Brie Larson Told Marvel She Wanted Samuel L. Jackson in 'Captain Marvel'

Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson are on the cover of EW‘s Captain Marvel issue!

Here’s what they had to share with the mag…

Brie, on her friendship with Samuel: “Marvel was like, ‘Is there anybody that you’d wanna do [the movie] with?’ And I was like, ‘Please. I need to be with my pal. Don’t let me do it alone!’”

Brie on whether Samuel, a Marvel alum, gave her any advice: “…At the end of dinner, he had said nothing about it, and I was like, ‘Well, aren’t you gonna tell me some piece of advice?’ He’s like, ‘No. Are you gonna give me advice?’ I’m like, ‘No.’ He was like, ‘You’re fine. Enjoy it.’”

Brie, on the film’s theme of female friendship: “To show that, that’s incredibly powerful and gripping, and you could go to the ends of the Earth and fight till the end for your best friend … To me, that’s a part of what the meditation of this movie is: It’s female strength…”

For more from the stars, visit EW.com.