WHO WHAT WEAR – The 30-year-old actress’s identity doesn’t seem like it would lend itself to much mystery. Since 2014, Olsen has starred as the Scarlet Witch in Marvel’s superhero movie franchise—one of the most-watched film series in entertainment history. (This summer’s Avengers: Endgame quickly became the second-highest-grossing movie of all time.) It’s a role she’ll reprise later with WandaVision,
a Disney+ spin-off series about her superhero character coming spring 2021. In the meantime, Olsen executive produces and stars in Sorry for Your Loss, a drama series following Olsen as Leigh, a young widow struggling to deal with the sudden loss of her husband. (The show airs on Facebook Watch, and its second season premieres October 1.) By any objective measure, business is booming for Olsen, the younger sibling of Ashley and Mary-Kate, who long ago reached a level of fame so behemoth they no longer need a last name. The Olsens are as much American royalty as the Kennedys or the Rockefellers. I should know everything about Elizabeth Olsen.
On August 23, Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany attended the Disney+’s D23 Expo at Anaheim Convention Center. Find pictures of the event in the gallery:
COMICBOOK – Avengers and WandaVision star Elizabeth Olsen says the Mind Stone, which endowed both Wanda and Vision (Paul Bettany) with their respective powers, also pulled them together romantically.
“I did think of Paul having the Infinity Stone, and that also being the thing that gave me my abilities, I always thought that was something that created this kindred spirit, when you feel like you have a soulmate. I always thought of it as something that made their relationship deeper and heavier and [more] connected,” Olsen said at Dortmund’s German Comic Con.
“When we talk about love or we talk about people that are our partners or our soulmates in our human world, there’s usually a part of it that we can’t explain. It’s usually just a feeling that you have, chemistry, or a feeling that connects two people. And I always answered in my head that the stone was that for Scarlet Witch and the Vision.”
At San Diego Comic-Con, where Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige teased WandaVision when revealing the studio’s Phase 4 slate, Feige said the Disney+ series is “unlike anything we’ve done before.”
“We’re gonna have a lot of fun. It’s gonna get weird, we’re gonna go deep, we’re gonna have lots of surprises, and we’re gonna finally understand Wanda Maximoff as the Scarlet Witch,” Olsen said during Marvel’s Hall H presentation.
Bettany, who also stepped out for the presentation, admitted he has “no idea” how Vision is resurrected following his death at the hands of Thanos (Josh Brolin) in Avengers: Infinity War.
“Last thing I knew, I died in Infinity War. All I can tell you is, every time we get to do this, the stories get richer and richer, and this is the richest it’s been, and we’re so excited to bring it to you all,” Bettany said. “I hope you love it, because it’s gonna be surprising and weird.”
WandaVision is planned for a Spring 2021 premiere exclusively on Disney+.
Avengers: Endgame is now available everywhere in Digital. Marvel released a gag reel as well as deleted scenes for the occasion.
Elizabeth Olsen will reprise her role of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch and join Benedict Cumberbatch in the Doctor Strange sequel, ‘Doctor Strange in the MultiUniverse of Madness‘, directed by Scott Derrickson. This is the first MCU movie to enter the “horror” category. Premiering May 7, 2021.
On July 20, Elizabeth Olsen attended the San Diego Comic Con alongside her Marvel bandmates. She shared a little bit about what’s coming for Wanda Vision. Find pictures of the event in the gallery:
