{"id":130326,"date":"2019-03-05T11:49:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=130326"},"modified":"2019-03-05T11:49:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:49:12","slug":"brie-larson-on-playing-captain-marvel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/brie-larson-on-playing-captain-marvel\/","title":{"rendered":"Brie Larson On Playing Captain Marvel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hitting theaters on March 8 from Marvel Studios is\u00a0Captain Marvel<\/strong>, starringAcademy Award winner Brie Larson <\/strong>in the title role.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by the writing\/directing team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck,\u00a0<\/strong>whose credits include \u201cMississippi Grind\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cHalf Nelson,” the cast includes\u00a0<\/strong>Samuel L. Jackson<\/strong>, Ben Mendelsohn<\/strong>, Djimon Hounsou<\/strong>,\u00a0Lee Pace<\/strong>,\u00a0Lashana Lynch,<\/strong>\u00a0Gemma Chan,<\/strong>\u00a0Algenis Perez Soto<\/strong>,\u00a0Rune Temte,<\/strong>\u00a0McKenna Grace,<\/strong>\u00a0with Clark Gregg<\/strong>, and Jude Law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe\u2019s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, \u201cCaptain Marvel\u201d is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.<\/p>\n

Having won the Academy Award winner in 2015 for Best Actress for her performance in ‘Room,’ Larson has since appeared in Kong: Skull Island, The Glass Castle<\/strong>, and Unicorn Store<\/strong>. Blackfilm.com correspondent Reina Brown recently sat down with Larson to talk about her character in Captain Marvel.<\/p>\n