Elizabeth Olsen Hints At - But Still Won't Confirm - MCU Return As The Scarlet Witch

Elizabeth Olsen Hints At - But Still Won't Confirm - MCU Return As The Scarlet Witch

We'd be very surprised if Elizabeth Olsen didn't return to the MCU as Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch, but it's still not something the WandaVision star is willing to confirm outright...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 13, 2025 10:03 AM EST
Filed Under: WandaVision

We haven't seen Wanda Maximoff (alive, at least) since Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, when the powerful former Avenger found some redemption for her villainous deeds by destroying every copy of the Darkhold and bringing a mountain down on top of herself.

A lot of fans were of the opinion that this "heel turn" didn't really feel earned, and that the character's switch to a full-on villain between the events of WandaVision and the Doctor Strange sequel didn't make complete sense. This is certainly debatable (Wanda's actions in the Disney+ series were highly questionable, after all), but Elizabeth Olsen has shared similar sentiments herself.

In a recent interview, the actress was asked about potentially reprising the role in the MCU, and responded with the following.

“It's a character I love going back to when there's a way to use her well and I think I've been lucky when I started I was used well... and they kind of didn't know what to do with me for a second there! If there's a good way to use her, I'm always happy to come back.”

Since then, rumors have persisted that Wanda will have a major role in Avengers: Doomsday and beyond, and there has also been talk of a solo Scarlet Witch movie (though still nothing official). Rumors aside, we'd be very surprised if we didn't see Maximoff in the MCU again, and Olsen has now hinted at her return - while stopping short of confirmation - during an interview with Collider.

"It’s really unusual," said Olsen when asked how it feels to play a character for so long in live-action and animation. "It’s something that’s been incredible. I assume it’s how people feel when they get to do a TV show for a long time. To be able to return to a character and continue to move them forward has been so much fun for me, especially because they gave me something like WandaVision to really blow it all up. And from there, Doctor Strange was such a wild and crazy turn. I do feel very lucky that I’ve been able to play a character for over 10 years of my life, and I’d love to keep doing more. But the animation thing, I feel like it’s a parallel world. I don’t really know how it intersects with what we do. But I’ve really enjoyed getting to play her over 10 years, and I continue to feel lucky that I have the opportunities I did, creatively."

Wanda's body did show up in Agatha All Along, but only as part of a magical construct to keep Harkness trapped. "Ghost Agatha" joined Billy Maximoff on his quest to locate his brother Tommy in the finale, so we assume a family reunion is on the cards at some stage.

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 3/13/2025, 10:28 AM
they ruined her.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 3/13/2025, 10:31 AM
@harryba11zack - the ending to Wandavision was embarrassing.
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 3/13/2025, 10:43 AM
@harryba11zack - While im not a fan that she wasn't part of the brotherhood of evil mutants first obviously that can't be helped. I don't see how they ruined her. She's had one of the most dynamic arcs if not the most in the MCU and none of it felt forced. She was an anti villain to start just like the comics, she joined the avengers, left the avengers with cap because Tony was pretty much keeping her a captive and fell in love with vision at the same time, Vision was killed and after losing her love and brother she went a little crazy (just like she went crazy in the comics), then she got ahold of the darkhold book which is maybe the most forced thing about her arc and went even more crazy. Strange wasn't powerful enough to stop her and she only stopped because she was forced to see the error of her ways. It's a complete analogue to the comics and Olsen is one of the best actors in the MCU. Yeah it sucks that she wasn't magnetos daughter but they didn't have the ability to do that from a legal standpoint. What would you have preferred? Make her a full avengers movie villain? that might have been more true to the comics but id prefer to get that with a House of M x men movie arc after the MCU is rebooted from secret wars.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 3/13/2025, 11:25 AM
@NonPlayerC - "I don't see how they ruined her." how? the same way d&d ruined daenerys.They phucked up the transition from hero to villain. far too rushed, not enough setup for heel turn. wanda vision would have been the prefect stage to set this character arc but the writers failed at this. The believability of seeing her go from saving lives to straight up killing Innocents for her imaginary kids just wasn't there, and blaming it all on the darkhold was just a cheap cop out for bad writing.
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 3/13/2025, 11:44 AM
@harryba11zack - Ill give it to you that it was a little forced but she was clearly already cracked in the head. They kinda pulled the dark hold out of left field but I read the comics with the darkhold in it so it makes sense to me
McMurdo
McMurdo - 3/13/2025, 1:46 PM
@JacobsLadder - the ending to Wandavision was great. The retcon of said ending was awful.
ARegularCrab
ARegularCrab - 3/13/2025, 10:31 AM
I hope she comes back.

Holding out for a House of M something, just as long as it's not like how Secret Invasion was handled.
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 3/13/2025, 10:51 AM
@ARegularCrab - She'll be back but I doubt for house of M. Im guessing she'll be back for one of the next avengers movies. House of M would be great but it depends on how they cast the rest of the x men. She's only 36 now so she's got time but after multiverse of madness id think they would have to reboot her completely with a different actress for them to go that route
ARegularCrab
ARegularCrab - 3/13/2025, 11:07 AM
@NonPlayerC - sadly, that's probably the case.

Feels like they almost wasted her entirely. MoM was OK, but they should have just given her a movie. Instead we got new and exciting characters like Monica Rambeau......

And Ms. Marvel.....

And what's her name from Moonknight.



My point here being that the MCU completely shelved female lead potential and gave us a bunch of new ones that couldn't even carry a show.

Just a bit salty, huge Wanda Maximoff fan
ARegularCrab
ARegularCrab - 3/13/2025, 11:09 AM
@ARegularCrab - oh... and she hulk 🙃
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 3/13/2025, 11:31 AM
@ARegularCrab - Well Monica isn't new id say, she was actually the second captain marvel after Mar-Vell. She was the captain marvel during the first secret wars crossover actually. Id say the problem is more the actress they got to play her and the writing. The Marvels was just a bad movie and I agree that Olsen/witch was the best and most well acted female in the MCU. Honestly I didn't really like any of the others, never liked Johanson as black widow, never understood why she could use a Russian accent like Bolova is doing (I really like belova, excited for thunderbolts) and brie Larson as not been used well. I think the girl playing Kamala has charisma but they forced a girl power movie when it should have been just should have been a different. I can't actually remember who the villain was in that it was so unmemorable. don't remember the Moon knight girl either lol

anyway I get what you mean, Olsen should have gotten a movie but without her connections to magneto, the x men, Pietro being dead, vision being dead, I just don't see how they would have made a believable arc. It might take some time but im sure she'll get her due in our lifetime lol
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 3/13/2025, 11:34 AM
@ARegularCrab - Ive still got hope for she hulk. She was always snarky and comedic in to comics. the show went a little heavy handed in it but that was their plan from the beginning. Hopefully they will give her a more serious tone going forward or we'll get a rebooted version after secret wars. Patience is a virtue... hopefully
ARegularCrab
ARegularCrab - 3/13/2025, 11:38 AM
@NonPlayerC -

"Well Monica isn't new id say, she was actually the second captain marvel after Mar-Vell. She was the captain marvel during the first secret wars crossover actually."

I was talking about the MCU, I've read comics before 😉

Meant new as in "new to he MCU"


But yeah, they wasted Maria Hill (unceremoniously)and they also wasted Wasp, and Jane Foster, and so on...


Just so we could get stuff like The Marvels. I won't shit on that one, it wasn't the train wreck people cried about.

Personally anything is better than Catwoman or Elektra so there's that 😂😂😂
ARegularCrab
ARegularCrab - 3/13/2025, 11:40 AM
@NonPlayerC - she hulk was cast very well but the writers shit several beds repeatedly on more than half of that show.

I'd love to see another crack at it with good writers
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 3/13/2025, 11:48 AM
@ARegularCrab - True im still confused why they went the Scott lang route instead of just having hank and Janet. That makes no sense to me lol Maybe they thought they needed the comedic relief
Scarilian
Scarilian - 3/13/2025, 10:32 AM
They absolutely butchered this character turning her from one of the more likable characters into an utter disaster. Having the 'sacrifice' of MoM be removed is also stupid, though admittedly they hinted at her potentially surviving and death at this point is meaningless in the MCU (Agatha became a ghost, LMFAO)
DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/13/2025, 10:34 AM

She will be back. She is a great character with a lot more to do.

Plus she is still under contract for 1 more movie.

Matchesz
Matchesz - 3/13/2025, 10:37 AM
Magic died when Stan Lee stopped doing cameos
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/13/2025, 10:40 AM
Elizabeth Olsen really has has become an MVP of the MCU post EG imo with WV & even MOM where she was allowed to lean into the darker side of the character with her turn to villainy…

She’s one of the characters to who this renewed focus & development has really benefited imo given she was mainly an ensemble player before hand in films such as AOU , Civil War & IW where she had to share screen space & time with others though they still I feel developed her fairly well.

I definitely think we’ll see her in Doomsday & Secret Wars though beyond that is anyones guess , especially with mutants showing up very soon.

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Forthas
Forthas - 3/13/2025, 11:19 AM
One of the great casting choices Marvel has made! She is always a welcome character in the MCU.

Say YES to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ... say NO to Stupidity, Extremism, and Ignorance (SEI) and Childish Reactionary Tantrums (CRT).
JobinJ
JobinJ - 3/13/2025, 2:51 PM
She as all the way bad, murderer, evil. And she knew what she was doing.....keep her dead. At least that version of her.

Maybe have a multiverse version that's good come back.

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