After more than ten long years of waiting, Brie Larson’s epic performance of “Black Sheep” is available to stream!
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Expanded Edition) will be released in full on July 9. The disc features Captain Marvel’s star version of Metric’s hit, “Black Sheep”.
Larson portrayed Natalie V. “Envy” Adams, Scott Pilgrim’s (Michael Cera) ex-girlfriend in the 2010 cult classic. Her character was Scott’s first love in college. Larson described her character as a quiet nerd before forming the Kid Chameleon group alongside Scott. As the group grew, she sold herself to become rock superstar Envy and left her beau in the dust.
During the film, Envy performed the track epically during a rock show with a full band with Scott in the audience looking stunned. Envy demanded the scene with her black mini dress and blonde pigtails.
Ironically, before reading the script, Larson had no prior knowledge of the graphic novel the film was based on. She was a fan of director Edgar Wright.
“I really wanted to be in this movie but I didn’t understand what the movie was,” she admitted in a YouTube video. She added that there was only one comic at the time and that she didn’t have enough experience.
“I didn’t have enough information to really understand what it was. The pages I had were like little bits of the script and most of it was written down and the only thing that was there was a description that said a non-Ramona voice husky, ”she continued.
Although she didn’t know who Ramona was, she decided to give it a shot. Larson revealed that she watched the red carpet of an awards show from an adult video to learn how to gain a higher level of confidence, which was evident in her portrayal of the rocker.
Larson has been active on YouTube where she discusses past roles and presents her daily life. As well as singing a bar of the song in a “sing your comments” video, she also posted a video of choreographer Galen Hooks teaching her a dance based on “Black Sheep” that proves she still has the moves.
