Samuel L. Jackson is speaking out on behalf of Brie Larson.

The 74-year-old actor got candid in a new interview with Rolling Stone about his 33-year-old Marvel Cinematic Universe co-star, who has faced significant backlash and trolling online ever since being cast as Captain Marvel.

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“Brie‘s a stronger person than people give her credit for,” he said, adding: “She’s not going to let any of that stuff destroy her.”

“These incel dudes who hate strong women, or the fact that she’s a feminist who has an opinion and expressed it? Everybody wants people to be who they want them to be. She is who she is, and she’s genuinely that.”

The two first met on the set of 2017′s Kong: Skull Island, followed by his casting in her directorial debut, Unicorn Store. Donald Trump‘s election as president during the film further bonded the two.

“She was broken and I was like, ‘Don’t let ‘em break you. You have to be strong now’…she called me and was like, ‘They want me in the Marvel Universe. Should I do it?’ And I was like, ‘Hell yeah! Let’s do it!’”

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