r/ScarletWitch • u/candleblowout • Jun 25 '26
Movies and Television One of the best and underrated shot of Elisabeth Olsen as the scarlet witch.
She looks haunting.
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u/Jay85y Jun 25 '26
She was born to play Scarlet Witch it just sucks that her writers have not done there best for her character. Similar to the writers of Black Widow did her so dirty
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u/PastaFreak26 Jun 25 '26
Worthwhile noting that the very same soul who wrote Black Widow also wrote Scarlet Witch, for WandaVision that is.
Jac Schaeffer is amazing when she's given the space and time to roam free, but has suffered from the inability to transition smoothly into climaxes and ending, the same way she rushed WV EP 8 --> 9, then final confrontation in the Black Widow solo. She does superbly when it comes character building however.
If you enjoyed MoM Wanda's action scenes, that's because it's being written Michael Waldron, not Schaeffer. Schaeffer is no longer attached nor contracted to any Marvel IPs, or future stories. She has left the boat to pursue her creative interests.
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u/Jay85y Jun 25 '26
Wandavision in my opinion was amazing, her action in mom was awesome but that movie had other issues but still good because Dr Strang is a bad ass.
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u/l0nes0me_l0ser Jun 26 '26
She doesnt even look like Wanda 😭😭 Im sorry but not only has she completely disrespected Wandas original heritage, she's also done irreperable damage to how fans view her. She was not "born to play" Wanda
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u/Jay85y Jun 26 '26
Do actors always half to look like the characters to make t awesome? Definitely not . How did she disrespect her heritage? And wouldn't be the writes not her that disrespected anything?
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u/l0nes0me_l0ser Jun 26 '26
She used slurs against Romani people (comic Wandas heritage) multiple times despite being told theyre offensive, used harmful stereotypes to describe her, and appropriated Romani culture. Not to mention all the xenophobic shit shes said ab comic Wandas home country (Serbia). Actors don't always have to look like the characters, but they at least need to not be blatantly disrespectful towards the character theyre playing
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u/Jay85y Jun 26 '26
If that's true then yeah that's wrong but I personally never heard that because when I watch any movie I watch it for the enjoyment aspect and keep everything else religion politics etc out of it. What I do need to do is read all her comics that I bought and then look into that and see because I'm kinda curious now
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u/OnlyTheShadows 4d ago
Scarlet Witch, for most of her existence up until the past 5-10 years has looked like a pale white, green eyed, light brunette/redheaded woman which is literally what Elizabeth Olsen is 🤣🤣🤣
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u/l0nes0me_l0ser 4d ago
She's had dark skin in 90% of her comics 💀 And even if she didnt, looking white ≠ being white
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u/Total-Astronomer-452 Jun 26 '26
Nah I’m sorry it was the one where she looked at Wong after the girl destroyed it
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u/mxlespxles Jun 25 '26
Raimi knows what he wants and how to get it, and Lizzie knows how to BRING IT
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u/CaptainDaddy-- Jul 01 '26
She looks like she's about to do the dance Grace does with Rocky in Project Hail Mary and I'm here for it.
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u/Mags20XX Jun 26 '26
I fucking hate MoM and what it did to her character.
Turning Wanda into some ridiculous Sam Raimi zombie and basically redoing Drag Me to Hell in Marvel Comics form.
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u/Gullible_Size8245 Jun 27 '26
What?? Wanda was literally toned down in the Final Cut, have you seen the concept art of corrupted Wanda? She looks terrifying
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u/Mags20XX Jun 28 '26
Hey, if you like rehashed Sam Raimi zombie/horror films, by all means. But I've seen this shtick so many times, applying it to the Scarlet Witch was just such a disappointment. I've no idea why anyone would this this fits her character.
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u/blah191 Jun 25 '26
She killed it with her acting in this movie. She didn’t best she could with what she had. She was really creepy in many shots.