Playing superheroes is weirdly specific job: Brie Larson

Actress Brie Larson recently spoke at length about her latest MCU film The Marvels after the end of the actors strike Talking about the movie she said that playing superheroes is a weirdly specific jobSpeaking at The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon she said ldquoBeing a superhero is like a weird specific jobrdquo Larson told Fallon ldquoWho else is going to be like lsquoAnd make sure you have extra zippers so you can go to the bathroomrsquo hellip Itrsquos just like very strange thingsrdquo as per The Hollywood ReporterFallon noted that Larson was the first member of lsquoThe Marvelsrsquo crew to congratulate actress Iman Vellani for playing Ms Marvel in the film In response she said ldquoI felt really lucky because the first time I played Captain Marvel was on lsquoAvengersrsquo and so I had Scarlett Johansson as the first person who welcomed me and I got to be there with all of themrdquoShe added ldquoSo to have them not just welcome me in but to also just be like lsquoYou got thisrsquo and answer all my questions it was just invaluable So I just make a point whenever I read that somebodyrsquos a superherordquoThe rsquo21 Jump Streetrsquo actress also said that she shares a very special relationship with actor Samuel L Jackson whom she went on to call her lsquobestiersquoldquoYeah hersquos just my favourite and Irsquom his second favouriterdquo she quippedContinuing she said ldquoOn lsquoThe Marvelsrsquo there was a moment we were working together and theyrsquore like lsquoCan you do one more takersquo and hersquos like lsquoOf course of course anything for my second favourite costarrsquo And I was like lsquoWhat do you mean What are you talking about Whorsquos your firstrsquo And he was like lsquoMersquo I mean I canrsquot fight with thatrdquoLarson also went on to talk about her new series lsquoLessons in Chemistryrsquo which is based on a novel by Bonnie Garmus The show premiered on Apple TV on October 13Set in the 1950s the series follows a woman Elizabeth Zott whose dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that thinks women belong in the domestic sphere But she accepts a job on a TV cooking show with the goal of teaching a nation of overlooked housewives way more than recipesldquoIt was brought to me about two years before the book even came out Itrsquos a fabulous bookrdquo the actress said of the project ldquoAnd it took about that long to get it off the ground but yeah they asked me to be a producer which has just been amazing lsquocause it helps me hellip like when Irsquom playing someone like Elizabeth whorsquos just such rich character itrsquos nice to help build her world and be there from the beginningrdquoLarson added ldquoTo be totally honest Irsquove been acting since I was like seven and Irsquove never really known what a producer does hellip actually they do a lot Let me tell you I learned that itrsquos hardrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever