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Harriet Oscar Nominee Cynthia Erivo Wants To Be In A Marvel Movie: 'My Body Is Suited To It'

#Marvel #KevinFeige #CynthiaErivo  Since Kevin Feige’s vision for the Marvel Cinematic Universe is incredibly vast, there’s plenty of room for more of Hollywood’s finest to find roles in comic book movies or on  planned Disney+ television shows . Oscar-winners have been no stranger to the MCU – such as  Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel , Lupita Nyong’o’s Nakia, or Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster. So, of course 2020 Oscar hopeful Cynthia Erivo is into it too. The 33-year-old actress has been a rising star in recent years, finding roles in Steve McQueen’s  Widows ,  Bad Times At the El Royale , and  playing an American hero in  Harriet . She’s been nominated for Best Actress for playing Harriet Tubman alongside Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow herself), Renée Zellweger’s  Judy  and so forth. Here’s what Cynthia Erivo said when she was asked if she’d be interested in joining the Marvel universe: Yes. My body is suited to it. And I...

'Harriet' is in theaters. Here's where you can learn about Harriet Tubman in real life

#CynthiaErivo #HarrietTubman #UndergroundRailroad #Slavery #CivilWar  One can learn a great deal about Tubman, as portrayed by Cynthia Erivo, by watching the film. Historian Kate Clifford Larson, who worked on the film, told USA TODAY that she thinks the movie is accurate, though there are some discrepancies. "It is true to Tubman: Who she was, her character, her deep faith, her love for her family," Larson says. Tubman escaped slavery and helped roughly 70 others who were enslaved reach freedom through a network of safe houses dubbed the Underground Railroad in the 1800s. And during the Civil War, she liberated more than 750 enslaved people, when she led a battalion of over 150 black soldiers during the Combahee River Raid. The film is informative about Tubman and her heroic feats, but there is plenty more to learn by visiting museums and destinations in the Maryland and Washington, D.C. areas. Maryland Tubman was born into slavery and lived for the first part of...