Elizabeth Olsen started acting at the age of four and made her film debut as an adult in 2011. Since then, she has acted in several highly successful films. Olsen is mostly known for portraying the role of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
In many of their films and shows, Olsen has performed several action sequences. But recently, the 34-year-old stated that doing her own stunts is actually “a waste of everyone’s time.” So let us find out in detail what she said regarding performing her own stunts.
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Elizabeth Olsen Talks About Doing Stunts In Marvel Movies
Elizabeth Olsen appeared on Stephen Colbert’s ‘The Late Show‘ where she revealed that she did most of her own stunts as Scarlet Witch in the MCU. “Your stomach leaves you. It’s like, I guess, the joy people get on roller coasters, which I don’t get, but people love that feeling,” she said.
She then talked about why the studio doesn’t use stunt double for all her action scenes. “It’s a waste of everyone’s time because a stunt double does it so much better,” she explained.
Olsen recalls doing a stunt for ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ where she had to drop from 30 feet high and land on the floor. “They wanted to drop me pretty quickly so that it looked like it had an impact, but I kept landing like Peter Pan, kind of like fencing?“, she said. The actress said that she performed most of the stunts in the film.
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Will Wanda Return To The MCU?
Toward the end of ‘Multiverse of Madness’, Scarlet Witch sacrifices her life to destroy the sorcery book called ‘Darkhold’ that turned her into a bad person. Since then, fans have been speculating whether she will return in the future or not.
“We can do anything with her now!” she said. “Now, we can really have fun; I feel like there’s a lot more humor to be had with her. She’s often the emotion of a story, and I’m curious to see what we can explore. And hopefully [we can] give her some redemption.”
Olsen is gearing up for the HBO television series ‘Love & Death‘ where she plays the role of Candy Montgomery. The series is set to premiere on April 27, 2023, on HBO Max.
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