Brie Larson Asks Nintendo to Cast Her as Samus in a Metroid Movie

Captain Marvel's Brie Larson has once again confirmed that she would love to play the bounty hunter Samus Aran in a Metroid movie. Brie Larson appeared on Gary Whitta's Animal Talking talk show, and his producer Adam Nickerson asked Larson why he's hearing so much "Brie-Samus talk?" Whitta chimed in and said "They all want you to play Samus, Brie. They all want you to be in a Metroid movie." Larson took the question in stride and discussed how much she would love the opportunity to play the iconic Nintendo character.

“I would love that so much," Larson said. "So, I was Samus for Halloween two years ago… It was literally a $20 costume I bought off of Amazon, it was like nothing. I was so excited about it, and so I posted a picture of it on Instagram of me and the costume and it turned into this thing of people being like “woah!” She was always my character that I played in Super Smash Bros. and I just loved her. So that whole thing started and I’ve definitely not put a squash to that story and I definitely want to make that movie, I definitely want to participate in that. So, Nintendo, once again, I would love to do it!"

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/23/captain-marvel-2-finds-screenwriter-from-wandavision-series"] This whole Brie Larson-Samus Aran talk began, as she mentioned above, when she dressed up as Zero Suit Samus for Halloween in 2018. Back then, she responded to a tweet that asked if this image was the closest we would get to actually seeing a Metroid movie with her in it, saying "I hope not. I want to make that movie." There was once more hope for a Metroid movie, as John Woo was attached to direct a film based on the Nintendo property back in 2004. IGN spoke to a former producer of this potential film back in 2012, and they discussed what happened to the project that never made it to theaters. While we may not be getting a Metroid movie quite yet, Larson will be returning as Captain Marvel in the sequel that is set to be released in theaters in 2022. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvel-phases-1-3-the-mcus-infinity-saga-ranked&captions=true"] Additionally, we are still waiting on more news for Metroid Prime 4 for Nintendo Switch, which restarted its development in early 2019. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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