VISION Actress Emily Hampshire Talks About Joining the MCU and Working With Paul Bettany and James Spader

Emily Hampshire made a name for herself on my favorite show, Schitt’s Creek, and now she is playing the role of the A.I. character E.D.I.T.H. on the upcoming Marvel series Vision Quest. In a new interview (via CBM), the actor talked about what it’s like to join the MCU, and shared her experience sharing the screen with Paul Bettany, who reprises his role as Vision, and Avengers: Age of Ultron star James Spader. 

"What was amazing was that it was with Paul Bettany and James Spader, who are the best people. I've worked with some great people, and I was just in awe. Paul is just the [greatest].

“I think we were in the womb together, and I kicked him and he laughed, and then we became friends like we've known each other all our lives. And James Spader is one of the best actors I've ever worked with.”

Hampshire went on to admit that she didn't know much about the MCU before being enlisted to join the cast of Vision, confirming that she had to "look up what MCU meant" after being offered the gig by showrunner Terry Matalas.

"When I first got this job, which I couldn't talk about for a year, which was very difficult, my lawyer had said to me, 'Now, you're in the MCU.' And I had to look up what MCU meant.

“But now I am fully immersed. I have watched all the movies. But I didn't know much about the MCU before; now I know everything. I was shocked at how secret it is. Like, we had to give in our scripts at the end of the day. So, it is very secret. I know a lot of secret things that I can't tell you."

It sounds like Hampshire fully immersed herself in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it’s pretty cool that she got to just binge everything up to now. I look forward to seeing her in this new series.

Vision Quest is set to hit Disney+ in 2026.