Elizabeth Olsen cautions future Marvel stars against signing multi-movie deals: ‘Just give them one’

Elizabeth Olsen has some words of wisdom for any actor considering dressing up to play a Marvel superhero – cautioning them against multi-movie deals.

The 34-year-old WandaVision star – who recently took a chic stroll through Los Angeles – has been a mainstay in the Marvel Universe since 2015, playing the Scarlet Witch in six films and two streaming shows.

Drawing on all of this experience, Olsen went on the Happy Sad Confused podcast and told host Josh Horowitz how she would advise any future superhero.

Olsen said actors should only commit to one movie at first in order to maintain more control.

‘I say, just give them one [movie],’ she says. “I think that way you have more control.”

The Avengers: Endgame star went on to explain why dipping one toe into a movie is smarter than jumping with both feet.

She said: “If you, say, you’re like, ‘Oh my god, this is the most fun I’ve ever had and I love this character so much, I want to do it again’, now you have more control. creative for the next one.

Elizabeth expressed her frustration at having been contractually obligated for several Marvel movies in the past.

Addressing the New York Times last year, she hinted at losing major roles because they conflicted with her Marvel schedule.

“It took me away from the physical ability to do certain jobs that I thought were more aligned with the things I loved as an audience member,” Olsen said. “And I’m the most honest.”

The leading lady admitted that one of those ‘certain jobs’ was a role in The Lobster – Surrealist comedy by Yorgos Lanthimos, nominated for an Oscar in 2015.

Elaborating on her professional “frustration”, Elizabeth told The New York Times that she sacrifices passion projects for “job security”.

‘I started to feel frustrated,” she said. “I had that job security, but I was losing those elements that I felt were more of a part of who I was. And the more I moved away from it, the less I was considered for it.

Ask Elizabeth: Drawing on all her experience, Olsen went on the Happy Sad Confused podcast and told host Josh Horowitz how she would advise any future superhero; saw 2022

Don’t go all in: ‘I say, just give ’em a [movie],’ she says. ‘I think that way you have more control’; shown in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Tread lightly: “If you, say, you’re like, ‘Oh my god, this is the most fun I’ve ever had and I love this character so much, I want to do it again’, you now have more creative control for the next ‘; shown in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Speaking from experience: The WandaVision star has been a mainstay in the Marvel Universe since 2015, playing the Scarlet Witch in six films and two streaming shows; pictured in Captain America – Civil War (2016)

It was once standard fare for actors to sign massive, multi-movie deals with Marvel, with stars like Samuel L. Jackson accepting nine movies upfront.

But those days would be over, as Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said. The Hollywood Reporter in 2021.

Freed from her multi-film obligations as the Scarlet Witch, Elizabeth has showcased her many talents in a juicy new role outside of the Marvel Universe.

She received positive reviews for her portrayal of real-life murderess Candy Montgomery in the limited series Max Love & Death, playing a church-going mother who would end up picking up an ax and murdering her friend in 1980.