WandaVision is a series that spawned a million fan theories, but Paul Bettany created a fair few of his own when he teased a major cameo in the final couple of episodes. After revealing that he'd been given the opportunity to share the screen with an actor he had never had the pleasure of working with before, passionate fans soon started trying to figure out who he might be talking about.
Well, it didn't take long until they discovered that it had all been a joke and that the mystery actor was, in fact, himself (Bettany pulled double duty as two versions of The Vision).
Talking to The Playlist, the WandaVision star was asked if had any regrets about teasing fans.
"I’ve had all sorts of feelings about it," Bettany admitted. "Initially, it was massive regret, which was people started going because I thought it was a really funny joke and was pleased with myself. And then people were like, 'Is it going to be Patrick Stewart?' And then I went, 'Oh, my God, that’s a good idea. Oh, my God, people are going to be so disappointed when they realize it’s f**king me again.'"
"But in the end, I spoke to Kevin Feige about it," he added. "And he thought it was a really good joke, a really funny joke. And it didn’t backfire too much. For a second there, I was like, 'Oh, no. What am have I done?' But yeah. So I had all sorts of feelings regarding that."
While there's no denying that this joke backfired to some extent, it was pretty funny, and not worth getting mad over. Ultimately, WandaVision disappointed fans for not living up to the crazy theories online, and even if there had been a major cameo, the fact that a character like Mephisto didn't show up would almost certainly mean that plenty of viewers would have been cursing Marvel Studios!
Plus, seeing the White Vision on screen was still a pretty cool cameo...