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Elizabeth Olsen Talks Adding Scarlet Witch To The List Of Psychologically Damaged Characters She's Played

quicksilver and scarlet witch Elizabeth Olsen is no stranger to playing psychologically damaged young women, and by her estimation, you can add Scarlet Witch to that list.

Speaking to Moviefone about her new movie Oldboy (talk about psychologically damaged), Olsen reveals that she's recently had conversations with The Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon about her character:

I hung out with Mr. Whedon recently. I'm really excited about this movie. I'm so excited about Scarlet Witch. I have had so much fun reading all about her and I am like learning new words that I had to look up on Wikipedia. I'm really enjoying it.

And a bit more specifically:

I just love Scarlet Witch. I love her. It's so funny because I'm often talking about all these psychologically damaged people, but when you talk about Scarlet Witch… She is a messed up lady. She has got more sh*t to deal with than anybody else I know. I'm excited to figure out what's appropriate to use for her, because there's so much material from all of these decades, and we're going to tell this one story. So to be able to choose what you're going to bring into it from all of this abundance, it's really fun.

Don't crucify her, fanboys, but she's not a comic book geek like so many actors pretend to be. At least she's honest:

No, I never read comic books. Comic books was always my brother's thing and he collected comic books every week of his life since he was 7. So he is who I go to when I have meetings about things that have to do with comic books. And now I'm going to know a little bit more about it, about my brother and about the world.

But I'm pretty sure she'll knock this one out of the park regardless. Filming begins in February. Release date will be on May 1, 2015.


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