WANDAVISION Behind-The-Scenes Photos Reveal Paul Bettany's Blue Vision For The Black And White Sitcoms

WANDAVISION Behind-The-Scenes Photos Reveal Paul Bettany's Blue Vision For The Black And White Sitcoms

We've heard that Paul Bettany had to don blue face paint to portray Vision in WandaVision's black and white scenes, and some new behind-the-scenes photos finally reveal just how weird that looked...

By JoshWilding - Mar 12, 2021 03:03 AM EST
Filed Under: WandaVision

WandaVision's early sitcom episodes were shot in black and white, but that caused some complications when it came to portraying Vision's synthezoid appearance. 

We've heard in past interviews that actor Paul Bettany had to don blue face paint so he would look right on camera, but we had just assumed he'd be made up as a blue version of Vision. Nope.

These behind-the-scenes photos from today's Assembled: The Making of WandaVision show that the actor's face had to be painted entirely blue with tracking dots covering his face. 

It's a little weird to look at, that's for sure, but the entire documentary is a must-watch, especially as it sheds a lot of light on how Marvel Studios went about making perhaps its most unique series to date.

In our review of the entire first season of WandaVision, we concluded with: "A beautiful exploration of love and loss mixed with blockbuster visuals makes WandaVision an absolute winner for the expansion of the MCU on television, and it shouldn’t take a magic trick to ensure Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany walk away with their fair share of prizes come award season."

Check out these crazy behind-the-scenes shots of Westview's Vision below:
 

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WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 3/12/2021, 3:15 AM
IcePyke
IcePyke - 3/12/2021, 3:25 AM
@WakandanQueen -
HubbleFunk
HubbleFunk - 3/12/2021, 3:25 AM
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 3/12/2021, 3:32 AM
Puts Jennifer Lawrence to shame with how game he is.
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 3/12/2021, 3:35 AM
@Chewtoy - maybe it would actually be worth her while if they paid her millions of dol...oh wait...
Blergh
Blergh - 3/12/2021, 5:03 AM
@IronDean2099 - she was so dedicated to her role as Mystique that she refused to wear anyones skin but her own....but still had to get paid
JohnCastillo
JohnCastillo - 3/12/2021, 5:05 AM
@Chewtoy - A damn shame what they done with Mystique, I reckon a more unknown actress would be best, someone who is up for the make up chair, also please Marvel have her wear clothes (that gorgeous white dress she normally has) and let her actually be a villain, in Fox-Men she was a henchmen for Magneto with barely any dialogue in the original trilogy, then she was an anti-hero with a heart of gold in the prequels, eventually becoming the leader of the X-Men..?? Seriously. I really hope in the MCU she’s a straight up villain and also have her be Rogue and Nightcrawer’s estranged mother, that would be decent drama.
JohnCastillo
JohnCastillo - 3/12/2021, 5:06 AM
@Chewtoy - And I think Jennifer Lawrence is a wonderful actress, just not for Mystique, they should have cast her as someone else. I hope she’s not Sue Storm either though.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 3/12/2021, 10:52 AM
@Chewtoy - Context is everything. If someone said to me "we're going to paint you blue and pay you millions of dollars to play Nightcrawler", I would be like:



... but then if they said "here's your script, written by Simon Kinberg":



Nobody really looked good coming out of those movies. Yes, McAvoy is Rumpelstiltskin and spun whatever gold he could, and there was a moment here or there that wasn't terrible (though Mystique got handed pretty terrible dialogue and relatively little to do in most of the plots).

Could she have brought more to the part? Sure. Could she have saved the movies if she did? Not really.

(Okay, fine, with my waistline where it is, I'd probably have to play Beast, but the reactions are the same. Now, I'm off to do some sit-ups.)
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 3/12/2021, 10:54 AM
...Off-topic, but now I want a gritty reimagining of Rumplestiltskin starring James McAvoy.

Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 3/12/2021, 12:56 PM
@Spock0Clock - Fair enough... I suppose I shouldn’t just consider all blue people interchangeable. I’ll have to work on that.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/12/2021, 3:37 AM
Damn that head is shiny
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 3/12/2021, 5:03 AM
Who knew we were way closer to the Vishawn + Dr. Manhattan memes than we ever knew
MrDandy
MrDandy - 3/12/2021, 5:13 AM
That looks nothing like vision! They ruined him!- if this was a leaked photo before we’d ever seen the character.
solskulldeath
solskulldeath - 3/12/2021, 5:44 AM
Is thatm.. Mr manhanttan?
JFerguson
JFerguson - 3/12/2021, 9:31 AM
@solskulldeath -
xHollywoodx
xHollywoodx - 3/12/2021, 5:47 AM
I'm sure his paychecks are nice but that would have to be the worst part of the job.
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