Elizabeth Olsen shared her thoughts on playing Wanda Maximoff as a villain in the MCU.

I was shocked at the moment they said, Youre the villain.

No one told me until right before we shot it, so that was shocking."

Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ending

Initially, I was like, ‘Oh no!

Not our Wanda.’

I love having a different tone to play.

Wanda Maximoff, Elizabeth Olsen

But Sam was always bringing me back to her humanity as well.

I’m aware of, certainly, the conversation on the internet about Wanda and her character.

I’m so proud of everything we did on ‘WandaVision.’

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