I don’t think it was so much that she didn’t have enough background material (although it beats me if Larson studied up on the character beforehand or not) but its my understanding through her interviews is that she wasn’t given any context to her character or told about the story line to Endgame. She was just thrown onto the set with her small portion on the script. The fact that a majority of her scenes were shot with green screen, mo-cap actors, or both, also probably didn’t help. I can understand how her character may come of as disconnected and bland in the movie.

I love Larsen’s performance in CM. She’s the MCU equivalent of Superman right now - damn near unstoppable. That shows in her coolness and arrogance. She’s always “bemused” because she knows she can take anyone in the room. That comes across in her performance to me.

I like that she has responsibilities to the larger galaxy too. It would be like Superman stopping a bank robbery. I mean, he can, but then he has to go push a planet out of the way of a supernova or something. Things like bank robberies would be nothing to someone with that kind of power. I think that’s how she’s playing it and I like it.

Like when she doesn’t even flinch as Stormbreaker flies past her. Any other character would have reacted. CM doesn’t because why would she? Thor is trying to intimidate her and she’s just like “and...?” It’s so great.

Y’all are adorable in thinking she is going to be replaced, good lord I find this whole line of thinking in this thread beyond hilarious. This is not a Terrence Howard or Edward Norton situation where Disney felt they were dealing with ungrateful actors who did not appreciate being part of the MCU, seriously, it is not even remotely close.

She has proven herself to be a good sport, showing up on GMA (or one of those type of shows) to introduce when the trailer first rolled out, and showing herself willing to promote the film...she never tried to distance herself from Marvel. She also came through relatively unscathed dealing with all sorts of crap from incels and other similar types on-line. She just shrugged off the crap people tried to throw at her on-line and did her job.

If there is a CM 2, and given how Kevin Feige has mapped out the next phase it may be a while before we see a sequel, Disney will not even remotely consider replacing her. Edward Norton is certainly as good an actor as Mark Ruffalo so it is not his acting skills or lack thereof that got him replaced but some behind the scenes stuff that clearly ruffled Disney’s feathers. We lucked out with Mark Ruffalo as the new Hulk but I bet Norton would still be the Hulk if he did not tick off certain folks at Disney.

Also, a star who is not ungrateful that headlined a billion dollar grossing film, yeah, good luck with getting her replaced. I am sure Disney is hanging on every word they read from sites like this one.

If it's based solely on her abilities, then I'd say the problem is poor writing and a dull performance. It makes her less interesting as a character. It's like a regression to action films from 30 years ago like Commando where the "unstoppable" hero always has a witty/cheesy comeback and one-liner ready, and the weak villains are no match. That type of character comes across as cardboard thin in depth and in personality.

Superman is unstoppable, and Henry Cavill in Man of Steel still gave a good and interesting performance. Thor is supposed to be unstoppable as well, and a god, and arrogant, and Hemsworth did a great job on that, giving an entertaining performance with the arrogant part playing an important role in the story. Larson's performance on the other hand was more robotic, and it seems like the producers highest aspirations for the character in the film was just a "bad ass."

No way anything gets rebooted in the MCU in that timeframe. They still have things like the Eternals to get through along with sequels to CM and Black Panther. Not to mention their takes on the XMen and Fantastic Four. Still a lot to do without the need for a reboot.

Yea. There are no reboots in the next 20 years. Fox and Sony properties are being folded into the “real” MCU. That’s the only reason we see Blade, Spider-Man, X Men etc.

Im not a comic book guy. But aren't some heroes populated by different characters? Like alternate Captain America, Iron Man, etc? They have no need to stray from the current continuity.

They’ll be raking in plenty without the reboots. The idea that someone other than a well known character like Spider-Man can’t carry a movie is over (well, unless you’re DC).