Brie often sobbed in the gym because of harsh training for ‘Captain Marvel’
BRIE Larson was reduced to tears by her punishing training regime for ‘Captain Marvel’.
The Academy Award-winning actress - who stars as the titular character in the new Marvel movie - has admitted she “sobbed in the gym” because of the physical demands of the role.
She shared: “When you’ve been training for that many hours, every day for nine months, I sobbed in the gym, many times. My trainer would be like, ‘Oh, she’s crying again.’
“It’s very emotional, when you’re stirring up something very vulnerable and raw inside of you.
“You also learned that it’s just for you. There was nothing for me to prove. I wasn’t proving it to other people at the gym. I certainly wasn’t proving it to my trainer because he was never going to be fully impressed. It’s his job to not be impressed.
“So, it was for myself. And the main reason for doing it was so that, in moments like this when we’re talking about Carol’s strength and what I learned from her, it’s that I’m stronger than I realised.”
Brie also believes the movie challenges some deep-rooted “gender norms”.
She told Collider: “I can say that I’m really strong. I was able to dead-lift 225 pounds, hipthrust 400 pounds, and push my trainer’s 5,000-pound Jeep up a hill for 60 seconds.
“When it comes to gender norms, or what the human body is capable of, or what a female body is capable of, it’s capable of a lot.”
Meanwhile, Brie hopes ‘Captain Marvel’ will spark a global conversation about diversity.
The 29-year-old actress - who stars as the titular character in the new Marvel movie - wants the film to trigger discussions about diversity within the film business and beyond.
She shared: “I’m just doing what I can do, based upon my experience and my one body, which is why representation on screen is so important.
“No one person can tell the entire story, we can only tell our piece of it.
“With films like this, that do end up going international, because a lot of the time, with smaller movies, you don’t know if they will or not, it means you get to have a really extensive conversation, and I’m so grateful that this film has so many pockets in it.”
Brie stressed that the new superhero movie can be enjoyed without even considering the issue of diversity.
However, the Hollywood star is hopeful that it’ll encourage the movie-watching public to become more empathetic.
She told Collider: “If you want to just enjoy it, you totally can, but there a lot of aspects to it that I think are worth talking with your friends and family about.
“When you have a multicultural, global conversation like that, it allows all of us, through the veil of metaphor of a film, to be able to reveal some deeper truths and maybe empathise, in a new way.” — BANG Showbiz