Nia DaCosta has reflected on the challenges she faced when filming The Marvels, saying: "The best didn't happen."
A sequel to Captain Marvel, The Marvels follows Carol Danvers as she forms a team of superheroes who must fight a new threat in the form of a Kree warrior named Dar-Benn.
Brie Larson stars as Danvers, while Dar-Benn is played by Zawe Ashton. Joining them on the cast are Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau and Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan.
Helmed by Candyman director DaCosta, the 2023 film ended its box office run and broke records as the lowest-grossing MCU movie ever.
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Speaking about the film during the Dublin based screenwriting festival Storyhouse, DaCosta said she always wanted to make a Marvel movie because "she was a big comic book nerd growing up" (via Deadline).
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After signing on to direct the movie, DaCosta said the experience was very different to how she imagined and that she "stepped into a system" which meant she had to "lean into the process."
"They had a date, and they were prepping certain things, and you just have to lean into the process hardcore,” DaCosta said. "The way they make those films is very different to the way, ideally, I would make a film, so you just have to lean into the process and hope for the best. The best didn’t happen this time but you kind of have to trust in the machine.
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"It was interesting because there was a certain point when I was like, 'Ok, this isn’t going to be the movie that I pitched or even the first version of the movie that I shot' so I realised that this is now an experience and it’s learning curve and it really makes you stronger as a filmmaker in terms of your ability to navigate."
Captain Marvel and its sequel The Marvels are streaming on Disney+.
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