Brie Larson is not your typical everyday teenager. At the ripe young age of 15-and-a-half, Ms. Larson has already appeared on six television series, been in four films, and has just recorded her first solo album (Finally Out of P.E., which hits stores on June 14th) . Not bad for a relatively small town girl (Larson was born in California's capitol, Sacramento). Yet even in the world of Hollywood entertainers, where Larson's current film-cum-music pedigree would seem downright normal, she's still not a typical teen. Larson may be a teen idol in training, but when she's not locked down on the set or hunkered down in the recording studio she's a hardcore comic book freak (Amazing Fantasy, Wonder Woman, and Catwoman: When In Rome being amongst her current faves) and a devout Gamecube fangirl.

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"I love the Mario Brothers," Larson enthuses when asked about her favorite games. "If I could marry Luigi, I probably would because I just love him," she adds with a laugh. Of the Mario Brothers various franchises, Paper Mario has earned a soft spot in her heart. "I love Paper Mario. It's really awesome. That's such a fun game. At first I was like 'Paper Mario? How is it any different than any other game?' But what's cool is that you're flat, you're one-dimensional. So you can fold yourself into a paper airplane and fold yourself into a boat and roll under things, you can roll yourself into a little cylinder and roll under stuff. It's really cool. It's fun."Given her penchant for digitized thrills and spills the natural question to hit Larson with is whether or not she enjoys any platforms other than the Nintendo ® flagship console. "I can't do the Playstation. I can't do all those killing games," she says with mock disgust. "I like the Mario Brothers with the mushrooms and happy music and Bowser. I can't do the shooting games, so I've never really been into Playstation. Playstation is more of a "guy thing," I think. Gamecube is like the perfect thing for me. I think the games are so much fun. I just love all the Nintendo® characters."Just how much does Larson love Nintendo®? Enough to have styled her most recent birthday bash after some of the most beloved characters the system has to offer. "Actually my 15th birthday was a Nintendo® party," she confesses. "It was awesome! I had a bounce house and I had all my friends dress up as their favorite Nintendo® character and we played video games and had these giant blow-up hammers and whacked each other in the bounce house. It was very fun!"