Elizabeth Olsenis just as eager for a Scarlet Witch return as fans!The actress, 33, appeared onThe Tonight ShowWednesday to chat about her new children’s bookHattie Harmony: Worry Detective, and revealed toJimmy Fallonthat she’d be down to reprise her role as Wanda Maximoff.But for now, Olsen — who last appeared as the mystical character inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessand co-led 2021’sWandaVisionalongsidePaul Bettany— is just as in the dark as fans.“I don’t know [if I’m coming back]. Ishouldcome back. But I don’t know. I want fans to be so aggressive and terrify [Marvel] into doing it or something,” she joked. “I mean, that’s not a good way to do anything, actually, I really take that back. No one needs to use force.“Responded Olsen when the host, 47, firstasked if she’d be returningto the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “I hope so. They don’t tell me anything about my fate,” saying later, “I would love to do more.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Elizabeth Olsen.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTubeFallon also asked his guest aboutDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Olsen admitted she still hasn’t seen it — but not for lack of trying, as she’s “one of those people who wants to study” her work “so I can figure out how to make it better.““I had a cold when wehad the premiereand I didn’t want to sit through it,” the actress explained. “And so I asked them to send me a copy so I could watch it, and it had my name on [the screener] and then it had the time I was watching it and I didn’t want to watch it like that.““And it was just distracting,” she said of the watermarked copy, joking of her potentially selling it illegally, “Can you imagine if I did that? How do you even do that? Like, who do you even send it to? Like, how do you even record it on a computer, what do you do?““I’ll watch the movie [eventually] …it’s streaming, I’ve heard,” she later joked.Elizabeth Olsen inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness(2022).Courtesy Marvel StudiosWhile Olsen is open to returning to the MCU, she also recently said that her Marvel contract has impacted her ability to perform in other films. (A rep for Marvel did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.)“It took me away from the physical ability to do certain jobs that I thought were more aligned with the things I enjoyed as an audience member,” she said in an interview withThe New York Timespublished last month. “And this is me being the most honest.“Olsen said she was forced to turn down a starring role in the Yorgos Lanthimos dark comedyThe Lobsterdue to her commitment to Marvel.“Istarted to feel frustrated,” she told theTimes. “I had this job security but I was losing these pieces that I felt were more part of my being. And the further I got away from that, the less I became considered for it.”
Elizabeth Olsenis just as eager for a Scarlet Witch return as fans!
The actress, 33, appeared onThe Tonight ShowWednesday to chat about her new children’s bookHattie Harmony: Worry Detective, and revealed toJimmy Fallonthat she’d be down to reprise her role as Wanda Maximoff.
But for now, Olsen — who last appeared as the mystical character inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessand co-led 2021’sWandaVisionalongsidePaul Bettany— is just as in the dark as fans.
“I don’t know [if I’m coming back]. Ishouldcome back. But I don’t know. I want fans to be so aggressive and terrify [Marvel] into doing it or something,” she joked. “I mean, that’s not a good way to do anything, actually, I really take that back. No one needs to use force.”
Responded Olsen when the host, 47, firstasked if she’d be returningto the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “I hope so. They don’t tell me anything about my fate,” saying later, “I would love to do more.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.
Elizabeth Olsen.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTube
Fallon also asked his guest aboutDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Olsen admitted she still hasn’t seen it — but not for lack of trying, as she’s “one of those people who wants to study” her work “so I can figure out how to make it better.”
“I had a cold when wehad the premiereand I didn’t want to sit through it,” the actress explained. “And so I asked them to send me a copy so I could watch it, and it had my name on [the screener] and then it had the time I was watching it and I didn’t want to watch it like that.”
“And it was just distracting,” she said of the watermarked copy, joking of her potentially selling it illegally, “Can you imagine if I did that? How do you even do that? Like, who do you even send it to? Like, how do you even record it on a computer, what do you do?”
“I’ll watch the movie [eventually] …it’s streaming, I’ve heard,” she later joked.
Elizabeth Olsen inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness(2022).Courtesy Marvel Studios
While Olsen is open to returning to the MCU, she also recently said that her Marvel contract has impacted her ability to perform in other films. (A rep for Marvel did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.)
“It took me away from the physical ability to do certain jobs that I thought were more aligned with the things I enjoyed as an audience member,” she said in an interview withThe New York Timespublished last month. “And this is me being the most honest.”
Olsen said she was forced to turn down a starring role in the Yorgos Lanthimos dark comedyThe Lobsterdue to her commitment to Marvel.
“Istarted to feel frustrated,” she told theTimes. “I had this job security but I was losing these pieces that I felt were more part of my being. And the further I got away from that, the less I became considered for it.”
source: people.com
