WALTER SCOTT ASKS... ELIZABETH OLSEN

The Avengers: Endgame star, 31, is bringing her dual role as the reality-altering Wanda Maximoff/ Scarlet Witch to TV in the first Marvel Studios series spinoff, Wanda Vision (Jan. 15 on Disney+). It will feature Wanda and her android partner, Vision (Paul Bettany), trying to live idealized suburban lives and keep their powers under wraps— until trouble comes calling.

Do you think superheroes are needed during this pandemic? Wanda Vision, instead of just being superheroes, is about the family nucleus and our want and need to protect our children and create a safe space for them. I think that’s important right now. With this selfisolating that we have to do to stay safe, there’s a constant fera and we have to figure out a away through it.

How different is the tone of the series from the Avengers films? We filmed the first episode a black-and-white “homage” to classic TV sitcoms] in front of a live audience. It was amazing to be an actor on a multi camera show with a live audience for the first time in my life. I don’t know if I will ever have that experience again.

Your breakout role was in Martha Marcy May Marlene, a 2011 indie film. Now you’re starring in blockbusters. Do you see yourself going back to “smaller” movies? I do. The last indie films i did were just a few years ago, Ingrid Goes West and Wind River. I was really proud of those, and then I did television for the first time, Sorry for Your Loss, which was on Facebook, so not many people got to hear about it, which is too bad.

How did she go from watching her sisters, Mary-Kate and Ashley, on Full House to her own acting career? Go to Parade.com/olsen to find out.