{"id":282091,"date":"2025-11-13T16:19:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/282091\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T16:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:19:24","slug":"i-just-have-no-idea-how-or-when-marvels-scarlet-witch-star-elizabeth-olsen-keen-to-return-but-plays-down-hopes-for-avengers-doomsday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/282091\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Just Have No Idea How or When&#8217;: Marvel&#8217;s Scarlet Witch Star Elizabeth Olsen &#8216;Keen&#8217; To Return, But Plays Down Hopes For Avengers: Doomsday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Marvel star Elizabeth Olsen has told fans not to expect her return in Avengers: Doomsday, despite the actress being keen to reprise her role as Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/elizabeth-olsen-says-shes-not-in-avengers-doomsday-doesnt-know-when-wanda-returns-talks-projects-by-todd-solondz-more-20251112\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Playlist<\/a>, Olsen said she was &#8220;proud&#8221; of her time as Maximoff, but was unsure when she would next play the character \u2014 even if she was looking forward to doing so.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t have an answer for that,&#8221; Olsen said when asked when viewers will see Wanda again. When told that Marvel fans will assume she&#8217;ll appear in next year&#8217;s star-studded Avengers: Doomsday, Olsen replied: &#8220;Well, I can&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I want to see [her] return in this role because I think what they&#8217;ve done with her is really great, and I love the journey she&#8217;s taken,&#8221; Olsen continued. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s always a fun one to get to go back into, and I just have no idea how or when, for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Still, things sound a little more promising than Olsen&#8217;s previous comment on the matter, when she said <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/its-good-to-put-her-down-and-then-i-miss-her-and-i-want-her-back-mcu-star-elizabeth-olsen-says-shed-jump-at-the-chance-to-play-scarlet-witch-again-but-is-the-character-still-alive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she didn&#8217;t even know if Wanda was alive<\/a>. When viewers last saw Olsen portray the character in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Maximoff&#8217;s fate was left up to intepretation. Sacrificing herself after spending most of the movie as a baddie, viewers saw Wanda crushed under the weight of Mount Wundagore, followed by a brief flash of red light.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Maximoff&#8217;s corpse then turned up in the first episode of <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/tv\/wandavision\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WandaVision<\/a> spin-off series <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/tv\/agatha-all-along\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Agatha All Along<\/a>, though this was ultimately suggested to be a magical illusion. <\/p>\n<p>Marvel&#8217;s WandaVision: All the TV Sitcom Influences <img alt=\"Consisting of six episodes, WandaVision reunites Paul Bettany's Vision and Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff in a trippy, dreamscape that seems to shift the duo through family sitcom styles of the past - from the black and white '50s\/early '60s era, to the groovier '60s\/'70s, to the classic '80s\/&quot;TGIF&quot; '90s. So let's sort through some of WandaVision's classic TV influences based on what we saw in the Super Bowl spot.\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Still, fans have spent the past few years suggesting all the ways Maximoff could still return \u2014 and why it was likely she&#8217;ll do so. Whether through some magical spell or multiversal portal, Wanda&#8217;s eventual return feels inevitable, especially considering the various plot threads related to the character that still need wrapping up. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Fans are keen to see Wanda finally rid herself of her demons and use her powers for good, after trapping a small town in an illusion to deal with her grief, then bloodily murdering an alternate-universe superhero team to try and steal the powers of a teenager.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Questions remain around the fate of Wanda and Vision&#8217;s sort-of-real children Billy and Tommy, the first of whom played a key role in Agatha All Along. With next year&#8217;s <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/tv\/vision-quest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VisionQuest<\/a> expected to delve deeper into this plotline, will Marvel really pass up the possibility of reuniting them both with their mother.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">And, speaking of families, what about Magneto? With Ian McKellen set to reprise his X-Men role in Avengers: Doomsday (and potentially also Avengers: Secret Wars?) will Marvel really ignore the chance to pair him up with his daughter?<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Of course, the possibility remains that Olsen knows exactly when she&#8217;ll return as Wanda, and is simply employing the now-familiar tactic of keeping tight-lipped about things she&#8217;s not allowed to discuss (otherwise known as the Andrew Garfield approach). Olsen is the latest in a line of stars adamant they won&#8217;t appear in Avengers: Doomsday, including <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/famke-janssen-confirms-marvel-has-never-ever-asked-her-to-reprise-her-role-as-jean-grey-since-the-fox-x-men-movies-came-to-an-end\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X-Men veteran Famke Janssen<\/a>, <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/charlie-cox-insists-daredevil-is-not-in-spider-man-brand-new-day-or-avengers-doomsday-but-some-fans-think-hes-taking-a-leaf-out-of-andrew-garfields-book-and-misdirecting-us\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daredevil star Charlie Cox<\/a>, and \u2014 of course \u2014 <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/no-unequivocally-fing-no-spider-man-star-andrew-garfield-firmly-shuts-down-avengers-doomsday-return-rumors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Garfield<\/a>. Time will tell if they were fibbing.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Image credit: John Nacion\/Variety via Getty Images.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tomphillipseg.bsky.social\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marvel star Elizabeth Olsen has told fans not to expect her return in Avengers: Doomsday, despite the actress&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-282091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}