength. Pretty amazing thing.
Can you tell us a little bit about Carol’s personality? Especially in [the scene we watched filming], because she was being a little sassy, maybe she has a little bit of an ego to her. Is that how you look at it?
I mean, I think she has an ego, but in a healthy way. She doesn’t have an unrealistic expectation of herself, she just owns that she’s really good and really skilled. Which feels good to play. She also has an incredible sense of humor, makes fun of herself, makes fun of other people. Has no issue if someone makes fun of her.
So I will say that this character is probably the most dynamic character that I’ve ever played, there’s the most range. As of now, and we’ll see what the movie is, but as of now — it’s been the most range I’ve ever played in a character. I’ve had to go through every emotion possible with her. And a lot of this movie, although it has great comedy in it, there’s also real depth to it and emotion. So I think that the film will have a lot. Which, for me, that’s what I want. I wanna see complicated female characters. I wanna see myself, which is not a simple person. I surprise myself constantly by what’s happening and what’s coming up. So, hopefully, that’s what comes out on screen.
How has the part challenged you as an actress? Are there things where you found yourself going, “Oh, this is really testing my limits.”?
Well, the general answer is just getting through a movie like this is a real challenge of everything. Of mind, body, and spirit. Because it’s a long one. And because I added in the physical side to it, it’s like doing a triathlon or something. There are some days where I’m doing a fight sequence — I do a fight sequence for three days, and then at the end of the third day, after I’ve been punching and kicking, then it’s like, “Okay, now we’re gonna do this one piece where you’re crying, and it’s emotional,” and you’re like, “whoa.” And it moves so fast, and there’s so much that at a certain point you have to sort of trust your instincts…
How does it feel to be the lead character in the first female-led Marvel movie?
I don’t know how it’s any different. To be honest, I don’t want it to feel different. I’m kind of over the, “First female blah blah blah,” and “Wow, maybe women can actually do the same things that dudes can do.” What a crazy concept. I feel like the more we talk about it, the more we perpetuate the myth that it’s an impossible task. No, if it wasn’t like that before, it’s because it was wrong. That was just wrong. Now, we’re just doing what’s natural.
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What do you want the female audience to come away with? Rather than have that, is there anything in particular you were excited to see?
No. It doesn’t matter what I make, I feel firmly that art is made to be enjoyed and interpreted, and you get what you need out of it. My favorite books — I’ve read them multiple times in my life, and they mean something totally different to me every time I read them. Art isn’t made to be processed and labeled and organized in the way that we do it now. I even have a hard time with the idea of genre, and that we place value based off, “Well, it’s really good for a this kind of movie.” What’s that even mean?
I think there’s gonna be a lot there for people to digest and feel. And hopefully, it’ll be the movie that you wanna revisit again and again.
We heard that Kelly Sue DeConnick is consulting on the movie, which is really exciting.
Yeah.
And I’m assuming you’ve talked to her. Could you share maybe some advice, or stories, or just how she’s helped you get into Carol a little better?
I have to admit that talking with her was so surreal. I feel like I just blacked out. I felt really nervous, because it’s this thing that, this woman that she created, that I feel very certain she knows way better than I do.
I just was so honored to receive her blessing, and to see how excited she was. And that felt like a relief to me. Because she pushed this forward, you know? We wouldn’t be here without her, really. And I’m so grateful for that character that she created, and now we’re just kind of following the breadcrumb trail that she made, you know?
Can you talk to us about the relationship between Carol and Maria, and how Monica might view Carol?
I think the Maria dynamic is really important in this movie. She is the representation of love in this film. And it is something that I’m very proud of, that the love relationship, and it is a deep love relationship, is not by the same lustful definition that we usually attribute to movies of this size. That it’s more complex, and also I think more meaningful than most love relationships that I see in films like this.
And Maria, as a character, is an incredible badass in her own way. And they are equals, and I think seeing two women that have a playful competitiveness while also mutual respect and care — that have gone through so much together — there’s a lot of history. This is something that I’m excited to see. Because uncomplicated sort of female friendships are sort of rare to see. I have a lot of them in my life, so to be able to bring that on screen with someone who’s just so crazy talented, and smart, and beautiful, and wonderful — and is doing her own part to make sure that there are revelations in a movie that are her own — is just awesome.
This year, we had “Black Panther,” which was huge. And we all knew that is was going to perform well — and then we saw how well it really did. So are you excited or ready for the box office reaction that “Captain Marvel” is gonna get?
I’m not ready. [Laughs] I hope I’m not ready. Because I wanna be, if it is something, then I wanna be surprised, and I don’t wanna have expectation, because I’m not in it for that. I didn’t make this movie for any of those things, so that I could attach a numerical value to it.
But just the inspiration that comes with it.
Even that is not up to me, you know? You don’t get to decide if you’re an inspiration to people or not. I’m just gonna do what feels true to me, and if people wanna tag along, they can, and if they don’t, they can bounce, and that’s cool. I’m not gonna go out of my way to do things in order to be something to people.
All of my heroes were just unapologetically themselves. And they were flawed at times, and that’s okay. For me, it’s a part of who Carol is, too. She’s flawed. She’s not perfect. So in order for me — in order for me to feel comfortable stepping into this position, I have to accept my humanness, and remind everybody that I’m a human, and I’m an artist. And I just wanna make art, and that’s really it.
“Captain Marvel” hits theaters March 8, 2019. Are you excited for the film? Let us know in the comments.
Hot on the heels of the brand new poster, Marvel Studios has unleashed the first full trailer for “Captain Marvel,” and it is a wild ride that includes intergalactic landscapes, marauding alien invaders, and copious amounts of 90s nostalgia. But most of all you get Brie Larson, embodying Carol Danvers and Captain Marvel with all the strength, energy and hopefulness you’d expect from both the classic comics character and a project that has been obsessively anticipated since the foundation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Well, it looks like it was worth the wait.
