Elizabeth Olsen On Superhero Fatigue And Scarlet Witch Return
During a special discussion about her career over the weekend at the 2025 Hamptons International Film Festival’s, Elizabeth Olsen spoke about her career so far and, of course, attention switched to her acclaimed work as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the MCU and discussed her future and whether she thinks superhero fatigue is real.
“It is something that I love, and it’s something I always want to return to,” she said “I think the thing that’s been so special about the last five years is I’ve gotten to do so much with the character that I never thought I would. There are still character through lines that have happened in the comics that I’d love to do that I think fans also want to.”
“There’s nothing else really like it, and I don’t know that I’ll have [that] again unless it’s for an ongoing show,” said Olsen. “I do like that kind of consistency. It feels good. I mean, job security feels nice — I think we can all agree on that.”
“I mean, these movies aren’t for critics, these movies are for fans,” Olsen added.
There have been rumours that Olsen could be seen in Doomsday, although she didn’t get a “chair” like many others did. That said, co-stars such as Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Holland, and Brie Larson didn’t either, so it remains to be seen whether the Scarlet Witch or any of them appear at some point, or if they are set to appear in Secret Wars the following year. We wait to find out.
Avengers: Doomsday opens in cinemas on November 18th, 2026. Olsen’s next film, Eternity, which co-stars Miles Teller and Calum Turner, opens in UK cinemas on December 5th.
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