Quite a few rumors, speculations, fan suggestions, and some campaigns have linked quite a few actresses to the role of Carol Danvers in Marvel’s first female-led movie, Captain Marvel. However, the studio is likely focused on finding a filmmaker to help bring the superheroine to the big-screen. Which is why Reed Morano, who recently made her feature film debut with Meadowland, had recently thrown her name in the hat to direct Captain Marvel with Olivia Wilde in the titular role.
When asked what she could bring to Captain Marvel, Reed Morano explained how some female comic book characters are often diminished. “There’ve been Marvel superheroes brought to the screen successfully in a way that retained their flaws and layers from the original comic but sometimes when these complex female characters get translated to the screen, they often become less interesting and layered than the way they were originally written,” she explained. “They sometimes become more about a being an image - a physical female ideal. As an audience member, I would love to watch a film with an intelligent, badass female superhero who is [frick]ed up inside and has to work to overcome that – someone who has a dynamic