![]() “I’m from New York City and my family’s mostly there and I’ve never shot there since I’ve been working. “I mean, this my third film in six years and I’m onto my fourth,” she says. Marvel’s foundation is her family.ĭaCosta, a self-described workaholic, can relate. While Danvers has been tirelessly doing the solitary work of Captain Marvel out in deep space, Ms. The heart of the film for DaCosta is about the dichotomy of Danvers and Ms. “I wanted to honor what they set out to do, which is make something very frankly strange,” she says. I was like, ‘Wow, they’re really going for it.’”ĭaCosta was drawn to what she calls “a really crazy, sci-fi space opera” that was wacky and tonally different from most MCU films. “When I was reading the outline that they sent me initially before I was pitching, I was like, ‘This is insane,’” DaCosta says. Every time they use their powers, they swap places with each other, causing their worlds to collide in comic and surreal ways. In “The Marvels,” the trio has become linked. While originally conceived as a post-“Endgame” follow-up to “Captain Marvel,” Marvel chief Kevin Feige was drawn to the chance to unite Captain Marvel with Rambeau from “WandaVision” and Ms. ![]() “The Marvels” brings together Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Larson), Monica Rambeau/Photon (Parris) and Kamala Khan/Ms. It was cool to see that I wasn’t just stepping into an all-white, all-male world.” But I’m also the third woman and the fourth or fifth person of color. “What was cool about realizing that, I was sort of like: Wow, I’m the first Black woman. But it is nice to finally have a Black woman directing one - it just happens to be me,” DaCosta says, laughing. “Day to day, I don’t really think about it. She’s also the first Black woman to do so. DaCosta, 33, is the youngest filmmaker to helm an MCU release. ![]() ![]() It’s the first Marvel movie to feature not just all-female leads but a female villain (Zawe Ashton plays Dar-Benn), as well. But it’s also a big-budget attempt to try some new things. ![]()
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