Samuel L. Jackson defends Brie Larson against “incel dudes who hate strong women”

nme.com:

Samuel L. Jackson has addressed the past online hate campaigns and backlash to Brie Larson’s casting as Captain Marvel.Ahead of the film’s release in 2019, Larson was targeted with online sexist abuse and review bomb campaigns in an attempt to tank the film’s success.Jackson, who first met Larson while filming 2017’s Kong: Skull Island before she cast him in her directorial debut Unicorn Store, explained in a Rolling Stone interview how she consulted him on whether she should join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.“We bonded through the election while we were doing her movie when Donald Trump won,” Jackson recalled. “She was broken and I was like, ‘Don’t let ‘em break you.

You have to be strong now.’ Then, when she got Captain Marvel, she called me and was like, ‘They want me in the Marvel Universe.

Should I do it?’ And I was like, ‘Hell yeah! Let’s do it!’”Speaking about the online hate she received, Jackson said: “Brie’s a stronger person than people give her credit for.

She’s not going to let any of that stuff destroy her. These incel dudes who hate strong women, or the fact that she’s a feminist who has an opinion and expressed it?