What used to be a sand quarry in Simi Val-
ley, Calif., has been transformed into the
planet Torfa, complete with blue-streaked
sand and towering stone archways. Carol
Danvers is here as part of the elite alien
Kree military team Starforce, and they’re
on the hunt for a missing spy. The swirling
fog gives the scene an ethereal look, but it
also presents a problem: It’s interfering
with Starforce’s comms, and the mission is
dangerous enough without the possibility
that their enemy, the shape-shifting Skrulls,
might be lurking.
But even with the looming danger, even
with the fog, Brie Larson’s Air Force pilot–
turned–intergalactic warrior, a.k.a. CaptainMarvel, is itching for action. So when her
commander (Jude Law) gives the go-ahead,
she’s the first one through the doorway.
See, Captain Marvel likes to be first.
“She can’t help but be herself,” Larson
says. “She can be aggressive, and she can
have a temper, and she can be a little inva-
sive and in your face. She’s also quick
to jump to things, which makes her amaz-
ing in battle because she’s the first one out
there and doesn’t always wait for orders.
But the [not] waiting for orders is, to some,
a character flaw.”
In other words, it’s good to be first—but
it comes with high expectations, too.
WhenCaptain Marvel hits theaters
March 8, 2019, it’ll be the 21st entry in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe—and the first
to star a solo female superhero. In the past
decade, the MCU has assembled a diverse
lineup of female heroes, from witches and
warriors to widows and wasps. But never
before has a woman headlined her ownCAPTAIN MARVELhas just
landed on an alien planet.
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