As Park and Ant-Man director Peyton Reed looked on, a cluster of journalists stared intently at the images, which showed Larson-as-Carol in three poses: a medium close-up of her face and shoulders; a less revealing version of Gal Gadots Wonder Woman pose on a rocky outcrop; and one with the Captain in full battle mode, punching up to connect with the mechanized fist of a much larger robotic creature. In all of them, Carol is wearing the same red-and-blue suit, which bears a striking resemblance to the Jamie McKelvie character redesign from 2012including a high collar and zipper. The red in the new art is darker than what we usually see Carol wear in the comics; it looks like the palette may have been deepened to match the cinematic Captain Americas. And though the material read as shiny, it resembled Caps hardier cinematic fabric more than the clingy spandex we see on the page.
In the concept art at Marvel Studios, the sash was gone and replaced with a thin, dark-red belt to match her red gauntlets and boots. And the star emblazoned on Carols chest read as more white to me than traditional yellow.
But perhaps the most controversial element of the drawing was Larsons hair. It was a little above shoulder length, and appeared longer on one side than the other. The longest side was about the length of (and exactly as wavy as) the new shorter haircut Larson sported at a premiere of Free Fire (seen above) on April 13. But Andy Park was careful to stress that most hair designs he works with are not final, joking that of all the things hes asked to change at the last minute, hair is usually the last to be decided. Andy Park and Peyton Reed (who was showing off some art from the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp in the same room) laughingly refused to confirm that Larsons hair was asymmetrical: its more windswept, they agreed. It bore the closest resemblance to this.