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.
00:03 - Because I don't really know what I do next
00:06 after this movie.
00:07 I don't really know.
00:08 I want to know what fans want and like what the ideas are.
00:12 If we're bringing X-Men back,
00:13 (laughs)
00:14 I'll want to be there.
00:16 (laughs)
00:17 - The fate of the multiverse depends on us.
00:20 (dramatic music)
00:29 - To start, I am curious,
00:31 is there any part of you that is now terrified
00:34 that Scarlet Witch is going to go across the multiverse
00:37 and dreamwalk into you and take over your body?
00:39 (laughs)
00:42 - No, I'm not terrified of that.
00:44 I would welcome it gladly.
00:46 (laughs)
00:47 - That's impressive and bold.
00:49 That's an interesting stance.
00:51 - It's our friends.
00:53 (laughs)
00:54 - There you go.
00:55 For like basically the last year, since WandaVision,
00:57 there's been a lot of debate
00:58 about just kind of the morality
01:00 of what Wanda did in Westview
01:03 and just the consequences that she faced for it.
01:06 Obviously this movie very much addresses that in a big way.
01:09 I'm curious how early on you knew
01:11 that you were going to be the antagonist for this film
01:14 and kind of answering all of those big questions.
01:16 - I learned about what we were going to do in this movie
01:22 right before we went back to finishing WandaVision
01:25 during the pandemic break that we had.
01:27 So we had only the exteriors left
01:31 and primarily the end of WandaVision,
01:35 but all the exteriors we hadn't shot yet.
01:37 And I was confused about how do I do that now?
01:43 (laughs)
01:48 And so my goal is to figure out
01:50 how to create a natural evolution
01:56 from this woman who's isolating,
01:59 taking accountability alone of her actions,
02:03 accepting the fact that she has this destiny
02:06 of being this very powerful witch and learning about it
02:10 and allowing that to be the next chapter of her life.
02:15 And so I hoped that in "Doctor Strange"
02:18 that evolution was grounded in something
02:22 and felt different and not repetitive, hopefully.
02:24 - Oh yeah, no, it is definitely a major next step
02:27 for the character and it's incredible to see.
02:29 - You break the rules and become a hero.
02:32 I do it and I become the enemy.
02:36 - The moment when Scarlet Witch
02:37 looks directly into the camera,
02:39 the reaction that it gets from the audience,
02:41 it's basically a jump scare.
02:43 Was that something that was in the script?
02:45 Did that come up on the day?
02:47 - That was something Sam had me do once.
02:48 (laughs)
02:50 It was like the last take.
02:51 Sam was like, "Hey, how about this time
02:53 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
03:00 for just, you know, might as well throw it in
03:02 while we're here and shooting it.
03:04 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
03:09 with the Illuminati because these are characters
03:12 that audiences have been waiting to see
03:14 in the MCU on the big screen for a long time
03:17 and you tear through them like tissue paper.
03:19 So like, just what was that experience like for you?
03:22 And just knowing that, what was it like
03:24 holding onto the secret?
03:25 - Well, there is one point where I was like,
03:27 "You guys are making this too hard for her."
03:29 (laughs)
03:30 I didn't think it was easy enough,
03:33 but then we decided that the limitation
03:37 is that she's not in her body.
03:40 She is in a less oiled version of her body.
03:44 So it's not capable of doing as much as our universe's
03:48 Wanda could do because it's more about
03:52 being using the body like a bad car or something
03:55 or not so 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,
04:07 I really enjoyed especially the first couple
04:10 that were just like, "Pah, pah."
04:12 - What was it like, I mean,
04:13 having John Krasinski and Patrick Stewart on set,
04:16 like welcoming them into this whole business?
04:19 - I've never met them.
04:21 (laughs)
04:23 - Movie magic? - That's a little more impressive.
04:25 - That doesn't seem fair.
04:26 - Wanda, with this movie, we obviously see her introduced
04:29 into like big ingrained into the world of magic,
04:32 but in the comics, she is obviously a massive part
04:34 of the X-Men as well.
04:36 And knowing that that is coming in the next few years,
04:39 I'm curious if that is something on your radar
04:41 and that you're at all preparing for.
04:43 - No, you just got me excited.
04:45 - Yeah.
04:46 - Because I don't really know what I do next
04:49 after this movie.
04:50 I don't really know, I wanna know what fans want
04:53 and like what the ideas are.
04:55 But I guess you just said it,
04:56 if we're bringing X-Men back,
04:58 (laughs)
04:59 I'll wanna be there.
05:01 But no, I have no actual plans yet.
05:05 I am very excited to talk with Kevin
05:08 about that at some point.
05:09 - Everything you've ever known led you to this moment.
05:13 (dramatic music)
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05:18 (upbeat music)