Elizabeth Olsen Says Scarlet Witch's Transition Between WANDAVISION and DOCTOR STRANGE 2 Is 'So Earned'

The first four episodes of Marvel’s WandaVision are now up on Disney+ for you to watch, and so far it’s been a fun, interesting, and unique journey. The most recent episode definitely took things to an awesome new level. There’s no doubt that the series is going to get even crazier as the story plays out, and everything that we’re seeing here will lead right into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Wanda Maximoff, a.k.a. Scarlet Witch, is going to have a big role in that film and according to Elizabeth Olsen, that transition of the character between WandaVision and the Doctor Strange sequel is well-deserved. While talking to Vanity Fair's Still Watching Podcast, Olsen explains that the time she’s had working on WandaVision helped her fall more in love with her character:

"It just became something that I absolutely adored and loved, and because of this show, it made me love this character more than I ever had. And it makes me feel like I have such a new ownership of her because of the time I got to spend creating this show."

Olsen goes on to talk about her future in the role as she is currently in London filming Doctor Strange 2 under the direction of Sam Raimi:

"And now, I’m excited for the next thing… I just signed on because I liked the character, because of the comics, and I thought the Age of Ultron story was really powerful and fun, angsty and rebellious, and really an honorable story to tell. Now, it’s this completely new thing that it never was at the beginning. The transition from WandaVision to Doctor Strange 2, I just feel like it’s all so earned."

I’ve been speculating for a while that Scarlet Witch will be taking on a more villainous role in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and I’d like to think that’s the kind of transition that she’s talking about. Through her powers, I think that she’s going to be the one that actually breaks open the multiverse. But, we’ll see.

When previously talking about Kevin Feige’s work on the WandaVision series, Olsen said:

"There's never much we can talk about in Marvel, but I do think WandaVision is a natural progression into what happens in Doctor Strange 2. I think [Marvel Studios president and producer] Kevin Feige is doing a really amazing job intertwining the television format with the films so that we can tell more interesting stories moving forward."

Have you been enjoyed WandaVision? How do you think Wanda’s character is going to play in with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which is set for release on March 25, 2022.