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  • Elizabeth Olsen speaks about experiencing panic attacks on New York streets

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Hollywood star Elizabeth Olsen has revealed that she “didn’t understand” feelings of panic until she reached a certain age while living in New York.

    According to E! News, in an interview with Variety, the ‘WandaVision’ actor got candid about how she experienced panic attacks in New York at the age of 21; a feeling she said she wasn’t aware of as she was a very loud and confident kid growing up.

    “I remember I would get [panick attacks] on the go every hour. I used to live on 13th Street between 6th and 7th. I was crossing 6th Avenue at 14th Street, and I realized I couldn’t cross the street — I stood up against the wall, and I just thought I was going to drop dead at any moment,” Olsen said.

    She described the “spiralling” feeling that would happen in her body at signs of change in her environment, reported E! News.

    “If I went from cold to hot, hot to cold, full to hungry, hungry to full — any kind of shift in my body, my whole body thought, ‘Uh oh, something’s wrong!’ It was so weird. An ENT doctor said that it could be vertigo related because it was all about truly spinning. So it was an interesting six months,” Olsen told the publication.

    To cope with the feelings, she looked to a friend who was seeing a medical professional for panic attacks and knew a lot of brain games. Olsen learned one strategy called “repetition” as a grounding technique.

    As per E! News, the Marvel star said the technique was a “helpful tool,” but still recalled her panic attacks as “very weird” because she was not anxious as a child.

    WASHINGTON: Hollywood star Elizabeth Olsen has revealed that she “didn’t understand” feelings of panic until she reached a certain age while living in New York.

    According to E! News, in an interview with Variety, the ‘WandaVision’ actor got candid about how she experienced panic attacks in New York at the age of 21; a feeling she said she wasn’t aware of as she was a very loud and confident kid growing up.

    “I remember I would get [panick attacks] on the go every hour. I used to live on 13th Street between 6th and 7th. I was crossing 6th Avenue at 14th Street, and I realized I couldn’t cross the street — I stood up against the wall, and I just thought I was going to drop dead at any moment,” Olsen said.

    She described the “spiralling” feeling that would happen in her body at signs of change in her environment, reported E! News.

    “If I went from cold to hot, hot to cold, full to hungry, hungry to full — any kind of shift in my body, my whole body thought, ‘Uh oh, something’s wrong!’ It was so weird. An ENT doctor said that it could be vertigo related because it was all about truly spinning. So it was an interesting six months,” Olsen told the publication.

    To cope with the feelings, she looked to a friend who was seeing a medical professional for panic attacks and knew a lot of brain games. Olsen learned one strategy called “repetition” as a grounding technique.

    As per E! News, the Marvel star said the technique was a “helpful tool,” but still recalled her panic attacks as “very weird” because she was not anxious as a child.

  • ‘Oh really? Wow’: Elizabeth Olsen on Hugh Jackman’s return, says she wants to team up with X-Men

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Hollywood actor Elizabeth Olsen, who plays the role of Scarlet Witch in the MCU, has shared her thoughts on Hugh Jackman’s return as Wolverine.

    Olsen got the news about Jackman’s return at Variety’s Power of Women, where she expressed shock over the revelation. “Oh really?” Olsen asked when she heard the news. “Wow!”

    Olsen wants Scarlet Witch to team up with more X-Men characters on the big screen now that Jackman is returning as Wolverine. Olsen’s character is a mutant in the comic books and the daughter of Magneto, played by both Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender on the big screen.

    “I guess Wolverine is X-Men. It would be cool to work with a lot of those people from the X-Men franchise. I guess Fassbender is my dad in some world?” Olsen said when asked about which characters she hopes to team up with in the future of the MCU.

    Scarlet Witch was last shown in ‘Doctor Stranger in the Multiverse of Madness’ where the character took a villainous turn and her fate was left ambiguous by the end after she sacrificed herself to destroy the Darkhold in a moment of redemption.

    ALSO READ | Hugh Jackman to return as Wolverine for ‘Deadpool 3′  

    Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige has confirmed to Variety that the character will be back in future. “There really is so much more to explore. We still haven’t touched on many of her core storylines from the comics,” Feige said.

    Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds, on Tuesday, took to social media and shared a video announcing Jackman’s return as Wolverine. “Hey, Hugh, you want to play Wolverine one more time?” Reynolds asked as Jackman walks by in the background.

    The last time X-Men fans saw Jackman as Wolverine was in 2016’s R-rated ‘Logan’, directed by James Mangold. Wolverine famously died at the end of the film, and Jackman has stated repeatedly that the film was his swan song in the role. It is not yet known how he will appear in ‘Deadpool 3’, which will be in theatres on September 6, 2024.

    WASHINGTON: Hollywood actor Elizabeth Olsen, who plays the role of Scarlet Witch in the MCU, has shared her thoughts on Hugh Jackman’s return as Wolverine.

    Olsen got the news about Jackman’s return at Variety’s Power of Women, where she expressed shock over the revelation. “Oh really?” Olsen asked when she heard the news. “Wow!”

    Olsen wants Scarlet Witch to team up with more X-Men characters on the big screen now that Jackman is returning as Wolverine. Olsen’s character is a mutant in the comic books and the daughter of Magneto, played by both Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender on the big screen.

    “I guess Wolverine is X-Men. It would be cool to work with a lot of those people from the X-Men franchise. I guess Fassbender is my dad in some world?” Olsen said when asked about which characters she hopes to team up with in the future of the MCU.

    Scarlet Witch was last shown in ‘Doctor Stranger in the Multiverse of Madness’ where the character took a villainous turn and her fate was left ambiguous by the end after she sacrificed herself to destroy the Darkhold in a moment of redemption.

    ALSO READ | Hugh Jackman to return as Wolverine for ‘Deadpool 3′  

    Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige has confirmed to Variety that the character will be back in future. “There really is so much more to explore. We still haven’t touched on many of her core storylines from the comics,” Feige said.

    Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds, on Tuesday, took to social media and shared a video announcing Jackman’s return as Wolverine. “Hey, Hugh, you want to play Wolverine one more time?” Reynolds asked as Jackman walks by in the background.

    The last time X-Men fans saw Jackman as Wolverine was in 2016’s R-rated ‘Logan’, directed by James Mangold. Wolverine famously died at the end of the film, and Jackman has stated repeatedly that the film was his swan song in the role. It is not yet known how he will appear in ‘Deadpool 3’, which will be in theatres on September 6, 2024.

  • Elizabeth Olsen has not seen ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, here’s why 

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Hollywood actor Elizabeth Olsen, who was last seen as Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch in Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, revealed that she has still not seen the film.

    As per Variety, during her recent appearance on ‘The Tonight Show,’ Olson said that a cold prevented her from watching the movie at its premiere, and then later she refused to watch the watermarked screener Disney sent her as a backup because it was just too “distracting.”

    “I’m not one of those [actors who don’t watch her own movies]. I’m one of those people who like to study something so I can figure out how to make it better. But I had a cold when we had the premiere and I didn’t want to sit through it. And so, I asked them to send a copy so I could watch it, and it had my name on it and it had the time that I was watching it, and I didn’t want to watch it like that,” Olsen said.

    She added, “My name was on it and the exact time and date. It’s just distracting.”

    The show’s host Jimmy Fallon explained that Marvel screeners have watermarks on them “in case you sell it illegally,’ to which Olsen responded, “How do you even do that? Who do you even send it to? How do you even record it on a computer?”

    As for Olsen’s future in the MCU, she remains in the dark. Scarlet Witch’s fate was left unknown at the end of ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’.

    According to Variety, the character’s Disney Plus series, ‘WandaVision’, is getting an Agatha Harkness spinoff, while rumours continue to swirl about some kind of Scarlet Witch standalone project.

  • Elizabeth Olsen recalls acting alone in most of the time in Marvel movies

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Actress Elizabeth Olsen says making Marvel movies involves a lot of acting on your own.

    The actress, who plays Wanda Maximoff also known as Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise, most recently reprised her role for ‘Doctor Strange’ sequel ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, reports aceshowbiz.com.

    But despite the film’s star-studded cast made up of Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Xochitl Gomez, Elizabeth revealed she never actually got to meet the majority of the people in the movie, as filming involved a lot of solo acting.

    Speaking to Collider, Olsen said, “I never met lots of people in the movie. Also, we were acting with ourselves as well. There’s a lot of acting with an imagination that we get to do, which is a challenge and a joy. There’s part of it that feels really imaginative and childlike that we get to do.”

    “Also, this script was always a moving object. It was never something that was set in stone. I wasn’t surprised when they were doing the reshoots. I knew that the reshoots didn’t affect my arc so much. When it did affect me, I just did voiceover work for it,” she continued.

    The sequel, directed by Sam Raimi, carries on the story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Dr Stephen Strange (Cumberbatch), whose life changed forever following a near fatal car accident where he lost the use of his hands.

    In his quest to regain their function he obtained mystical powers that turned him into a superhero. The second movie sees Strange cast a forbidden spell that opens a portal to the multiverse which poses a threat so great to humanity that not even the combined forces of Strange and Wanda can fight them off.

  • ‘Doctor Strange 2’ star Elizabeth Olsen on how Scarlett Johansson taught her to be a superhero

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Actress Elizabeth Olsen’s character Wanda Maximoff in the ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ is at her most complex, as her relationship with the title character essayed by English star Benedict Cumberbatch, grows more tangled over the course of the film.

    However, Olsen, whose portrayal of the mystical Scarlet Witch has made her a consistent MCU fan favourite, says that no matter what Wanda goes through, she’ll continue to defend the character, reports ‘Variety’.

    “I remember people saying at the end of ‘Wandavision’. ‘She has no accountability’,” Olsen told ‘Variety’ senior entertainment reporter Angelique Jackson on the red carpet at the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ premiere on Monday.

    “She’s gonna take accountability for herself, she’s gonna isolate, she’s gonna think about it, and she’s gonna grow.”

    Although ‘Multiverse of Madness’ is a sequel to the 2016 ‘Doctor Strange’ film, it also follows many of the plot threads of the critically acclaimed Disney+ series ‘Wandavision’, which saw Olsen and Paul Bettany headline as Wanda and the android Vision.

    Olsen jumped into filming on ‘Doctor Strange 2’ right after she wrapped ‘Wandavision’.

    “Getting to do ‘Wandavision’ and then coming into this film, my priority was, how do we continue the thread, but how do we also make it different?” Olsen recalled.

    “How is there an evolution, how can we keep it exciting for the fans? And how can we ground her and show them something they haven’t seen yet? And I’m really looking forward for the fan response after this film. I think everyone’s in for a ride.”

    ‘Wandavision’ is one of the most well-received MCU projects, garnering multiple Emmy nominations, including nods for Olson, Bettany and Kathryn Hahn.

    However, because the series premiered early 2021, amid the Covid pandemic lockdowns, Olsen didn’t get to experience the glitz and glamour of a premiere party or the in-person fan response to the show until the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ press tour.

    “It’s really surreal. I keep hearing about the response, but it’s hard to actually connect with it until you’re actually at a premiere like this,” Olsen said.

    “It’s wild. This is eight years now for me with Marvel, and I just feel so grateful to still be here and to have grown this character to what she’s become. But I’m also grateful to Kevin Feige for giving me the opportunity to do ‘Wandavision’ and having the idea.”

    In addition to continuing Wanda’s story, ‘Multiverse of Madness’ introduces a new superhero, 16-year-old Xochitl Gomez as the reality-hopping America Chavez. Olsen shared how impressed she was by the young actor’s poise when joining the MCU.

    “She has such a vitality to her, she has so much confidence being so young,” Olsen said.

    “She has so much confidence being so young. I was 25 when I started, and she’s way better off than I was when I started.”

    Olsen made her MCU debut in 2015’s ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’.

    Much like Gomez looked to her to learn the superhero ropes while filming ‘Multiverse of Madness,” Olsen studied franchise veteran Scarlett Johansson, who played Black Widow across several films, reports ‘Variety’.

    “I remember being on ‘Ultron’ and seeing how she was with the crew,” Olsen shared.

    “I was just amazed by her ease and her comfort and how she includes the crew in everything, and how she makes everyone part of the team and feel excited to come to work. And I’ve really taken that into my life since then.”

    Olsen said that it’s a little “shocking” to now be in the position of a pseudo-mentor, but “it’s amazing that we’ve gone through (iterations of the MCU) and it’s been this long, that now we have these different ages of women”.

  • Marvel releases new pics from ‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Four new stills from the upcoming superhero movie ‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’ were dropped by Marvel Entertainment recently.

    The images in question are of the characters Strange, along with Wanda, Wong, and MCU newcomer America Chavez, reports ‘Deadline’.

    As per ‘Deadline’, ‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’, directed by Sam Raimi, written by Michael Waldron, promises the lean into horror element as the Sorcerer Supreme aims to clean up the multiverse mess he made in ‘Spiderman: No Way Home’.

    The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch alongside Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Rachel McAdams. The trailer shows Doctor Strange taking help from Wanda Maximoff played by Olsen as he seeks out as she’s retreated from the world in the wake of her calamities with Westview on WandaVision.

    The film, which was initially set for a debut on March 25, will now kick off summer 2022 on May 6. The move will push Taika Waititi’s ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ from that summer kickoff date to July 8, 2022. The only other movie opening against ‘Doctor Strange 2′ on its day or release is Focus Features’ ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’, which stars Lesley Manville.

    ‘Thor: Love & Thunder’ looks poised to enjoy a solo release as no rival studio event films are currently dated against the Marvel film’s its new date.

  • Kathryn Hahn to headline spinoff on WandaVision villain

    By Express News Service

    Following the success of WandaVision, Disney Plus is set to work on a spinoff show based on Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness.

    The original show featured Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany as Vision, as the two superheroes live their ideal suburban lives in the town of Westview, New Jersey but they soon begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

    Hahn played Agatha, the nosy neighbour and the main adversary of Wanda and Vision. This series is expected to go down the dark comedy route, but more details about the plot are kept under wraps.  Jac Schaeffer, the head writer of WandaVision will be taking care of the scripting of this series too. 

    Meanwhile, Hahn will next feature in Showtime’s The Comeback Girl, in which she will essay the role of legendary comedian Joan Rivers. She is also a part of filmmaker Rian Johnson’s much-awaited Knives Out 2.  

  • ‘She’s so tough’: Elizabeth Olsen supports Scarlett Johansson in Disney lawsuit row

    By Express News Service

    Actor Elizabeth Olsen has backed her Avengers: Age of Ultron co-star Scarlett Johansson in her legal battle against Disney. We had earlier reported that Johansson has initiated legal action against the studio for violating her contract and simultaneously releasing her recent MCU outing, Black Widow, on Disney Plus and theatres on the same day.

    In a recent interview, Olsen said “I think she’s so tough and literally when I read (about the legal proceedings) I was like, ‘Good for you Scarlett.’”

    ALSO READ | Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost welcome first baby together

    Olsen went on to add that she is “worried about small movies getting the opportunity to be seen in theatres. I like going to the movies and I don’t necessarily want to see only an Oscar contender or a blockbuster. I would like to see art films and art house theatre.”

    Olsen has recently reprised her character, Wanda Maximoff, in Marvel’s first TV series, WandaVision, and is also set to appearing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Meanwhile, Black Widow will be skipping theatres in India to premiere directly on Disney+ Hotstar. 

  • Lily Rabe joins Elizabeth Olsen in HBO Max’s Love and Death

    By Express News Service
    We had earlier reported that actor Jesse Plemons will star opposite Elizabeth Olsen in HBO Max’s upcoming original limited series Love and Death. Now, actor Lily Rabe, well-known for The Undoing and The Underground Railroad, has been cast opposite Plemons in the series. Love and Death is based on the true story of Texas housewife Candy Montgomery, who murdered her friend from church, Betty Gore, with an axe in 1980. Plemons and Rabe will play Allan Gore and Betty Gore, while Olsen is set to play Betty’s murderer Candy Montgomery. The series will also feature actor Patrick Fugit, who will play Candy’s husband, Pat Montgomery.

    The Lionsgate series is inspired by the book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs and a collection of articles from Texas Monthly (Love & Death in Silicon Prairie, Part I & II).

    Love and Death is written by David E Kelly and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.The series is executive produced by Kelley through David E Kelley Productions; Nicole Kidman and Per Saari through Blossom Films; Lesli Linka Glatter; Scott Brown and Megan Creydt through Texas Monthly; Matthew Tinker; Michael Klick and Helen Verno.

    Rabe is best known for her recurring role in the anthology series American Horror Story. The actor recently wrapped production on the George Clooney-directed coming-of-age drama The Tender Bar. She also recently starred in Tell Me Your Secrets for Amazon Prime Video.

  • Elizabeth Olsen to star in HBO Max’s Love and Death

    By Express News Service
    Fresh off the success of her Marvel show WandaVision, Elizabeth Olsen is set to star in yet another series, titled Love and Death. Produced by HBO Max, the limited series will be an official adaptation of the book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs by Jim Atkinson and Joe Bob Briggs.

    Inspired by a true crime, the book follows Candy Montgomery, who was put on trial in 1980 for the death of her neighbour and friend Betty Gore, the wife of a man Montgomery had an affair with.

    Olsen will be playing Montgomery in the series. The official plotline reads, “Love and Death follows two church-going couples, enjoying small-town family life in Texas, until somebody picks up an axe.” Interestingly, the series is not the first to be inspired by the incident.

    In 2020, it was announced that Elizabeth Moss would be playing Candy Montgomery in a series titled Candy, with Hulu set to distribute. Love and Death is written by David E Kelley and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, best known for her work in Homeland. Both Kelley and Glatter will be serving as executive producers on the series.