Elizabeth Olsen is one of the great stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In fact, she is not only the protagonist of some of her most important, she also has her own series on Disney +, WandaVisionone of the first to land on the streaming service.
The protagonist of the Marvel movies has spoken at length in a interview in Variety about what it’s like to work and how you prepare for what have been some of the most successful movies of superheroes in recent years, and nothing has been kept quiet.
Above all, he has talked about the difficulties of preparing for the role, since he points out that they had to improvise a lot, despite the fact that the films themselves are very silly.
The actress tells how they barely let her study the script in a closed room on an iPad, without the possibility of taking it away, which generated some very embarrassing momentsyes: “These movies are very silly, but you have to act your ass off for them to work.” (Those movies are so dumb, but you have to work your ass off to make them work)
“Ridiculous” situations and classic Marvel secrecy
He has also commented on the ridiculousness of many behind-the-scenes situations, without post-production, especially because of the suit of many of the protagonists such as Vision:
These movies are so ridiculous, but you have to give your performance everything to make it work. It’s just ridiculous. There are many ridiculous things. I always wish that one day they will release a version of the movie without any special effects, because then you will understand how ridiculous it feels to shoot them. And how spectacular the work to do them.
About how they roll, nothing we didn’t know. Characters they do not know the entire script, only their roleso there are situations in which they are filming situations that they do not fully understand:
I mean, those movies really don’t know what’s going on. I only get my pages, so I understand the part of the story I’m serving. I get a story from the Russos about what happens in the rest of the movie. And it’s not in the script that everyone gets. (…)
Those movies, you could read a script in an office, with a security guard, on a specific iPad. And I was like, “Can you give me what I need to know?” (…)
(…) So, it’s very embarrassing to film that kind of thing, because, the whole world depends on you to do it. And we did some improvisation, which is difficult to improvise at that time.
All in all, one thing is clear: as ridiculous as they are, they are still some of the most successful movies in all of history. You can read the full interview at Varietywhere in addition to the Marvel movies he also shares some personal issues.