Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff (A.K.A. Scarlet Witch) fully entered her villain era in “Doctor Strange’s” sequel, and CinemaBlend’s Eric Eisenberg just had to sit down and discuss all the details with her. Join us as they discuss how Wanda got here, some of her most exciting (and terrifying) scenes, a potential future with the X-Men and more!
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00:00 No, you just got me excited.
00:02 Yeah.
00:02 Because I don't really know what I do next after this movie.
00:06 I don't really know.
00:07 I want to know what fans want and like what the ideas are.
00:11 If we're bringing X-Men back, I'll want to be there.
00:15 The fate of the multiverse depends on us.
00:29 To start, I am curious, is there any part of you that is now terrified that Scarlet Witch is going
00:34 to go across the multiverse and dreamwalk into you and take over your body?
00:38 No, I'm not terrified of that.
00:43 I would welcome it gladly.
00:46 That's impressive and bold.
00:48 That's an interesting stance.
00:50 We're friends.
00:53 There you go.
00:54 For like basically the last year, since WandaVision, there's been a lot of debate about
00:58 just kind of the morality of what Wanda did in Westview and just the consequences that she faced
01:04 for it.
01:05 Obviously, this movie very much addresses that in a big way.
01:08 I'm curious how early on you knew that you were going to be the antagonist for this film
01:13 and kind of answering all of those big questions.
01:15 I learned about what we were going to do in this movie right before we went back to finishing
01:24 WandaVision during the pandemic break that we had.
01:27 So we had only the exteriors left and primarily the end of WandaVision, but all the exteriors
01:35 we hadn't shot yet.
01:36 And I was confused about how do I do that now?
01:46 And so my goal is to figure out how to create a natural evolution from this woman who's
01:57 isolating, taking accountability alone of her actions, accepting the fact that she has
02:04 this destiny of being this very powerful witch and learning about it and allowing that to
02:12 be the next chapter of her life.
02:14 And so I hoped that in Doctor Strange, that evolution was grounded in something and felt
02:22 different and not repetitive, hopefully.
02:24 Oh yeah, no, it is definitely a major next step for the character and it's incredible
02:28 to see.
02:29 You break the rules and become a hero.
02:32 I do it and I become the enemy.
02:35 The moment when Scarlet Witch looks directly into the camera, the reaction that it gets
02:40 from the audience, it's basically a jump scare.
02:42 Was that something that was in the script?
02:44 Did that come up on the day?
02:46 That was something Sam had me do once.
02:48 It was like the last take.
02:51 Sam was like, "Hey, how about this time you just look into the lens?"
02:54 And I was like, "Great, love that idea."
02:56 And that was it.
02:57 It was something that he just thought of for just, you know, might as well throw it in
03:01 while we're here and shooting it.
03:03 I loved that idea though.
03:05 This is going to be fun.
03:06 I do need to ask about Scarlet Witch's showdown with the Illuminati because these are characters
03:12 that audiences have been waiting to see in the MCU on the big screen for a long time
03:16 and you tear through them like tissue paper.
03:19 So what was that experience like for you and just knowing that?
03:23 What was it like holding on to the secret?
03:25 Well, there is one point where I was like, "You guys are making this too hard for her."
03:28 I didn't think it was easy enough.
03:32 But then we decided that the limitation is that she's not in her body.
03:40 She is in a less oiled version of her body.
03:43 So it's not capable of doing as much as our universe's Wanda could do.
03:49 And because it's more about being using the body like a bad car or something or not so
03:55 tuned up car.
03:56 So I wanted it to be easier.
03:59 But it was amazing to get to have those moments.
04:05 I really enjoyed it.
04:07 I really enjoyed it, especially the first couple that were just like.
04:10 And what was it like?
04:12 I mean, having John Krasinski and Patrick Stewart on set, like welcoming them into this
04:18 whole business.
04:18 I've never met them.
04:20 Movie met?
04:24 It doesn't seem fair.
04:26 Wanda, with this movie, we obviously see her introduced into like big ingrained into the
04:31 world of magic.
04:32 But in the comics, she is obviously a massive part of the X-Men as well.
04:35 And knowing that that is coming in the next few years, I'm curious if that is something
04:40 on your radar and that you're at all preparing for.
04:42 No, you just got me excited.
04:46 Because I don't really know what I do next after this movie.
04:50 I don't really know.
04:51 I want to know what fans want and like what the ideas are.
04:54 But I guess you just said it.
04:56 If we're bringing X-Men back, I'll want to be there.
05:00 But I have no actual plans yet.
05:04 I am very excited to talk with Kevin about that at some point.
05:08 Everything you ever know led you to this moment.
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