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How Brie Larson, classic introvert, became 'Captain Marvel': 'I want to grow'

#CaptainMarvel  #CarolDanvers  #JudeLaw #BrieLarson  This weekend, Captain Marvel's early days as the Earth-bound pilot Carol Danvers will be revealed as she takes on a violent intergalactic Kree-Skrull war. It was during an early sparring scene with Jude Law, who plays Larson's Starforce commander, that directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck saw the actress begin to harness her supersized powers. “She kept Jude on his toes, oh, my God,” Boden laughs. “I remember the first day that Jude got to set and went to stunt training with her to learn that scene, and him being like, 'Oh, I better up my game.’ ”  Jude Law technically plays Brie Larson's Kree mentor in "Captain Marvel," but directors say she came on set prepared to kick butt. Much has been said of Larson’s nine months of physical prep: 250-pound deadlifts, pushing a Jeep up a hill, hanging tough in a F-16 as Air Force pilots simulated a dogfight. “I was fine! I puked the entire time, but I was fi...