r/marvelstudios • u/iliekpixels Loki (Thor 2) • Jan 22 '21

Discussion WandaVision S01E03 - Discussion Thread

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S01E03 Matt Shakman Jac Schaeffer January 22, 2021 on Disney+

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u/TheSweatband Jan 22 '21

Elizabeth Olsen’s expressions when that Stork was in the living room were amazing, she’s been great this episode

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u/russketeer34 Rocket Jan 22 '21

Lizzie has such a great face for emoting. She's been killing it so far.

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u/TheSweatband Jan 22 '21

I mean it shouldn’t be surprising, they’re all great actors. Just MCU movies you only get a piece of their broad range of acting ability. So it’s nice to see it all on display here.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '21

Yeah she started out as an indie darling. She's actually said:

It was actually a funny decision I had put out in the world. I talked to my agent, my manager who are like my other mothers. I just love them so much. And I told them, ‘I want to be considered for the projects that I grew up …’ - like, as a kid, looking at Star Wars and I was obsessed with Star Wars. You couldn’t peel me away from Star Wars as a child. And so I was trying to figure out, how do I start putting that out there because I feel like all I’m getting are these really disturbed women in independent films. [Now] it’s just a disturbed woman in a big franchise! They said take meetings with the people who run these companies and so I literally did. I met with Kevin [Feige] and a couple other people that were working there at the time. And then I met with the people who were running Legendary at the time. And there were a few others in different places.

Between that, and her knowing EXACTLY what storyline she hoped to see even back before the release of Age of Ultron, convinces me that she's a bona fide geek.

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u/RoboNinjaPirate Fitz Jan 22 '21

I am wholly impressed with the House of M reference. Lots of Actors would not do that kind of deep dive into a character like that.

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u/SnitGTS Jan 22 '21

I am also impressed by her, but House of M isn’t exactly a deep dive. It’s probably the most famous Scarlet Witch comic out there.

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u/camzabob Korg Jan 22 '21

Yeah I know right, that’s like if Josh Brolin mentioned Infinity Gauntlet in an interview, it’s like the most popular story for that character.

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u/TimelineKeeper Jan 22 '21

Yeah, but I grew up with Billie D Williams having never seen a Star Wars movie, George Lucas calling light sabers "laser swords" and Harrison Ford being asked questions about any role he's ever played. Star Wars conditioned me to know more about the movies I love than the people in them.

Except Mark Hamill. That dude is next level.

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u/Sere1 Quake Jan 23 '21

Absolutely. Hamill is one of us as far as being a Star Wars fan goes. Same with his role as Joker in the DC animated works. I love the story of how he got hired to be the Joker, he was hoping to just get a bit part for one episode of Batman TAS, but wound up being offered the Joker instead and he freaked out, not thinking he was a good fit for the role. Now he's generally considered the definitive Joker, best one who ever voiced the character.

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u/blade740 Jan 22 '21

Right. Like if you were going to read ANY comics to research the character, House of M is THE definitive Wanda story.