Elizabeth Olsen on Marvel, being good at ignoring advice and her constant fear of death | Wild Card

Elizabeth Olsen is most famous for her role as Wanda Maximoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But she says her own taste is reflected in the indie films she’s starred in like ""His Three Daughters"" and the new sci-fi thriller ""The Assessment.” She shares with Rachel why she's terrified of dying but is fascinated by death, and the joy of idle people watching.

0:00 - Intro
1:36 - On being an academic teen
3:49 - Rachel on early career moves
5:45 - On ignoring advice
8:56 - On her new film “The Assessment”
10:19 - Believes good will prevail
12:13 - On not needing outside validation
15:05 - On wanting world to understand her artistic goals
18:06 - Trusts her safety instincts
20:53 - On feeling “atemporal” to describe what she can’t quantify
23:51 - Terrified of death but loves talking about it
27:18 - Just “be nice and be normal”
29:12 - On watching people be idle