Elizabeth Olsen Reveals Avengers Scene That Was “Embarrassing” to Film

“I wish they released a version of these films without special effects,” joked the actress.

Elizabeth Olsen, the MCU’s Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, revealed that the scene in Avengers: Infinity War where her character tries to save Vision (Paul Bettany) and ends up being defeated by Thanos (Josh Brolin) was “embarrassing” to film. .

“I was like this [reaches out, pretending to cast power through her], thinking, ‘Ugh, I’m doing this in public.’ Paul [Bettany]’s face. It needed to be painful and emotional,” she recalled.

Describing Bettany’s bizarre look on set (“face painted purple, with a coat of glitter”), Olsen continued, “A lot of things in these movies are kind of silly. I always think they should release a version without the special effects, so that everyone understands how ridiculous the actor feels, and how spectacular the job the technicians do.”

Avengers: Infinity War is one of six MCU films in which Olsen played Scarlet Witch. The actress was nominated for an Emmy for her performance as the character in WandaVision, and her most recent appearance was in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.