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{\an8}Growing up, I was a fan
of comic books as a kid.
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My family would play this game
called Quarters. It's a card game.
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You get a couple quarters to start.
It's like how you bet.
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It was a brilliant game for me because,
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I think, when I was buying comics,
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it was maybe 75 cents or $1.50.
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And so, if I won a game of Quarters,
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I could go buy a comic,
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or a couple, if I was buying older comics.
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I was hugely inspired
by the women that I saw in comics,
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that they were battling,
you know, creatures
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and then also personal problems
at the same time.
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Getting exposed to that
at a young age is monumental.
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I'm unstoppable
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I'm a Porsche with no brakes
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I'm invincible
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Yeah, I win every single game
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I'm so powerful
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I don't need batteries to play
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I'm so confident
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Yeah, I'm unstoppable today
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I'm unstoppable today
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Unstoppable today
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Unstoppable today
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I'm unstoppable today
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In Marvel Comics' history,
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{\an8}there have been really successful,
powerful female characters,
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like the Invisible Woman,
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Black Widow, Storm,
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Gamora, Scarlet Witch,
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Shuri, and Carol Danvers.
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Carol Danvers
was created in the early 1960s
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and she was an Air Force Security Officer.
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{\an8}And she continued to exist
as a sort of background character.
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And then, in 1977,
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Gerry Conway and his then-wife, Carla,
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made Carol into Ms. Marvel.
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She was given powers
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and it was a deliberate feminist take.
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For the next several decades,
Carol Danvers
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was one of the most popular
female superheroes that existed.
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And then, in 2012,
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we decided it was time
to reimagine her character.
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Comic book writer Kelly Sue DeConnick
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{\an8}shaped her into a relatable, strong
fighter pilot that was more empowered.
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{\an8}And that's when she became Captain Marvel.
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Fans loved the new Carol,
so she was an obvious choice
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for the first female-led film
in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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{\an8}This iteration
of Captain Marvel is a unique one.
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{\an8}Her history in the comics is complicated
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{\an8}and has gone through many iterations.
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I feel we've really been able
to pick through
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and take the very best
to create something impactful.
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{\an8}Marvel has made incredible leaps forward
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in developing female characters
and putting them onscreen.
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I think it was
important for us to tell her story
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{\an8}because she is one of the most powerful,
if not the most powerful
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{\an8}superhero we have.
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{\an8}With Captain Marvel,
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{\an8}I knew we were creating a character
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{\an8}that was going to be
even more otherworldly
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than most of the characters
that we'd seen so far.
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So, for me, it was even more important
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to have an actress who would
approach it from a grounded place,
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to ground Carol Danvers
in reality, in her humanity.
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{\an8}Captain Marvel herself, Brie Larson!
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{\an8}For me, she is the perfect
Carol Danvers because
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she is an accomplished actress
who can do anything.
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She's funny.
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Wow. You're the Captain now.
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- I always was. You just didn't know.
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She's dramatic.
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- What did you do to me?
- It's like a bad trip, isn't it?
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She approaches her work
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with a dedication that's pretty unmatched.
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Action! One and two and stance! Nice!
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And she had the passion
for the role, ultimately.
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Getting ready to play Carol,
I went through the comics
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{\an8}and learned a lot about the core
of who Carol is.
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Carol Danvers is an interesting character,
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in that she has one foot on Earth
and one foot in the cosmic arena.
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When we first meet Carol Danvers,
we meet her as Vers,
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a Kree warrior who does not
remember her human origins.
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{\an8}But when she comes back to Earth,
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she finds Carol Danvers and Vers
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weren't so different after all.
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Carol Danvers, in her human form,
is an Air Force pilot,
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incredibly well-achieved in her field.
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A true badass.
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Through a blast,
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she loses her memory
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and she gains powers.
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As we go through
the film's story,
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she learns who she used to be.
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{\an8}Then, her final act is figuring out
who she wants to be.
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I knew it! Everyone said you were dead.
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I'm not really who you think I am.
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I think Carol Danvers
is the most powerful,
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{\an8}most empowered character
in the whole Marvel Universe.
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{\an8}But she's also a regular person.
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And I think that's one of the things
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that's so important about
women superheroes,
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is that heroism is everybody.
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We all want to feel inspired
to be the best versions of ourselves.
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I'm only human.
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One of the most powerful messages
that Captain Marvel represents
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is the inability to accept a "no."
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Like, when she falls down...
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...her strength comes from
learning to stand up again.
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That's something I connect to.
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I was attracted to the tenacity
of Captain Marvel's character,
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and I found that inspiring.
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With Carol,
one of the main cornerstones of her
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is that she gets back up
after the mistakes she's made.
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And that's something I really appreciate
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about her as a role model.
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She can be cocky.
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She can say the wrong thing.
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She puts her foot in her mouth,
but she owns up to it,
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and that's, I think, really important,
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far more than trying to reach
some sort of perfection.
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Carol Danvers, as a character,
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is one who always looked to the stars.
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She isn't just a female protagonist.
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She has a distinct personality.
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Put that on.
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- What is it?
- It's the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo.
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Does announcing your identity on clothing
help with the covert part of your job?
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Young girls recognize her
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as real, and relatable, and admirable.
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If you asked me a couple years ago,
I'd have said,
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"She's so different from me."
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I was an introvert with asthma
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and that was really antithetical
to who I thought Carol was.
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But I do feel like, playing her now,
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I'm more blended with her than not.
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Some of her most powerful moments,
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it's when Carol's at her lowest,
her weakest.
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And so, I truly felt in those moments
that I was being reminded of myself.
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The story of her in the film
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is about her coming to terms
with that she's controlled.
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She thinks that she's supposed
to be a certain way.
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- You must let go of the past.
- I don't remember my past.
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It's causing you doubt,
and doubt makes you vulnerable.
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No, I think Captain Marvel
being told by Yon-Rogg
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{\an8}that she's not good enough,
that her emotions get the best of her,
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{\an8}that her vulnerabilities make her weaker,
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perfectly captures what we go through.
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There's nothing more dangerous
to a warrior than emotion.
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But throughout the movie,
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we see Carol actually defying that
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and being like, "My emotions are mine."
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Can you keep your emotions in check
long enough to take me on?
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Or will they get
the better of you as always?
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I believe Carol realizing
that her power is in her emotions
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is a really strong point
of self-discovery,
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where the Kree try to convince her
that she is just this weak human
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and she realizes that
she'd been restricted this whole time,
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and she had way more power in her.
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I have nothing to prove to you.
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Her arc is one of realizing
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that you have to be empathetic.
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You have to embrace your emotions.
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Your ability to connect with other people
is what makes you strong.
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And I think that what Carol Danvers learns
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is that her love for other people
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and her compassion
is what allows her to become
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the most powerful person in the universe.
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Where's your head at?
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In the clouds. Where's yours?
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On my shoulders.
About to show these boys how we do it.
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{\an8}One of the things I really love
about Captain Marvel
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{\an8}is there's no romance in the movie.
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{\an8}There was no reason
to have a male counterpart
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{\an8}'cause it didn't add anything
to the story.
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And it's one of the best friendships
that we've put together in the MCU.
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In this film,
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the great love of her life
is her best friend.
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Is that really who you are now?
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I don't know.
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And it's humbling, because you realize
love doesn't have to be romantic.
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It can be a deep friendship.
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No. What's hard is losing my best friend.
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What if a woman is just friend
to another woman
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{\an8}and they are enough for each other?
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{\an8}And they make each other feel like
they are enough for themselves.
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{\an8}Carol and Maria,
they have this really healthy
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{\an8}love and trust for each other.
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They were the only ones who were there
for each other when things got hard.
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My best friend,
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who supported me as a mother and a pilot
when no one else did.
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Come here. Come here, girl.
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I got you.
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Everybody has struggles
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{\an8}and we all have to find
a way to deal with them,
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{\an8}whether it's through
our support system,
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{\an8}our family, our loved ones, our friends.
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Early start to your morning.
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Late night, actually.
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I can't sleep when there's work to do.
Sound familiar?
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Flying your planes isn't like work.
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Dr. Wendy Lawson
is a brilliant scientist
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who is very much interested
in trying to mentor Carol.
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This isn't about fighting wars.
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It's about ending them.
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The character of Lawson is
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somebody who isn't
Captain Marvel's mother,
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isn't a sister or friend,
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but is somebody who, nevertheless,
shapes her really intensely.
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I'm the older scientist
encouraging the young pilots
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to build their skills,
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to become great at what they do,
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and to know the power within themselves
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and not be afraid of their own potential.
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I kind of have always had that in me
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because my mom was so amazing.
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She is my hero, still. She's 92.
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She was always such
an intelligent, committed,
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interesting, informed woman,
and she still is.
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I also had another hero in my life
who was this woman
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that I started babysitting for
when I was 12, 13 years old.
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We became friends
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and, as I got a bit older,
we learned to scuba dive together.
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And we have been
dear, dear friends ever since.
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We all need these figures in our lives,
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whether they're our moms, or our teachers,
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or our aunts, or our grandmothers.
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We all need to be brought along
and to be encouraged.
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We all need support.
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I don't care who you are.
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You need somebody to say to you
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what Dr. Lawson says to Captain Marvel,
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which is,
"You have the power inside of you.
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"You just have to access it."
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Yes. Come on.
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Whoa!
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Before the film started,
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the physicality was a huge fear of mine.
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I trained really hard for that film
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and it doesn't come without
hitting the floor.
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Stunts, fight training, you slip,
you fall on your face.
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And to me, life is that.
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But when you meet yourself,
when you're terrified,
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when you are tested,
you're stronger, taller,
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bigger than you thought.
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And, action!
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What's so interesting about
physical transformation is it's mental.
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I learned it clearly with deadlifting.
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I couldn't break 200 pounds.
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I just couldn't for months.
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I was just clicking along
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and every time I went to go lift 200,
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I just would freeze and I couldn't do it.
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And then I finally broke it
and got to like 215
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because my trainer lied
and said that it was at 175.
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So I started realizing that
the whole game was the mind.
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Release!
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Go, go, go! Dig, dig, dig!
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I've learned
a lot of things from Carol.
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I learned that
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I am a lot stronger than I realized.
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Five, four...
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I am physically much stronger,
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mentally much stronger.
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That I am quite comfortable in my body.
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{\an8}It's why I love my job so much,
is because it pushes me to the edge.
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I felt pretty exhausted just walking from
getting coffee up to my tent again, so...
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I am not sure how this is gonna go,
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but I'm gonna try really,
really hard.
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The physical training changes
the way that you view things.
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It changes the way you perceive
the world, and Carol is hyperfocused.
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She is very perceptive.
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And so, putting myself in that mindset,
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where I was clearing my mind
everyday through the training,
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helped me bring her to life.
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It helped me to have this role
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and to have Carol as this guiding light.
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I don't know how many of these steps
I would've taken without
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being pushed into it.
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I can't believe I just did that.
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Before the film started,
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I was a nervous flier, to put it lightly.
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But I learned a lot
from my time at the Air Force.
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I had the pleasure of meeting
the first female Air Force pilot.
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{\an8}This is General Leavitt, who is a legend.
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{\an8}A legend!
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{\an8}Is there anything
you cannot do
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{\an8}in comparison
with your male counterparts?
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{\an8}Do you have the stamina to compete
one-on-one, do you think?
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{\an8}Yes, sir. I go through the same training
my male counterparts do.
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And I've had no problems so far,
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and I'm looking forward to
the challenge of flying the F-15E.
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What would it be like to fly?
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I've never done it.
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That's where we're going, hangout here,
do some fighting here.
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You can't imagine
what G-forces are like
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until you're actually in it
and experiencing it.
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We were flying back and the turbulence
started to get to me.
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Horrific. Terrible.
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I'm strapped in
and I'm still bouncing around.
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I'm like, "This is it. I'm not gonna
make this movie. It's the end of me."
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And I remember my pilot
talking to the tower saying,
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"We've got some turbulence."
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And I heard this voice from the tower,
"How'd you describe the turbulence?"
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And I'm thinking, "Worst ever!"
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And she goes, "Mild."
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And I was like, "Okay."
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I realized that these planes can do
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insane maneuvers in the air effortlessly.
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And I have been
a very chill flier since then.
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In the comics, Carol's gone through
many iterations of her costume.
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And it was not
the most practical in real life.
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I just feel like clothes
should make sense,
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especially if she's flying in space
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and fighting strange creatures.
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{\an8}It should be protective.
It should have a purpose.
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How do I look?
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The costume, actually, was a huge part
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of why I was excited about the film.
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The costume on the screen
is important because
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{\an8}you immediately make judgment
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{\an8}about that character based on
what they wear.
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And so Brie and I both agreed
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that it needs to look like a uniform,
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but yet, it needs to look like
a uniform on a female body.
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There was no reason
to make it cutesy or anything else.
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It's all about inner power.
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We really want to make sure
that the MCU female superheroes
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stand next to the men
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{\an8}and they're equally badass
in the uniforms that they wear.
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{\an8}And it represents their skills
and characteristics
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and not necessarily their body.
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We really talked about
not making her look too sexy.
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I worked with a great makeup artist,
Heba Thorisdottir,
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and it was really great, like,
coming up with Brie's look.
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{\an8}I'm a third-generation hairstylist.
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{\an8}I've played with hair my whole life.
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I know what the '90s looked like.
I grew up in it.
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We looked at rock 'n' roll pictures.
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We looked at Stevie Nicks.
We looked at Joan Jett.
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We looked at all those girls of like
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that whole rock 'n' roll, hair band era.
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I have to say, the '90s,
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the hair is not so fabulous.
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But, you know what?
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I think we did a good job figuring it out.
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I think it's so important for women
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to see an unapologetic
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{\an8}representation of female power and glory.
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Women are given a lot of messages about
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how to hold their power and how to
express it and what's appropriate.
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I think in the Marvel Universe,
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we're able to see women
owning their power.
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And now!
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{\an8}We want you to change it.
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{\an8}Yeah. That's what we like,
we want to keep it going.
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{\an8}Okay.
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{\an8}Anna is so amazing and super inspiring
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{\an8}when she was directing.
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{\an8}She knew what she wanted, and I'm like,
"This is an amazing director."
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After I was filming,
I was thinking to myself,
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"When I'm older, I want to become
a director like her."
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It's so important for women
to be behind the scenes
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as well as in front of the camera,
because it informs all we do.
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It informs the stories we tell,
the way we tell them,
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the lens through which they are viewed.
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I love every single one of you,
and it's not just because I'm hot
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and I've sweated out all my water
and I had two sips of champagne.
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I really, really have appreciated
every single one of you.
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I really do. Okay.
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- Let's finish this movie!
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I was one of those kids who was
always in love with filmmaking.
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I've always wanted to make movies.
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That's just been part of who I am.
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I love the process of editing.
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{\an8}That's really where you can
kick into high storytelling gear
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{\an8}and craft the story, the characters.
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As a female editor,
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editing Marvel's first female-led film,
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I definitely felt a responsibility
to get it right.
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The most powerful moment
in Captain Marvel comes right at the end.
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There's a take where Carol stands up
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and she says, "My name is Carol."
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My name is Carol.
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That's her superhero moment,
as you'd call it. She claims herself.
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And there were a lot
of takes that Brie did
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that were what you're used to seeing
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and what felt right because that's what
you're programmed to expect.
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Then there was this other take where,
as she said it, a tear ran down her face.
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My name is Carol.
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And I thought, "Wow, I have never seen,
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"in the superhero's most powerful moment,
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"a tear running down their face.
I have to put that take in."
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And I put it in
and, you know, there was resistance.
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They're like, "Why is she crying?"
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The answer was, "That's kind of the theme
of the entire film,
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"that you can be emotional
and powerful simultaneously."
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And that choice that Brie made
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enveloped everything Captain Marvel is.
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I feel like Marvel is going
to a whole new chapter.
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We have so much coming out
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that represents different kinds
of communities and voices,
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{\an8}including the series Ms. Marvel,
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which was inspired by
my own life experiences.
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I was a brown kid growing up in Jersey.
406
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{\an8}It was a predominantly white community.
407
00:24:30,637 --> 00:24:33,389
{\an8}The only brown people in town
were related to me.
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And it was challenging.
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00:24:36,684 --> 00:24:40,730
I never saw girls or anyone
who looked like me
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in television shows or magazines.
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And, in fact, if I did happen to see
a brown person on television,
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they were usually the bad guy.
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I am Muslim. I am South Asian.
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And I was growing up
in a time where people
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truly just did not understand
who Muslims were.
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Thought it would be cool to have
a superhero who actually fights for us.
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Now we get to show that world
through the lens of Ms. Marvel.
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Ms. Marvel is a young woman
named Kamala Khan.
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She is from Jersey City.
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She is just really intelligent
and very quirky,
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and has a very loving family.
422
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Whatever mountain you're facing,
you don't have to do it alone.
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I can be special tomorrow.
I just wanna be normal today.
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I don't know.
I don't see why this is so hard for me.
425
00:25:33,491 --> 00:25:36,536
It's funny to think that
there was anybody else as an option
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for Kamala Khan other than Iman Vellani.
427
00:25:39,747 --> 00:25:42,333
She turned in a fantastic audition.
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So we can expand our horizons,
meet interesting people,
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realize our true potential
to fulfill the American Dream!
430
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She is Kamala in real life.
431
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And yes, this is my American Dream.
432
00:25:52,552 --> 00:25:56,097
We'd be honored if you'd play
Kamala Khan in the Ms. Marvel show.
433
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Yeah, I can't comprehend this right now.
434
00:25:59,392 --> 00:26:00,476
{\an8}Oh, my God!
435
00:26:02,020 --> 00:26:06,274
{\an8}It was the first audition
I ever did in my entire life.
436
00:26:06,274 --> 00:26:10,153
{\an8}As a kid, I was very confused about
what I wanted to do with my life
437
00:26:10,153 --> 00:26:11,988
until this opportunity came around.
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00:26:12,947 --> 00:26:16,159
I have so much love for the character,
which is why I auditioned.
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00:26:16,159 --> 00:26:19,287
I didn't wanna be an actor,
but because it was Ms. Marvel
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and I loved her comics, I had no choice.
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00:26:22,332 --> 00:26:25,251
{\an8}My ten-year-old self
would hate me if I didn't audition.
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00:26:29,130 --> 00:26:30,882
I loved reading comic books.
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00:26:30,882 --> 00:26:33,676
{\an8}I got really into superheroes
when I was, like, ten.
444
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Where I live is right next to
a comic book store
445
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and my parents would give me
$20 of allowance every month.
446
00:26:40,725 --> 00:26:42,352
I'd spend it on comic books.
447
00:26:42,894 --> 00:26:45,355
And one day, I picked up
a Ms. Marvel comic
448
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and I was like, "Brown girl, who's she?"
449
00:26:48,024 --> 00:26:50,693
And I got excited
and I fell in love with her.
450
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Growing up with little to no
representation, I needed that.
451
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In the comics, Ms. Marvel is like
Captain Marvel's biggest fan.
452
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{\an8}What's cool about it is
she doesn't just emulate her.
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{\an8}She sees the strength of Captain Marvel
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{\an8}and then finds
her own version of it in herself.
455
00:27:14,425 --> 00:27:20,765
Kamala is a creative, passionate,
Avengers-loving, fanfic-writing nerd.
456
00:27:20,765 --> 00:27:24,894
I feel kind of honored to be the nerd
to represent all the other nerds.
457
00:27:26,854 --> 00:27:30,525
I get to channel a lot of
my real life into her character.
458
00:27:31,567 --> 00:27:33,903
Kamala, she is Pakistani, she is Muslim,
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00:27:34,696 --> 00:27:37,115
but none of that alone defines her.
460
00:27:37,115 --> 00:27:38,199
What's up, Najaf?
461
00:27:38,199 --> 00:27:41,119
And I think that is a lot of
her journey in the show.
462
00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:45,998
Let's be honest. It's not the brown girls
from Jersey City who save the world.
463
00:27:48,376 --> 00:27:49,419
Sure they do.
464
00:27:50,044 --> 00:27:52,505
Kamala embraces everything
that makes her her.
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And I think that's so admirable.
466
00:27:54,757 --> 00:27:58,010
You know, she doesn't shy away
from the fact that she is Muslim.
467
00:28:00,972 --> 00:28:04,809
The importance of having Kamala
be the first Muslim superhero,
468
00:28:05,685 --> 00:28:06,811
it's enormous.
469
00:28:09,897 --> 00:28:11,858
That's the DNA of Marvel,
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of making sure that the stories
are representative,
471
00:28:16,028 --> 00:28:20,158
because Marvel tries to
capture the real world,
472
00:28:20,158 --> 00:28:22,410
just in the most fantastic way possible.
473
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,556
Sometimes, a movie is a movie,
and escape is fun,
474
00:28:43,556 --> 00:28:46,100
and you enjoy it
and never think about it again.
475
00:28:46,893 --> 00:28:49,103
But Captain Marvel was not just a movie.
476
00:28:49,937 --> 00:28:52,607
It changed how people felt
about themselves.
477
00:28:53,608 --> 00:28:56,611
{\an8}I can remember growing up
and not really having
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00:28:56,611 --> 00:28:59,614
{\an8}many female superheroes to look up to.
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I can't even recall,
if you ask me, if there's one.
480
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But now, you know,
I can say with Captain Marvel,
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it's allowing little girls
to look up to this
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strong woman and say that,
"I actually can be her."
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00:29:14,545 --> 00:29:16,214
{\an8}My name is Alyssa Carson.
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{\an8}I'm an aspiring astronaut and
my favorite character is Captain Marvel.
485
00:29:24,388 --> 00:29:26,599
Captain Marvel is my favorite character
486
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because she sends
such a good message of women
487
00:29:30,436 --> 00:29:33,022
being just as strong
as the male superheroes.
488
00:29:34,148 --> 00:29:36,275
Captain Marvel shows determination.
489
00:29:39,529 --> 00:29:41,572
And so, I think that that determination
490
00:29:41,572 --> 00:29:44,575
definitely resonates with me
to keep going after my dreams.
491
00:29:48,538 --> 00:29:51,332
When I was a little girl,
I pretty much have loved space
492
00:29:51,332 --> 00:29:53,000
ever since I could remember.
493
00:29:55,545 --> 00:29:58,422
I was always obsessed with it
and wanting to learn more.
494
00:29:59,715 --> 00:30:02,802
No one in my family
has any space or science background.
495
00:30:02,802 --> 00:30:05,346
So it was very bizarre for me
to one day come up
496
00:30:05,346 --> 00:30:07,807
and start asking all kinds
of space questions,
497
00:30:07,807 --> 00:30:09,600
but I took it and ran with it.
498
00:30:11,394 --> 00:30:14,939
Then, as I got older, the more I learned,
the more my obsession grew.
499
00:30:16,357 --> 00:30:18,317
I've seen Captain Marvel many times,
500
00:30:18,317 --> 00:30:21,654
and, you know, I think that
the more times that I watched it,
501
00:30:21,654 --> 00:30:24,740
I was definitely encouraged
to keep doing what I'm doing.
502
00:30:24,740 --> 00:30:27,368
I'm currently studying astrobiology.
503
00:30:29,036 --> 00:30:31,956
And I'm looking forward to
being able to contribute
504
00:30:31,956 --> 00:30:33,833
to the science happening on Mars.
505
00:30:37,128 --> 00:30:41,299
Something that I share with
Captain Marvel is curiosity.
506
00:30:42,466 --> 00:30:44,594
She definitely has a very curious mind,
507
00:30:44,594 --> 00:30:46,345
but, at the end of the day,
508
00:30:46,345 --> 00:30:50,308
she really just wants to contribute
to something greater than herself.
509
00:30:51,309 --> 00:30:52,977
And so, I think that connects,
510
00:30:52,977 --> 00:30:55,187
'cause when we look at
the mission to Mars,
511
00:30:55,187 --> 00:30:57,189
it's not about just getting to Mars.
512
00:30:57,189 --> 00:31:00,067
It's about all the benefits
that getting to Mars brings.
513
00:31:01,152 --> 00:31:03,487
New technologies, new resources
514
00:31:03,487 --> 00:31:06,824
that can actually help with the problems
we have now on Earth.
515
00:31:10,453 --> 00:31:13,122
I think that we need female superheroes
516
00:31:13,122 --> 00:31:16,792
because it is so important to see
other strong women.
517
00:31:19,253 --> 00:31:22,715
Captain Marvel is encouraging
the next group of women
518
00:31:22,715 --> 00:31:26,093
to go after their dreams
and hopefully be just as empowered.
519
00:31:41,525 --> 00:31:45,571
The huge value of the movies
is that they show people
520
00:31:45,571 --> 00:31:48,282
{\an8}the world the way it should be,
521
00:31:48,282 --> 00:31:51,786
{\an8}where the good and strong and smart win.
522
00:31:52,578 --> 00:31:56,832
{\an8}Giving an incredible role model
to everybody,
523
00:31:57,500 --> 00:32:01,170
to kids, to young women, to older women.
524
00:32:01,170 --> 00:32:05,424
I think it has a huge impact on culture
525
00:32:05,424 --> 00:32:07,551
and changing the way people think.
526
00:32:10,763 --> 00:32:12,598
We're being represented by someone
527
00:32:12,598 --> 00:32:14,558
who plays and portrays us
528
00:32:14,558 --> 00:32:16,268
as someone amazing, you know,
529
00:32:16,268 --> 00:32:19,897
and we don't get that often,
so it's nice to see it on the screen.
530
00:32:21,232 --> 00:32:22,900
After the movie came out,
531
00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:26,612
the enrollment of women
in the Air Force went up 50%.
532
00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:34,704
{\an8}We were completely taken aback
533
00:32:34,704 --> 00:32:38,958
{\an8}by the cultural wave that it created.
534
00:32:43,879 --> 00:32:45,798
And I just love that it's girl power
535
00:32:45,798 --> 00:32:47,675
and my girls can be what they want,
536
00:32:47,675 --> 00:32:50,011
and she's the epitome of that.
537
00:32:50,011 --> 00:32:51,721
Every girl has strong powers.
538
00:32:52,972 --> 00:32:55,891
She's just an incredible
role model for girls.
539
00:32:55,891 --> 00:33:00,813
It's just really like amazing
to see such a strong, female lead.
540
00:33:00,813 --> 00:33:02,064
Someone to look up to.
541
00:33:02,064 --> 00:33:06,444
Young girls across the nation will see her
and think, "That could be me."
542
00:33:12,241 --> 00:33:15,119
I'm Brie Larson and I'm Captain Marvel.
543
00:33:19,165 --> 00:33:23,836
I'm very aware of the fact
that I'm just a conduit for a concept.
544
00:33:25,421 --> 00:33:27,048
It always, for me, was the star.
545
00:33:28,090 --> 00:33:31,510
I just wanted to imbue that symbol.
That was my goal.
546
00:33:32,053 --> 00:33:34,096
If I could imbue that star
547
00:33:34,096 --> 00:33:36,307
and that symbol to mean something,
548
00:33:37,183 --> 00:33:39,060
to help you out of a tough situation,
549
00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:41,479
to give you strength
when you really need it.
550
00:33:41,479 --> 00:33:42,563
That we're free.
551
00:33:42,563 --> 00:33:44,648
We're completely free to be as we are.
552
00:33:46,233 --> 00:33:50,696
I see people with, like, a Captain Marvel
leather jacket or a keychain
553
00:33:50,696 --> 00:33:52,615
or a pin with that star.
554
00:33:55,076 --> 00:33:57,870
If that can be a reminder
of inner strength and power,
555
00:33:58,412 --> 00:34:00,706
it's a powerful concept.