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    'Captain Marvel' directors draw on their indie cred to tell an empowering tale

    by Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times Mar 04, 2019 6 minutes

    Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck had a lot of fun pouring a dizzying array of zippy zingers and sci-fi action into "Captain Marvel," the 1990s-set Marvel Cinematic Universe prequel starring Oscar-winner Brie Larson that marks the 21st installment in Marvel Studios' multibillion-dollar comic-book franchise.

    For starters, the pair mined the '90s setting for a bounty of nostalgic needle-drops - enough to make those who recognize them feel downright ancient - from the painstakingly replicated Blockbuster video store that Larson's titular outer space hero crash-lands into in Los Angeles circa 1995, to the Game Boys and grunge music she encounters wandering the '90s MCU like a super-powered alien fish out of water.

    They auditioned several cat actors before casting an uncannily expressive four-legged thespian named Reggie as Goose, the scene-stealing furry feline companion to future S.H.I.E.L.D. boss Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson sporting a digital facelift, de-aged 30 years to suit the "Avengers" prequel timeline).

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