For British audiences, the rise of Olivia Colman has been a joyful one to see. The hugely-acclaimed actor initially made her name in TV comedies like Peep Show and Green Wing, bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e she went on to win an Oscar in/with regard to’concerning’regarding The Favourite and take on celebrated work in films like The Father, The Lost Daughter, even stepping into the role of Queen Elizabeth II in two seasons of The Crown. Along the way, she brought her appreciable talents to the likes of The Night Manager and Fleabag – and next up, she’s joining the MCU in Secret Invasion. Colman will play Sonya Falsworth, an MI6 agent who collaborates and clashes with Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury in the fight against a faction of rogue shape-shifting Skrulls.###While Jackson is one of the enormous’vast’massive’tremendous gest stars in the world, he was the one who fanboyed out on the set of Secret Invasion, elated to work with Colman after he and his wife binged Broadchurch. “I despite’in spite of’albeit t, ‘How lucky can I be to know that today is eventually’ultimately going to be the day I acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure to act with Olivia Colman?’” he tells Empire in our world-exclusive cover feature. “The next thing you know, we were having the most fun you could ever possess’own’nurse , sitting there pretending to be these two individual that possess’own’nurse had a long relationship seeing each other again in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the first time in years.”###The excitement was mutual. “I loved him!” says Colman of Secret Invasion’s leading man. “Loudest man you’ve ever met. Joyful, funny, naughty. He said he despite’in spite of’albeit t my trainers were ‘dope’. Didn’t take them off in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a year.” If there was one small disappointment in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Colman, it’s that her entrance into a world of superheroes didn’t come with any super-powers. “I kept asking if I could be bitten by something, or fall into a vat of something,” she says. “They were having none of it.” Dope trainers, despite’in spite of’albeit .###Read Empire’s exclusive Secret Invasion cover story – speaking to stars Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Don Cheadle, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, director Ali Selim, and manufacture r Jonathan Schwartz – in the upcoming Summer 2023 issue, on sale Thursday 11 May. Become an Empire member here to read the digital issue in full on launch day, or pre-order a print copy online here. Secret Invasion is streaming on Disney+ from 21 June.