A show of female strength in Captain Marvel

Cinema still from Captain Marvel starring Brie Larson. PHOTO: WALT DISNEY COMPANY
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SINGAPORE - When Brie Larson prepared herself for the role of a lifetime, playing the first woman superhero to lead a Marvel movie, she had one question.

"I began meditating on what female strength could look like," says the 29-year-old actress at a press event at Marina Bay Sandslast month (February).

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