Captain Marvel (2019)
- To accurately portray their role in Captain Marvel, Brie Larson spent weeks conducting hands-on research and rehearsing directly with director Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden.
- Captain Marvel utilized mostly practical sets and locations to ground the story, a specific choice insisted upon by Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden.
Captain Marvel is a 2019 American superhero film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the first female-led film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Brie Larson stars as Vers, a Kree warrior suffering from amnesia who discovers she is actually Carol Danvers, a former U.S. Air Force pilot who gained extraordinary powers β including energy projection, flight, and near-invulnerability β after an accident involving an experimental light-speed engine designed by the Kree scientist Dr.
Wendy Lawson. Set in 1995, the film follows Carol as she arrives on Earth while pursuing shape-shifting Skrull aliens, reconnects with her past, and uncovers the truth about the Kree-Skrull conflict and her own origins. Captain Marvel was released strategically between Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, introducing the franchise's most powerful hero just before the climactic showdown with Thanos.
The 1990s setting allowed the film to function as a period piece, featuring Blockbuster Video stores, dial-up internet, and a digitally de-aged Samuel L. Jackson as a younger Nick Fury in his most substantial MCU role outside of the Avengers films. Brie Larson underwent extensive physical training for the role, including military combat techniques and fighter jet familiarization flights.
The film earned $1.13 billion worldwide, becoming the first female-led superhero film to cross the billion-dollar mark. Ben Mendelsohn's performance as the Skrull leader Talos, who evolves from apparent villain to sympathetic refugee, was one of the film's most praised elements and contributed to one of the MCU's more nuanced portrayals of conflict.
