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What made you agree then to take on the part?

It was a really long process of thinking and talking about it and that was hard to do because this stuff is so secretive and I had to do that myself. I couldn’t talk to friends or family about it. For me, it was what the film was going to be and what the story was and who the character was. I did a small indie film called Short Term 12 that ended up going international. I took that film to film festivals and I saw the impact that it made and I saw how it affected people. Once I had an understanding of what this type of work can mean to people, the idea of making it on a larger scale had a real appeal. Movies like (Captain Marvel), they go everywhere, I don’t have to work as hard for the work to get out there, so if it can continue to be in my value system of what I am here on this earth to create, I just felt like everything was lining up for me to do it. It almost felt like (by saying no) I was denying myself a fulfilment of my destiny in a way.

What do you like about Captain Marvel?

She’s the most dynamic character that I’ve ever played so far. There’s never been a spectrum so wide than the one I’ve gotten to play as her. A lot of that comes from who she is, being that there is this divide between Kree and human, the Kree being this very logical side. They don’t have emotion and they are very logical thinkers and they are these supreme beings that don’t make mistakes. Then there’s the human part of her that’s actually the worst parts and the best parts of her. Her humanity is the thing that gets her in trouble and puts her in situations she probably shouldn’t put herself in. But that makes her relatable, I think. We all have two hemispheres in our brains. We all have this conflict of trying to decide which parts of ourselves we’re supposed to bring to the world and bring to our relationships and bring to society. It means there’s always going to be something there for me to dig up and discover with her.