It’s a bird!
It’s a plane!
It’s some serious ass pain.

Brie Larson in ‘The Marvels’.Laura Radford/Marvel Studios
Brie Larsonis revealing the less-than-cool reality of playing a flying superhero like Captain Marvel.
“You just don’t think about it.
You’re like, ‘Cool!
And then you do it one time like, ‘Peter Pan!
And then you’re like, ‘Oh no, actually, this is so uncomfortable.'”
“It’s a lot of core strength, folks!
It’s a lot.
“Just being like, ‘We’ve really got to do this.’
She jokingly added, “It’s acting, is what I’m saying.”
But it isn’t all hardship and burning abs.
Captain Marvel taking to the sky and training for a floating fight scene.
“That is fun,” she acknowledged.
“That’s my job, guys like, that’s my job.
So that’s wild.”
As for what her character gets up to in her new superhero sequel?
Well, in the true Marvel spirit of secrecy, Larson couldn’t disclose much.
“I’m just really excited about it, so I hope you see it.”
The Marvelsis in theaters now.
Watch Larson discuss the woes of flying and beingSamuel L. Jackson’s second-favorite costar in the clip above.
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