Elizabeth Olsen has said in interviews that she hasn’t ruled out returning as the Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe—if there’s a strong story reason for Wanda Maximoff to come back. Her last appearance was in 2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, where her fate was left somewhat ambiguous.
With Avengers: Doomsday on the horizon, Marvel seems to be bringing together a spectacular cast: the Fantastic Four, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), Captain America (Anthony Mackie), and X-Men icons like Professor X (Patrick Stewart), Mystique (Rebecca Romijn), Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), Cyclops (James Marsden), Gambit (Channing Tatum), and, as has been widely reported, Robert Downey Jr. stepping into Doctor Doom.
Given the magnitude of this ensemble, Avengers: Doomsday seems like the perfect opportunity to reintroduce Scarlet Witch, should Marvel choose to revisit her character.
“It is something that I love, and it’s something I always want to return to,” she told People. “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.”
Olsen added, “I mean, these movies aren’t for critics, these movies are for fans.”
Olsen, who earned an Emmy nomination in 2021 for her performance as Wanda Maximoff in the Disney+ series WandaVision, described her experience in the MCU as a positive one, and also weighed in on the ongoing discussion of superhero movie fatigue. Reflecting on the genre’s familiar tropes, recurring formulas, and its box office ups and downs, she remarked, “there’s nothing else really like it,” comparing it to fans who keep coming back to their favorite long-running TV shows.
“It’s really fruitful, and the stories have only gotten better for me, my character. I really enjoyed it.” When asked about superhero movie fatigue, she said, “Some people have ongoing television series that they get to return to. Very few, I feel like, get to be a part of franchises that, I know we might culturally get a little bit exhausted by, but there is something about them that becomes very familial.”
She added, “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. I do like that kind of consistency. It feels good. I mean, job security feels nice — I think we can all agree on that.”
