Captain Marvel’s Brie Larson misplaced out on a job in Star Wars

Captain Marvel star Brie Larson has revealed that she was up for – and finally misplaced out on – a job in a Star Wars film.

The actor, who joined the ever-expanding MCU as Carol Danvers again in 2019, launched her new YouTube channel yesterday (July 2), and chatted about her love of the area opera franchise and a bunch of her previous auditions with a buddy in her first video.

“I auditioned for Star Wars too,” the 30-year-old admitted. “I auditioned for Hunger Games, I auditioned for the Terminator reboot.

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“I truly was fascinated about the Terminator reboot at present as a result of I bought a flat tyre and I used to be like, ‘Oh the final time I bought a flat tyre was once I was driving into my audition for Terminator,” she laughed. “Got a flat tyre at the audition, and then didn’t get the job.”

While Larson shunned detailing which particular components she tried to bag, followers have speculated that, with Star Wars, it was both Rey (who went on to be performed by Daisy Ridley when she was launched in The Force Awakens) or Rogue One protagonist Jyn Erso (who was delivered to life by The Theory of Everything star Felicity Jones).

When it involves The Hunger Games and Terminator: Genisys, it appears seemingly that Larson auditioned for Jennifer Lawrence’s function as Katniss Everdeen and Emilia Clarke’s Sarah Connor, respectively.

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Even although she did not fairly handle to land a job throughout the sequel trilogy, many are hopeful that they may see Jedi-wannabe Larson someplace within the collection later down the road – significantly now she’s part of the Disney household, and the studio execs have already introduced that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy is engaged on “a brand new period of Star Wars“.

“We are excited concerning the tasks Kathy and the Lucasfilm staff are engaged on, not solely when it comes to Star Wars but in addition Indiana Jones and reaching into different components of the corporate together with Children of Blood and Bone with Emma Watts and Fox,” Alan Horn, Walt Disney Studios co-chairman and chief artistic officer, mentioned final 12 months.

Captain Marvel is out now on DVD, Blu-ray and digital obtain.