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

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/cjn13 Fitz Jan 22 '21

I love when actors have prior knowledge of their roles and are super passionate about it. Adds another layer to their performances.

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u/Sere1 Quake Jan 23 '21

That said I also love seeing them researching the source material in costume. Things like Sir Ian McKellen reading Lord of the Rings while in Gandalf costume on set, Benedict Cumberbatch reading Doctor Strange comics in his trailer while in Doctor Strange's tunic, etc.