10 Facts About Elizabeth Olsen, The Actress Who Played Wanda Maximoff
Here are some facts you might not know about Elizabeth Olsen who also played a role in Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness.
Movies | 10 May
Elizabeth Olsen was first introduced to the public as the younger sister of iconic fashion celebrities Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. However, because Elizabeth was popular with the character Wanda Maximoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), she gradually turned things around by becoming more popular than her two sisters.
Now, more people associate the last name Olsen with Elizabeth, who is considered more charming because of her warm brown hair and clear green eyes as her trademark. Unlike her wildly popular twin sister, Elizabeth Olsen is known for taking on more edgy roles and earning critical acclaim. Here are some facts you might not know about Elizabeth Olsen who also played a role in Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness.
1. She Stays Away From Her Three Siblings To Immerse Herself in Wanda Maximoff's Character
In preparation for her role as Wanda Maximoff, who also changes her ego to Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Elizabeth Olsen is reportedly avoiding or straining her relationship with her older brother Trent and twin sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley.
This is done by Elizabeth to get the feeling of losing her sibling, as happened in the movie Avengers: Age of Ultron, where Wanda Maximoff lost her twin brother, Pietro Maximoff.
2. She Keeps Having Nightmares Because Of Her Role In Silent House
While 2011's Silent House is Elizabeth Olsen's first, it's actually her third following her debut in Martha Marcy May Marlene. However, Elizabeth's acting work in her first feature film was in the film Peace, Love & Misunderstanding.
For the film Silent House, she impressed directors Kentis and Lau with his audition results. The directors chose Elizabeth even though they needed an actress with experience in theater training to endure the rigorous filmmaking process.
During the period of filming Silent House and even after, Elizabeth kept having nightmares, simply because she kept thinking scary things all day long.
3. Chase is Elizabeth's Middle Name, So She can Catch Up to Her Twin Sister's Success
Elizabeth Olsen's parents Jarnette Olsen and David Olsen gave her the middle name Chase, because they actually wanted Elizabeth to pursue the success of her twin sisters, Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen.
From a young age, Elizabeth took ballet and singing lessons and even started her acting career by appearing in films starring her twin sisters.
Elizabeth's first audition was for a children's film project called Spy Kids, which she participated in when she was just 10 years old. He reportedly received a call from the maker of the Spy Kids film, but unfortunately failed to land the role. However, Elizabeth was happy even though she lost the role, because she felt taking the role would make it seem like she was being dictated to in a film project.
When she was in high school, she didn't want to use her last name (Olsen). She did it in an attempt to avoid any kind of preferential treatment as the name Olsen was already very popular thanks to her two older twins. Elizabeth was an excellent student and a favorite of the teachers. However, she kept missing school several times to try out the many different auditions.
She attended New York University's Tisch School of Arts, and even became an exchange student for a semester at the Moscow Art Theater School through the MATS program at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
4. She Auditioned Twice for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Elizabeth Olsen had to audition twice for the role of Martha in Martha Marcy May Marlene, and began filming just two weeks after she won the role. It happened because the director named Sean Durkin was looking for an unknown actress to play the character.
During the filming of Martha Marcy May Marlene, Elizabeth and her co-star Sarah Paulson are said to have formed a great bond, and even found some background to their characters' relationship. Even though it's not explained in the script and shown to the audience, the two know exactly what their characters are feeling and talking about.
5. She Played Alongside Quicksilver’s Actor in Godzilla
Elizabeth Olsen is so close to Aaron Taylor-Johnson, her husband from the 2014 film Godzilla, that the two consulted with each other before signing for the roles of Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch and Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver.
In fact, it took Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon almost a year to convince Aaron Taylor-Johnson to sign the role of Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver, who was nervous even after accepting the role. It was reported that Aaron felt comfortable playing the role only after learning that Olsen would be playing the role of his sister named Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch, and would also be his co-star for Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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6. She Teamed up with a Dance Choreographer to Make Her Moves More Graceful as Wanda
In an effort to give their best performance, Elizabeth Olsen and her co-star Aaron Taylor-Johnson read and study every issue of Marvel Ultimates comics, in order to learn and understand the roles of Wanda and Pietro Maximoff better.
Elizabeth reportedly also worked with dance choreographers during the filming of Avengers: Age of Ultron to make her moves more graceful in her action scenes.
7. Made Her MCU Debut in the Mid-Credit Scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Although Avengers: Age of Ultron is the first film to be credited for her role as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch, Elizabeth Olsen first appears in the Mid-Credit Scene in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which prepares the MCU sequel to Avengers: Age of Ultron.
8. She has Won A Number of Awards For Playing Martha
Talking about her character as Martha in Martha Marcy May Marlene, Elizabeth Olsen claims that she is totally obsessed and in love with Martha's character and the content of the script. Elizabeth also credited director Sean Durkin for the complex character of Martha and added that Durkin had a clever way of writing characters that was completely unprecedented.
For her performance in the role of Martha in the Martha Marcy May Marlene film, Elizabeth has won a number of awards including the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Most Promising Performer to the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.
9. She is Also Successful in the Fashion World Like Her Twin Sisters
Elizabeth Olsen has a fashion brand named after her, introduced by her twin sisters Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, in an attempt to show their love for their sister. The twin sisters who are very famous in the fashion world named the fashion brand Elizabeth and James, who are Elizabeth's older brothers and are known as Trent.
Elizabeth is a brand ambassador for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, and has starred in the campaign video and advertisement for the #ConfidentBeauty campaign, in 2019.
10. She Didn’t Know the Ending of Her Film Until the Premiere
Even after being an important part of Oldboy, Elizabeth Olsen was not aware of the film's ending, until she saw it at the film's premiere in New York City. She claims that no one hinted to her.
Well, that's the discussion of 10 facts about Elizabeth Olsen, the actress who plays Wanda Maximoff, Scarlet Witch’s alter ego. Do you think there are other facts about Elizabeth Olsen that have not been discussed here? You can share them in the comment section.
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