Elizabeth Olsen also confirmed filming on the Doctor Strange sequel has been delayed.
WandaVision, the first TV series in this new Phase Four era for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, sees Wanda Maximoff (Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) living out their suburban dreams, but something is off. Their reality seems like it’s straight out of a television show — multiple shows, in fact — and it’s constantly shifting.
According to Olsen, the episodes of WandaVision start in the style of 1950s television like The Dick Van Dyke Show and progress to each decade of sitcoms. The clip shared on Kimmel shows off the ’60s era, a la Bewitched, when Wanda responds to a noise in the night. “We tried to film each episode as authentically as we could to each decade,” Olsen said, noting how the show filmed in front of a live studio audience for the earlier episodes and used “practical special effects on strings.”
WandaVision will lead directly into the events of the movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Olsen is currently in London for production on the film, but she confirmed to Kimmel that filming had to take a hiatus due to the most recent lockdown in the U.K. “Since the hospitals are overwhelmed here we can’t go back to work until that calms down,” the actress said. “So, just safely hanging out here and really grateful that I get to be working.”
WandaVision premieres on Disney+ this Jan. 15.
COMICBOOK: WandaVision star Elizabeth Olsen revealed her new superpowers as Scarlet Witch. It’s no secret that the character is due for a bit of bolstering in the Disney+ series. A new interview in TV Guide Magazine has the actress spilling about some of the comics-based powers being brought to the forefront in WandaVision. Her reality-bending powers have been on full display during the trailers that Marvel has dropped so far. But, as some fans noticed, things seem to be leaning even further towards magic in the series. From subtle allusions to Bewitched, to outright using magic to perform other tasks, it’s basically everywhere in the series. Olsen teased that Vision gets in on the act during WandaVision both literally and figuratively. Some teasers had him trying to find a job, and maybe Wanda can help with that. The sequence sounds like it’s going to be a delight.
Olsen told the publication, “She’s a magician’s assistant, helping [Vision] but doing all the tricks for him and not letting the audience know.”
The series star also teased her new superhero outfit in a conversation with Elle. The WandaVision teaser images have been leaving a trail for fans to dissect and people are excited.
“It would just not be a cleavage corset,” Olsen explained. “I like corsets, but I’d like it to be higher. Everyone has these things that cover them — Tessa Thompson does, Scarlett does. I would like to cover up a bit. It’s funny because sometimes I look around and I’m just like — wow, I’m the only one who has cleavage, and that’s a constant joke because they haven’t really evolved my superhero costume that much,” Olsen said. “But then you look at where it started in the comic books and it was a leotard and a headband so…oh, it’s horrible, it’s so horrible. So at least they know that’s not cool.”
SUPERHERO HYPE: Disney has dropped yet another new promo for the upcoming WandaVision series. There are only a couple of weeks before its official debut on Disney+, and the House of the Mouse is seriously amping up the marketing. The latest promo features some fresh footage of the two lovebirds who just moved to Westview. It opens with Scarlet Witch stating that she wants to fit it in their new home. The subsequent scenes show a voice coming out of the radio calling Wanda’s name insistently. She looks a bit shaken up by that metallic sound. The video then presents Wanda through the ages before Vision takes the floor to welcome home his love. The spot wraps up with what looks like many militaries flocking, presumably, to Westview.
In the upcoming miniseries, Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany are reprising their roles as Wanda Maximoff and Vision. Teyonah Parris will co-star as Monica Rambeau, who made her MCU debut as a young girl in 2019’s Captain Marvel. Kat Dennings and Randall Park are also reprising their roles as Darcy Lewis and Jimmy Woo, respectively. Finally, Kathryn Hahn has a supporting role as Agnes, the nosey neighbor of Wanda and Vision. She doesn’t appear to have an obvious comic book counterpart, and it will be interesting to know the how and why of her existence.
WandaVision will debut on Disney+ on Jan. 15.
