Portraying Scarlet Witch in the MCU has created other career opportunities for Elizabeth Olsen.
During a talk at the Eagle Festival on Saturday, His three daughters The actress said that while she's not returning to Marvel just to do it, she views her role in the sprawling franchise as giving her “some sense of insurance” to take on riskier independent roles.
“I've never had a 'one for them, one for me' mentality.” Ingrid goes west The star explained. “Marvel was a constant thing that I was able to come back to and create — what's the word? — some sense of security in my life that gave me the freedom to choose other jobs. So I didn't feel like I was going to do this for the sake of doing this.”
She went on to say that she is returning to Marvel for the Disney+ limited series WandaVision Or 2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness It “always felt like a choice.”
“Every time, it's character-driven,” she explained. “It's always like, ‘We have this idea, and that's why we want you to come back.’ It's not like, ‘Just throw it into something.'”
Additionally, Olsen said she views blockbusters and independent films in a symbiotic relationship, with the former helping small theaters in particular “pay the rent” so more niche films can be shown in theaters, echoing what Paul Thomas Anderson has previously said about Spider-Man: No way home He leads the viewers to the ticket office, which allows him to do so Licorice pizza To be displayed as well.
“I think that's the relationship,” she said.
Earlier this year, Olsen said she was ready to return to Wanda Maximoff, should a project arise that fits the bill: “It's a character that I like to come back to when there's a way to use it well, and I think I was. It's lucky for me that when I started I was used Well I guess people didn't know what to do with me for a moment there… If there's a good way to use it I'm always happy to come back.
The Emmy nominee was recently seen in the star-studded sci-fi thriller evaluation, which premiered at TIFF in September and was later distributed for film distribution outside Germany by Prime Video.
At Vulture Fest, Olsen also gave an update on the upcoming black comedy Child loveIn which she plays the title role opposite Charles Melton. “I've never competed for a movie that's having a hard time getting made,” Olsen said of the Todd Solondz-led pic. “If you guys wanted to put out a big, bold notice that said ‘Todd Solondz needs money to make a movie,’ that would be great.”
