Elizabeth Olsen’s debut as Wanda Maximoff in “Avengers: Age of Ultron” saw her character given a heavy east European accent due to her coming from the fictional country of Sokovia.
As the films went on, her accent got toned down more and more until making a comeback somewhat in parts of “WandaVision” whereas most of it she was deliberately trying to mimic an American sitcom wife.
Speaking with Rolling Stone, she says the accent softening was a choice of the Russo brothers starting with ‘Civil War’ and expect to hear it make a comeback in Sam Raimi’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” next year as she embraces her Scarlet Witch persona:
“So that started with Civil War. The Russos [directors Anthony and Joseph Russo] said, ‘Can she just have a softer accent, because she’s been in America, and has to have been speaking English more’. So I was like, sure. I do have to say that in [Wanda’s next appearance, in 2022’s] Dr. Strange [in the Multiverse of Madness], after the experience she has in WandaVision, she goes back to an accent that’s more true to her.
Now that I feel a little bit more ownership of the character, I feel like she does retreat back to having this more honest expression. The sitcom part was totally different, because she’s trying to hold on to an American sitcom world and play the part the best she can.”
While Olsen is returning to the MCU, her co-star Paul Bettany told The Playlist this week he doesn’t know if he will as he doesn’t have a contract for anything more with them. As a result the fate of the character, dubbed ‘White Vision’, is unknown at this time and Bettany says they haven’t even discussed any story possibilities about where he could go.
The upcoming “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” film is expected to tie into events from “WandaVision,” “Loki” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and will premiere in cinemas on March 25th 2022.
