Captain Marvel star Lashana Lynch recently revealed what her character Maria Rambeau feels towards the disappearance of Carol Danvers (Brie Larson).
Every great superhero has or should have a best friend or sidekick that is with them until the end of the line. Carol Danvers certainly had that with Maria Rambeau, played by Lashana Lynch in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe original story, Captain Marvel.
But what happens to that person when their super-friend ceases to exist? During a set visit with Comicbook.com, Lynch tries to explain what goes on with Maria Rambeau after the disappearance of Carol.
“Her and Brie’s [Larson] character Carol Danvers are very close friends, they’re best friends, in fact, she had to go through a lot of grief when Carol disappeared and then suddenly she’s back, and she has to kind of reverse that grief and make it work for this, picking up of a friendship, which is kind of strange but ends up really beautifully.
She’s just an incredible character to play. It’s nice to see someone on the page who doesn’t yet have a fully fleshed personality and who you can then inject wherever you want to. And that’s quite a treat, for a Marvel character, you know?”
One theme that remains constant throughout the MCU is the importance of friendship. Lynch goes on to talk about Maria Rambeau’s friendship with Carol and how she connects to her role in her personal life.
“You do get touches of moments to see how happy they were before and how happy they made each other. Because of that, when she comes back, you see why it affected her so much. You see why her death was such a big deal. And imagining my character now being the only female fighter pilot, African American as well, in the Air Force base would have been hell.
So from her going from working with someone and actually being complete chums to being alone, and raising a child single-handedly with the help of their parents is a hellish experience and I could relate to that as well with having, losing someone myself. It’s hard. It’s not something…it’s a lot, isn’t it?”
The two allies will reunite at some point in the film and it’s expected to be a mixed bag of emotions. Lynch also revealed how Maria Rambeau will react to the newly acquired superpowers Carol gets from her absence.
“Sure. Okay. So I’m just meant to be, it’s just meant to be okay and just normal to me? Okay, sure. That is how she reacts. Like, I’m just frozen in time because the last memory I have of you is so fond and so normal and so graceful, that now you have a different like shell of strength that is great, but you need to also remember that you’re a human being, but I don’t quite know how to do that for you yet. So yeah, very sarcastically, mostly, but also takes to it very quickly. And one thing that Carol needs that Maria gives her is understanding.
I can’t empathize with the fact that you have power, because I can’t. That was definitely Spider-Man. I can’t just do whatever she does, but I know what it feels like to feel lost, and trying to regain yourself after having a child, and feeling like I’ve lost a part of myself but gained another part of myself. I’m trying to find that balance in my mind. So she just uses the different parts of her life to understand where she’s coming from.”
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Set in the 1990s, Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel” is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that follows the journey of Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes. While a galactic war between two alien races reaches Earth, Danvers finds herself and a small cadre of allies at the center of the maelstrom.
Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Captain Marvel stars Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte, McKenna Grace, Clark Gregg, and Jude Law.
Captain Marvel will be released in theaters on March 8, 2019.
Source: Comicbook