LESLEY JONES AS GAYLE KING.
>> IDRIS ELBA HOSTED THE SHOW
WITH KHALID.
>>> GROUND BREAKING SUPER HERO
MOVIES THAT HAD BEEN BLOCKBUSTER
AT THE BOX OFFICE, TWO YEARS AGO
IT WAS GAL GADOT AND CHAD
BOSEMAN.
THIS YEAR IS BRIE LARSON.
IT IS NOT JUST A BIG MOMENT FOR
THE STUDIO, IT MARKS THE LEAD
FOR LARSON WHO HAS PROVEN
HERSELF AS AN ACADEMY AWARD
WINNING DRAMATIC ACTOR BUT NOW
STEPS INTO CAPTAIN MARVEL'S
SUSUIT
IN A NEW STRATUSPHEAR.
>> BRIE LARSON KNEW IF SHE'S
GOING TO PLAY THE MOST POWERFUL
SUPER HERO IN THE UNIVERSE, SHE
HAS SOME WORK TO DO.
>> OVER NINE MONTHS OF WORK OUT,
TWICE A DAY, SHE BUILT HERSELF
INTO CAPTAIN MARVEL.
>> WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO YOU
TO GET IN THAT CHARACTER?
>> TO ME, SHE REPRESENTS POWER
AND STRENGTH.
IT WAS NOT JUST GOOD ENOUGH OF
THIS REPRESENTATION OF FEMALE
STRENGTH, I WANT TO HELP TELL
THAT STORY, I WENT FROM NOT
BEING ATHLETIC AND BEING ABLE TO
DEAD LIFT 220 POUNDS AND PUSHED
MY TRAINER OVER THE HILL.
>> IN HER PAST LIFE, THE SUPER
HERO WAS AN AIR FORCE PILOT,
THAT REQUIRED SOME TRAINING FOR
LARSON, TOO.
SHE SPENT DAYS IN NEVADA WITH
REAL PILOTS AND SHE TOOK A MESSY
RIDE IN F-16.
>> YOU SHOULD BE OKAY, YOU GOT A
50/50 SHOT.
HOW DID THAT GO?
>> I PUKED THE WHOLE TIME, THE
ENTIRE TIME.
>> I DIDN'T ASK TO GO BACK DOWN
TO THE GROUND, I WANTED TO KEEP
FLYING.
>> THIS IS IN THE COCKPIT WITH
THE PILOT IN FRONT OF YOU?
>> YES, YOU HAVE THE COLUMNS ON.
IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO HEAR ME
PUKING, YOU GOT TO TURN IT OFF.
>> WHAT DID THEY SAY TO YOU
AFTER YOU GOT TO THE GROUND?
>> THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO
CHICKEN OUT.
>> BRIE LARSON WAS BORN IN
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, HER
PARENTS WERE CHIROPRACTOR.
BRIE KNEW EARLY ON THAT SHE
WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR.
>> SHE WAS ADMITTED TO AMERICAN
CON
CONSERVATORY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
>> I WAS SUPER SHY.
I THINK HAVING THAT TIME WHEN I
WAS YOUNGER, WHEN I WAS
LITERALLY GIVEN A SCRIPT TO BE
LIKE THIS IS HOW YOU BE A PERSON
OR MAKE EYE CONTACT OR HOW YOU
GREET PEOPLE.
THOSE ARE ALL DIFFICULT FOR ME.
>> LARSON GOT HER FIRST WORK ON
SCREEN AT JUST 8-YEAR-OLD ON
"THE TONIGHT SHOW" WITH JAY
LENO.
WITH THAT TASTE OF SUCCESS,
BRIE'S MOTHER MOVED HER TWO
DAUGHTERS INTO LOS ANGELES WHERE
BRIE IS ESSENTIALLY BEGINNING TO
RUN HER OWN MOVIE STUDIO.
>> I WRITE THE SCRIPT AND I EDIT
IT.
PEOPLE WOULD WALK IN AND OPEN
THE GARAGE DOOR AND RUIN IT.
>> LIKE A PROFESSIONAL
OPERATION.
>> I WOULD DO A CAREER.
>> I ALSO DID EPK WHERE I WOULD
ASK MY COUSINS TO TALK ABOUT ME.
>> WHAT?
>> I KNOW.
>> IT IS AN INTERVIEW.
>> LARSON GRADUATED FROM THOSE
GARAGE PRODUCTION IN THE
ROMANTIC COMEDY "13 GOING ON
30."
AND ON THE SHOW TIME SERIES,
"UNITED STATES OF TERROR."
>> SO IS IT AFTER THAT WHERE YOU
GO OKAY, I CAN DO THIS FOR A
LIVING?
>> YEAH, I HAD A HARD TIME
GETTING WORK AGAIN.
I HAVE BEEN BROKE A DOZEN TIMES,
IT WAS THREE AUDITIONS A DAY,
STILL.
>> IN 2013, LARSON LEARNED
CRITICAL ACCLAIM STARRING IN THE
INDEPENDENT FILM "SHORT TERM
12", ABOUT A SUPERVISOR IN A
DPRUP HOME FOR TROUBLED TEENS.
>> BUT 2015 WAS THE YEAR THAT
CHANGED HER LIFE.
FIRST, LARSON PLAYED AMY
SCHUMER'S YOUNGER SISTER IN THE
BIG BOX OFFICE HIT, "TRAIN
WRECK."
>> HE'S THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF
NICE THAT YOU DESERVE.
>> THEN CAME ROOM.
>> LARSON STARRED AS A MOTHER
HELD HOSTAGE FOR SEVEN YEARS IN
THE PERFORMANCE THAT EARNED HER
THE OSCAR FOR BEST ACTRESS.
>> THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BRIE
LARSON, THAT'S FOREVER.
>> IT IS NICE.
>> JEN LAWRENCE PUT IT TO ME THE
BEST.
I FEEL THE SAME.
I DON'T FEEL ANY DIFFERENT.
>> IT IS JUST LIKE YOU GOT YOUR
PHD.
YOU GRADUATED.
>> THAT ADVANCE DEGREE OPENS
DOORS.
IN 2017, LARSON STARRED IN HER
FIRST BIG BUDGET MOVIE PLAYING A
PHOTO JOURNALIST WHICH GROSSED
MORE THAN HALF A BILLION DOLLARS
WORLDWIDE.
LARSON'S CO-STAR IN "KONG" WAS
SAMUEL JACKSON.
THE TWO BECAME FAST FRIENDS AND
THEY REUNITED IN "CAPTAIN
MARVEL."
>> HE'S BEEN THERE FOR ME.
>> HE'S A JEDI, THAT'S THE ONLY
WAY I KNOW HOW TO PUT IT.
IT IS NOT THAT HE GIVES ME
ADVICE OR TELLS ME WHAT TO DO OR
SCOLDS ME, HE'S LIKE ONE OF MY
BEST FRIEND.
HE'S LIKE MY SAFE PLACE.
>> YOU HAVE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED
OTHER FILMS, WHAT'S ON THE
HORIZON FOR YOU?
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO?
>> I HAVE BEEN BOULDER CLIMBING,
I WANT TO DO THAT.
I WANT TO GO SKY DIVING.
LARSON ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SPEND
MORE TIME WITH HER MUSHROOMS.
IT TURNS OUT THE GLAMOROUS MOVIE
STAR IS REALLY INTO SCIENTIFIC
STUDY OF FUNGI.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN SETTING
MUSHROOMS CLOSELY, HOW IS THAT
GOING?
>> IT HAS BEEN GOOD.
>> I MISSED, THERE WAS A
FESTIVAL THAT I USUALLY GO TO.
IT WAS MY FAVORITE THING DURING
THE WINTER TIME WHEN THE FORGING
REALLY HAPPENS.
I MISSED IT THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN
WORKING.
>> DAMN MOVIES GETTING IN THE
WAY OF ALL THESE MUSHROOMS.
>> YES.
>> SHE REALLY KNOWS HER STUFF ON
THOSE MUSHROOMS.
BRIE ARRIVED TO OUR INTERVIEW
STRAIGHT FROM LUNCH AT
BENNIHANA'S.
"CAPTAIN MARVEL" IS IN THEATERS
NOW.
TO HEAR BRIE TALK ABOUT THE
DEBATE SHE HAD ABOUT HERSELF
BECAUSE SHE KNEW HER LIFE WILL
CHANGE WHEN IT CAME OUT.
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