Brie Larson stars in ?Captain Marvel? alongside Samuel L. Jackson and it is not a coincidence. When asked if there was someone she wanted to work with she said Jackson right away. In the past the two worked on ?Kong: Skull Island? and ?Unicorn Store.? According to Comicbook.com, Jackson will play the role of a younger ?Nick Fury.? In this role he?s not the secret agent everyone know but a young man trying to prove there?s life out in the universe.