Room, which is an adaptation of the critically-acclaimed book of the same title, is a story about a woman who is abducted as a teen, and lives with her 7-year-old son in a room on her abductor’s property.
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No wonder Larson, who will appear in the big-budget Kong: Skull Island in 2017, doesn’t want to be an It Girl; she’s afraid of becoming Abe Simpson. The role is generating Oscar buzz for the actress, who cautioned the speculation may be a little premature.
But while some might call Larson the industry’s new “it girl”, the star told CBS News she isn’t so on board with the term.
What is “it”? Larson said. And when does “it” go away?When did I get “it”? Who’s gonna take “it’? It’s so weird.” Larson makes the very valid point that she’s just a person. You go, ‘Wow, I’m going to be there. “It’s not even something your brain can wrap itself around”, she says of the Oscar buzz, “Isn’t it sort of like planning your fantasy wedding, and you don’t even have a boyfriend?” Larson said. “I think you can think about it when you have the nomination”. You can’t imagine something that hasn’t existed yet”, she explains, “I feel like that’s unsafe. “That’s unsafe magical thinking”.
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In an interview with HuffPost Live in the fall, Larson opened up about the surprising way she learned she got the “Trainwreck” role that helped accelerated her climb to the A-list. Room is out now.
