The Marvels star Brie Larson says playing superheroes is 'weird, specific job': It’s very strange...

Brie Larson’s The Marvels recently debuted in theatres worldwide. The film is headlined by three female superheroes namely Larson’s Captain Marvel, Iman Vellani’s Ms Marvel and Teyonah Parris’ Photon. In a recent interview, the actress talked about her experience of playing a superhero. 

Brie Larson on playing a superhero 

Speaking at The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Larson said, “Being a superhero is like a weird, specific job. Who else is going to be like, ‘And make sure you have extra zippers so you can go to the bathroom.’ … It’s just like very strange things.” 

Fallon noted that Larson was the first member of The Marvels crew to congratulate actress Iman Vellani for playing Ms. Marvel in the film. In response, she said, “I felt really lucky because the first time I played Captain Marvel was on Avengers, and so I had Scarlett Johansson as the first person who welcomed me and I got to be there with all of them.”

She added, “So to have them not just welcome me in but to also just be like, ‘You got this’ and answer all my questions, it was just invaluable. So I just make a point whenever I read that somebody’s a superhero.”

Brie Larson calls Samuel L. Jackson her ‘bestie’ 

Larson also said that she shares a very special relationship with actor Samuel L. Jackson, whom she went on to call her ‘bestie’. The 21 Jump Street actress also went on to talk about her new series Lessons in Chemistry, which is based on a novel by Bonnie Garmus. The show premiered on Apple TV+ on October 13.

Set in the 1950s the series follows a woman, Elizabeth Zott, whose dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that thinks women belong in the domestic sphere. But she accepts a job on a TV cooking show with the goal of teaching a nation of overlooked housewives way more than recipes.

(With inputs from IANS)