![]() ![]() In playing Spider-Man’s romantic interest, Laura has stepped into the shoes previously worn by Kirsten Dunst and Emma Stone, and is the first ever woman of colour to do so. What was this girl doing in a massive Marvel franchise blockbuster? Before Spider-Man, her biggest roles had been in a few small independent movies and playing Destiny in One Life To Live, a now discontinued US soap about feuding families. The very first time I heard the name Laura Harrier was when it was announced that she’d been cast in Spider-Man: Homecoming alongside stellar Hollywood talents like Robert Downey Jr. Being a woman of colour, it’s kind of my duty to speak out about things and raise awareness on important issues.’ I think now is such a scary time and I have this platform. ‘It’s something I’ve always felt passionately about and talked about. ‘Social justice is so important to me,’ she says proudly. ![]() Sitting on the deck, 27-year-old actress Laura Harrier looks me straight in the eye. I meet one of them on a bright, spring day in a Santa Monica restaurant overlooking the ocean. These are everyday superheroes hell-bent on a better future. And yet, around the globe entire populations are dedicated to creating change. How do you add the pressure exerted from a protest with the power of a podcast or the velocity of a whistle-blower’s intel? Its true impact is almost impossible to measure and may not be felt for generations to come. Hundreds of thousands march in protest, social media posts are seen, shared and spread, millions of signatures appear on pages and petitions, countless letters land on the doormats of MPs, governors and leaders… In 2017, activism has many different faces, yet it’s a sum with no answers.
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