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  • Brie Larson On Why She Needed To Take A Year to ‘Find Herself’ After Her Oscar-Winning Turn In ‘Room’

    Actress Brie Larson became so immersed in her character from the critically-acclaimed film, Room, that she say she needed to take time some time to find herself afterwards.

    “This time a year ago I was still trying to figure out who I was. The movie was done but I was in deep, searching, trying to remember who I was before this movie. Who I was by the time the movie was over was so far away from who I was when I started. So it was a long process of trying to find myself,” Larson told OK! Magazine, reports IBNLive.

    Brie Larsonm,./, who took home the Best Actress Oscar at last month’s Academy Awards, says she is now stronger and more secure than ever and felt “strong and excited” when she picked up her award.

    “The weird part is, I’m standing here now, completely myself,” she marveled. “Everything about this experience, down to the way I felt about it, the dress I’m wearing, has been pointedly about it being a representation of who I am.”

    “I feel really strong and excited to be holding this gold guy. It’s an incredible metaphor for how I feel inside.”

    On Sunday, the hostage drama won nine prizes, including best film and best director for Lenny Abrahamson at The Canadian Screen Awards, which was presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and aired on the CBC network.

  • Jacob Tremblay Poised and Articulate on Oscars Red Carpet, Thrilled With Brie Larson Win

    Jacob Tremblay, the adorable nine-year-old actor who starred alongside Brie Larson in Room, was poised and confident on the Oscars red carpet on Sunday.

    During a red carpet interview with Entertainment Weekly, Jacob Tremblay assured viewers he firmly believed Brie Larson would win in the Best Actress category. The little boy is certainly far more articulate than most nine-year-olds.

    “I’ll stand up on the chair and I’ll cheer like ‘Yes!,’” he predicted.

    While Jacob Tremblay didn’t wind up standing on his chair, the look on his precious face was priceless when Brie Larson’s name was announced for the win. He hugged his on screen mom fiercely before she took the stage to accept her award.

    Decked out in an Armani Junior tuxedo, there wasn’t anyone in the room on Sunday who could compete with Jacob Tremblay’s dashing appearance.

  • Brie Larson the New ‘It’ Girl? She Has A Hilarious Response to That Moniker

    Brie Larson has had fabulous year professionally, with many calling her the new “it” girl.

    However, the 26-year-old Room actress is having none of it. In an interview with CBS News on Sunday, Brie expressed her feelings about being referred to as the new “it” girl.

    “What is ‘it’?” Larson asked. “There is no ‘it’! And who was ‘it’ before ‘it’? And when does ‘it’ go away? When did I get ‘it’? Who’s gonna take ‘it’?”

    She added, laughing, “I think it’s a really funny term. I’m just a person. I’m not anything!”

    While Brie Larson may not be on board with the moniker, there are plenty of reasons why she is being called the “it” girl. Over the summer, she starred alongside Amy Schumer in the box office comedy smash Trainwreck, followed by her role in Room, which has garnered a lot of attention, including Oscar buzz.

    The film, based on the novel of the same name by Emma Donoghue, stars Larson as a young woman who is kidnapped and kept in a shed for years. During her captivity, she gives birth to a child, who is five when the film opens. Played by Jacob Tremblay, Jack has never experienced the outside world.

    Despite her aversion to being called the new “it” girl, Larson says she is overwhelmed with the attention the film has garnered and the Oscar buzz surrounding her performance. She told CBS News, “It’s just not even something that your brain can wrap itself around.”

  • Brie Larson Reacts to Being Called New “It” Girl

    Brie Larson was recently referred to as the new “It” girl, and she dished on the moniker during a recent interview with CBS News.

    “What is ‘it’?” she asked. “There is no ‘it’! And who was ‘it’ before ‘it’? And when does ‘it’ go away? When did I get ‘it’? Who’s gonna take ‘it’?”

    “I think it’s a really funny term. I’m just a person. I’m not anything!” Brie Larson added.

    It was during this past summer that Larson earned the name, while starring alongside Amy Schumer in her film Trainwreck. More recently, however, it’s her work in Room that is garnering her lots of attention.

    Room stars Brie Larson as a young woman who is kidnapped and kept in a shed for years–along with her 5-year-old son, Jack (played by Jacob Tremblay). Jack was born in captivity and never experienced the outside world.

    Brie Larson is flabbergasted that she’s hearing Oscar buzz with regard to her role in this film.

    “It’s just not even something that your brain can wrap itself around,” she says.

    It won’t be long before everyone knows everything about Brie Larson. She will no doubt be front and center in the media as the Academy Awards draw near.

  • Brie Larson And Saoirse Ronan Share Award

    Brie Larson And Saoirse Ronan Share Award

    Brie Larson and Saoirse Ronan will both be presented with the Performer of the Year award at the upcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival. This is the first time the award will be shared.

    Brie Larson will be honored for her work in Room, a film about a woman who is kidnapped, assaulted and kept captive. She eventually gives birth to a son in captivity.

    Saoirse Ronan’s award stems from her work in Brooklyn, which is a film about a young Irish immigrant in the 1950’s who must seek a future for herself in America.

    The Santa Barbara Film Festival’s executive director, Roger Durling, said of Brie Larson and Saoirse Ronan, “This is an incredible year for emerging talent to take center stage and showcase their abilities.”

    He added, “We’ve long been following the careers of Brie and Saoirse and their recent roles as empowered young women transcend time, place and circumstance.”

    Brie Larson was quick to share her excitement on Twitter.

    Perhaps a little too quick.

    Do you think Brie Larson and Saoirse Ronan were great choices for this award?

  • Brie Larson Talks Diet, Isolation in Preparation for “Room”

    Brie Larson stars in the upcoming film Room. Based on the 2010 best-selling novel by Emma Donoghue, Room tells the story of a young boy named Jack, who is being held captive in a small room along with his mother. Larson plays his mom, Ma, who was kidnapped and raped by her captor. Room, which co-stars Joan Allen and William H. Macy, depicts what happens when they are let out of captivity as well.

    Room premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September and shortly thereafter received the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.

    “It’s a very old story but told in a contemporary way…I thought this was an amazing opportunity to show the more universal aspect of it and to get human beings to connect with it. I also thought it was a way to make a comment on some of the interesting constructs that we’ve created for our society,” Brie Larson said in an interview with CBS News.

    Even though she had no clue what it felt like to be held captive for seven years, Brie Larson did what she could to prepare for playing this role.

    “I was on this restrictive diet with the help of a nutritionist and I was working out with a trainer every day. And I was speaking with a trauma counselor,” she said. “The only aspect that I had a hard time wrapping my brain around was being in a confined space for seven years. Like seven years later, what kind of acceptance has arisen from being there for so long? When you’re given all this empty time in silence, what kind of stuff comes up?”

    Brie Larson did her best to create her own silent room for one month, too.

    “I just pared everything down–no cell phone and just basically stayed at home and the only time I did anything active was when I was doing these workouts.”

    Even these minor changes in her life resulted in repressed moments from her past.

    “I was surprised to discover that I had some memories myself that were sort of similar to Room–in the metaphorical sense — and it gave me incredible insight into another aspect of myself, which is why is I loved this project so much,” she said.

    Eight-year-old Jacob Tremblay plays Brie Larson’s son Jack in Room. She says he brought a sense of light and innocence to a set that was filled with a great deal of darkness.

    “Making a movie is really hard and it takes participation and a lot of brain power of 100 people–and something is bound to go wrong. There’s a thousand things we need to get right in a day. It’s easier to hang on to those things and to participate in the problem. But Jacob never does. Those things are never on his radar at all. Every day on set is just super fun and a chance to play and if you have to cry in a scene, that’s super fun. So we had this energy around that would bring this lightness to everything. Nothing would ever go too dark,” Larson said.

    In addition to Room, Brie Larson recently starred with Amy Schumer in Trainwreck.

    Will you check out Brie Larson in Room when it starts opening in U.S. theaters on Friday?