Brie Larson and Iman Vellani Talk Teaming Up For ‘The Marvels’
When Brie Larson burst onto the scene in 2019’s Captain Marvel, she became the first solo female lead in the MCU.
Even before Carol Danvers’ debut, however, Marvel Studios’ president was already looking to the future, brainstorming ways to bring other heroines from the comics to the screen. At the top of Feige’s list was Monica Rambeau, the original Captain Marvel in the comics, and Kamala Kahn. Instead of simply creating Captain Marvel 2, Feige wanted more heroes.
“This was something Kevin and I had talked about from the beginning, that this was the way this story made sense to go,” Larson explains.
To get the characters where they needed to be Kamala debuted in last summer’s Ms. Marvel and Monica debuted in the present-day in 2020’s WandaVision.
An All-New Team
The Marvels then serves as a sequel to not only those three projects but also Avengers: Endgame and Secret Invasion. The film sees Carol, Monica, and Kamala uniting for the first time. After the three women’s powers become linked, they reluctantly team up.
Of the trio, it is Larson’s Carol Danvers who has the hardest time working as part of a team.
“I understand that feeling of being afraid to let go of control, of being afraid of passing on responsibility to others,” says Larson, who won the Best Actress Oscar in 2016 for Room. “You almost want to take on all of the burden yourself. So, I think this is an incredible metaphor for learning how to be in a team. It’s a very clear example that no one person can do it all. You need all kinds of skill sets, all kinds of people with different viewpoints and different backgrounds in order to save the world.”
Relating to Carol Danvers
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel has largely left her family and friends behind. Among those friends is Nick Fury, who has drifted apart from Danvers.
“The way I was able to tap into it and understand it is the concept that Carol kind of became a workaholic, and she lost touch with her heart and with family and friends,” Larson says of her character’s absence from recent MCU adventures. “That’s certainly something I can relate to.”
Time For Marvel’s Women To Shine
Vellani, a die-hard Marvel fan in her own right is thrilled to be not only working alongside Larson and Lynch, but is glad to see Marvel’s women thriving.
“We’re really lucky because we have such a plethora of female characters with real flaws and real arcs,” Vellani says of the evolving MCU. “Time and time again, it’s proven that not only do these stories have such a robust fan base, but they sell.”
She continues: “Marvel has always championed that idea of finding this idealized version of yourself through their characters. A version of yourself that can fly in space or stop a train with one hand. I think that aspiration to be greater than who you are is such a universal feeling, regardless of gender identity. I hope people recognize that and find ways to identify with all of our characters.”
The Marvels will hit theaters on November 10.
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