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Captain Marvel Star Brie Larson On Her "Inspiring" Role (And Her Haircut)

"It feels so important to me."

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Captain Marvel is set make her Marvel movie debut appearance in 2018's Avengers: Infinity War, before headlining her own movie in 2019. Now star Brie Larson has spoken about starring in Marvel’s first female superhero-led movie.

Speaking to IGN, Larson explained how important it was for her to take on this role. "I was once a young girl and I was confused by what a hero was, what I wanted to be when I grow up, and what was important to me," she said. "To attempt to become a symbol of truth and navigating through all the weird questions of growing up feels so--I'm getting emotional just talking about this--it feels so important to me.

"When it comes to [Captain Marvel], just the fact that she can be a bridge between two worlds, that she can go between Earth and space and that her own personal place is in this little area between where Earth ends and space begins and that's only hers, is so moving to me. I'm just inspired. I've been so inspired going through the comics and reading them right now. That's what I've been doing on the side."

Larson also addressed the fact that Captain Marvel's look has changed a lot over the years. "I feel like this is a big conversation and every day I have people yelling at me on Twitter like 'you better have long hair,' or 'you better have a mohawk,' or 'you better wear the helmet,' or 'you better not wear the helmet.' So someone's going to be mad."

Larson was first announced as Captain Marvel last July. She won the Best Actress award at last year's Oscars for her performance in the drama Room, and will be seen next month in the monster movie Kong: Skull Island.

Captain Marvel was originally scheduled for a July 2018 release, but was moved back to make way for Spider-Man: Homecoming and Ant-Man and the Wasp. It is now scheduled to be released at cinemas in March 2019. No director has been announced yet.

Captain Marvel has been the name of various heroes over the years. The current incarnation, and the one expected to feature in the film, is the alter ego of the character Carol Danvers. Danvers previously used the name of Ms Marvel and first appeared in her own comic book in 1977, before taking the identity of Captain Marvel in 2012.

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