Elizabeth Olsen on Doctor Strange 2, Her Marvel Contract, and Wanda's Future in the MCU

I can always tell how important someone is by how many people are watching in the Zoom. It's a lot. They're just making sure we're all keeping to the scripts. Right, exactly. Not to stray off the path. So I'm so curious, when you were going into making this movie, did you know this might be the last time, or had you... Because I heard rumblings that maybe you signed a contract extension, and I'm sort of just wondering. I'm trying to dig. Extensions every time they want me to do a movie. Like, I signed a very short one at the beginning, so everything's constantly just like in a... It's always adjusting for me. But no, I don't think of this either as the end. I mean, personally, you're one of the most popular characters in the Marvel universe. I don't see you going away. You know what I mean? I don't know what capacity I'll be back. I'll just be like... I don't know how to do it without... I don't want spoilers. Anyway. So I have to ask you, like I said, I loved your performance in this movie, but I did have a legit question, I think, after watching it, because obviously I've seen the movie. So there's the big multiverse out there. Did anyone ever explain to you why you're not actually also searching for vision in one of the other multiverses? No. There's like a whole list of things that... Like my brother, my parents. I think the main reason when we would talk about, you know, there is this multiverse and in the version of the universe, this woman wasn't with vision. We liked having that be a mystery, but for some reason, he's not in her world. I always thought of her as kind of more of a domestic Wanda. They got divorced. They're separated. She's not wearing a wedding band for a reason. You know, like those kinds of things. We liked the idea of her being on her own. But the idea really is that the most important thing once you become a mother in the world are your children. And that's why. I was wondering, someone said to me, maybe it was the Darkhold, corrupting her, making her just laser focused on finding the kids. But the kids are part of her myth as well. So I think that's also part of it. But I do think that once you're a mother, the loss of your child is more painful than any other loss you could ever experience. So that's really why. I spoke to Sam Raimi, and he mentioned to me that he had a longer original cut than you guys did, a bunch of reshoots. And then, the movie's like two hours and five minutes. So using my own math, I can tell there's a lot of stuff that you guys shot that isn't in the finished film. And I'm curious if there is one sequence or scene that you were sad that you shot that isn't in the final film. I haven't seen that. And I wasn't in the reshoots. So I ADR'd all my reshoots. But it's so funny because I don't think people realize there's stuff in the movie that has a number of people in a scene, and none of them were acting together. It's all like people doing it on different days. I never met lots of people in the movie. Do you think that would be the thing that really surprises Marvel fans the most to learn about the making of these films? The fact that so much is done without people in the same room. I think so. Also, we're acting with ourselves as well. So there's a lot of acting with an imagination that we get to do, which is a challenge and a joy. There's part of it that feels really imaginative and childlike that we get to do. And also, this script was always a work of a moving object. It was never something that was set in stone. So I wasn't surprised when they were doing the reshoots, but I knew that the reshoots didn't affect my art style. But when it did affect me, I just did voiceover work for it. My last thing for you. Years ago, at the age of Ultron junket, there's a great viral clip going around. I'm sure you've seen it. You are talking about the House of M. Someone's asking you what you'd like to see with Wanda in the future. You're like, House of M, but Marvel will never do it. So I guess I'm curious, since you can see the future, what are you hoping that happens to Wanda in the future? Clearly, you know what's going to happen. I don't. No, I know. I'm teasing. I'm teasing. Someone just said, because you're bringing an X-Men, Wanda's a part of the X-Men franchise. Wanda be there too. And in my mind, I'm like, yeah, I want to be with X-Men too. So I don't really, I have no idea. I don't know what I want, but I know I want it to matter. There's no reason to continue to tell these stories unless they're really strong, good stories and that they're adding something to the entirety of the MCU. And so I will be there if there's a great idea. Thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate it. Wishing nothing but the best. Thank you.