Many have puzzled about Elizabeth Olsen’s potential inclusion in upcoming Marvel films, together with the upcoming end result movies. Whereas Olsen has denied involvement, MCU followers — myself included — aren’t precisely shopping for it. On this planet of Marvel Studios, denial is virtually a part of the job description, and that is actually extending to the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars. But, in a latest spherical of interviews, Olsen insists that Wanda Maximoff isn’t concerned… and but the door doesn’t really feel shut.
Whereas selling her new sci-fi thriller, The Evaluation, Elizabeth Olsen opened as much as Enterprise Insider about her time with Marvel. She performed it cool, however you could possibly sense that she wasn’t totally ruling out a return for Wanda Maximoff, particularly when Marvel’s multiverse begins to get messy. When requested if she thinks there’s nonetheless “unfinished enterprise” for Wanda after her obvious demise in Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity, Olsen responded:
I do not know if I really feel like there’s unfinished enterprise, however I at all times really feel like there’s room to discover. I believe the comedian books have been happening for therefore many many years that there’s such countless story that you could at all times return to.
Traditional Marvel actor response — measured, non-committal, and obscure sufficient to maintain followers theorizing. The Martha Marcy Might Marlene star is not any stranger to the studios’ spoiler-heavy PR recreation, having danced round questions on Wanda since Age of Ultron. And, with rumors swirling about Doomsday and Secret Wars digging deep into multiversal chaos, it’s laborious to consider the Scarlet Witch could be left on the sidelines, particularly contemplating her comedian e-book counterpart performs a pivotal position in tales like Home of M and Secret Wars.
The actress’ broader perspective on MCU characters makes her feedback extra intriguing. She in contrast them to traditional mythological figures, suggesting their tales are by no means actually “completed”:
How we make it work for the world that we have established, I am undecided. However I do suppose you possibly can at all times preserve going again with these characters. They’re like iconic Greek heroes, mainly. And there is at all times tales available with these forms of prototypes.
Whether or not Elizabeth Olsen is hinting at one thing for the long run or simply talking basically, it’s clear that Wanda remains to be a giant a part of the MCU’s course. The LA-born A-Lister is maintaining busy with different initiatives—she’s at present starring in The Evaluation, which simply hit theaters final weekend as a part of the 2025 film schedule. She’s additionally engaged on an upcoming TV sequence, Seven Sisters, for FX.
However Olsen is aware of how a lot Marvel has boosted her profession. The Godzilla star has known as her time within the MCU “one of the best enterprise resolution” she’s ever made, and he or she acknowledges that it has opened up alternatives for her to pursue smaller, indie initiatives that she’s enthusiastic about.
The truth that the A-lister holds Wanda so dearly and that Marvel not often provides anybody a clear exit (taking a look at you, Loki) makes it laborious to simply accept that Wanda’s journey is over. The Oldboy veteran actress even joked about doubtlessly taking part in an older model of the character many years from now, Hugh Jackman-style. And albeit, I’m for it. Give me Outdated Girl Wanda, all day!
Elizabeth Olsen’s The Evaluation is in theaters now, so test your native listings. Additionally, have a look at our film schedule to see what upcoming superhero films are coming to a theater close to you. Till we get extra information on Mrs. Maximoff’s return to the MCU, you possibly can atone for all her appearances by streaming along with your Disney+ subscription.