By IANS
LOS ANGELES: Actress Elizabeth Olsen’s character Wanda Maximoff within the ‘Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness’ is at her most advanced, as her relationship with the title character essayed by English star Benedict Cumberbatch, grows extra tangled over the course of the movie.
However, Olsen, whose portrayal of the magical Scarlet Witch has made her a constant MCU fan favorite, says that it doesn’t matter what Wanda goes by means of, she’ll proceed to defend the character, reviews ‘Variety’.
“I remember people saying at the end of ‘Wandavision’. ‘She has no accountability’,” Olsen advised ‘Variety’ senior leisure reporter Angelique Jackson on the pink carpet on the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ premiere on Monday.
“She’s gonna take accountability for herself, she’s gonna isolate, she’s gonna think about it, and she’s gonna grow.”
Although ‘Multiverse of Madness’ is a sequel to the 2016 ‘Doctor Strange’ movie, it additionally follows lots of the plot threads of the critically acclaimed Disney+ collection ‘Wandavision’, which noticed Olsen and Paul Bettany headline as Wanda and the android Vision.
Olsen jumped into filming on ‘Doctor Strange 2’ proper after she wrapped ‘Wandavision’.
“Getting to do ‘Wandavision’ and then coming into this film, my priority was, how do we continue the thread, but how do we also make it different?” Olsen recalled.
“How is there an evolution, how can we keep it exciting for the fans? And how can we ground her and show them something they haven’t seen yet? And I’m really looking forward for the fan response after this film. I think everyone’s in for a ride.”
‘Wandavision’ is likely one of the most well-received MCU tasks, garnering a number of Emmy nominations, together with nods for Olson, Bettany and Kathryn Hahn.
However, as a result of the collection premiered early 2021, amid the Covid pandemic lockdowns, Olsen did not get to expertise the glitz and glamour of a premiere celebration or the in-person fan response to the present till the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ press tour.
“It’s really surreal. I keep hearing about the response, but it’s hard to actually connect with it until you’re actually at a premiere like this,” Olsen stated.
“It’s wild. This is eight years now for me with Marvel, and I just feel so grateful to still be here and to have grown this character to what she’s become. But I’m also grateful to Kevin Feige for giving me the opportunity to do ‘Wandavision’ and having the idea.”
In addition to persevering with Wanda’s story, ‘Multiverse of Madness’ introduces a brand new superhero, 16-year-old Xochitl Gomez because the reality-hopping America Chavez. Olsen shared how impressed she was by the younger actor’s poise when becoming a member of the MCU.
“She has such a vitality to her, she has so much confidence being so young,” Olsen stated.
“She has so much confidence being so young. I was 25 when I started, and she’s way better off than I was when I started.”
Olsen made her MCU debut in 2015’s ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’.
Much like Gomez seemed to her to study the superhero ropes whereas filming ‘Multiverse of Madness,” Olsen studied franchise veteran Scarlett Johansson, who performed Black Widow throughout a number of movies, reviews ‘Variety’.
“I remember being on ‘Ultron’ and seeing how she was with the crew,” Olsen shared.
“I was just amazed by her ease and her comfort and how she includes the crew in everything, and how she makes everyone part of the team and feel excited to come to work. And I’ve really taken that into my life since then.”
Olsen stated that it is a bit “shocking” to now be within the place of a pseudo-mentor, however “it’s amazing that we’ve gone through (iterations of the MCU) and it’s been this long, that now we have these different ages of women”.
