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Brie Larson doesn't consider herself an 'It Girl'

"I think it's a really funny term," the actress said. "I'm just a person."

By Annie Martin
Brie Larson at the Los Angeles premiere of "Room" on Oct. 13. The actress denied she is Hollywood's new "It Girl" on "CBS Sunday Morning." File Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Brie Larson doesn't consider herself Hollywood's new "It Girl."

The 26-year-old actress discussed the term with CBS Sunday Morning amid praise for her new film, Room. Critics are lauding Larson as the next big star, but the actress herself doesn't buy into the label.

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"What is 'it'?" she asked host Tracy Smith. "There is no 'it'! And who was 'it' before 'it'? And when does 'it' go away? When did I get 'it'? Who's gonna take 'it'? It's so weird. I think it's a really funny term. I'm just a person. I'm not anything!"

Larson portrays Joy Newsome in the Lenny Abrahamson-directed drama, which follows a mother and son kept in captivity for years. The role is generating Oscar buzz for the actress, who cautioned the speculation may be a little premature.

"I think you can think about it when you have the nomination," she said. "You go, 'Wow, I'm gonna be there. I wonder what it'll be like!' But you can't imagine something that hasn't existed yet. And I feel like that's dangerous. That's dangerous magical thinking."

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Larson came to fame on the WB series Raising Dad, and later starred on the Showtime drama United States of Tara. She worked for years before landing Room, and is slated for a number of upcoming projects, including Kong: Skull Island.

"I think it's always the moments that are the trials that end up making you become a hero in the end," she said of her struggle to the top. "And it makes these moments so much sweeter, so much better. "I don't believe in 'deserved,' but I might believe in 'earned.'"

Room opened in theaters Nov. 25, and has earned $3.8 million at the box office thus far. The movie is adapted from the Emma Donoghue novel of the same name, and co-stars Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, William H. Macy and Joan Allen.

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