Although she comes from a famous show business family, and now she’s starring in herself Marvel TV series after appearing in multiple Avengers box office hits, Elizabeth olsen started making independent films, as a 2011 cult tale Martha Marcy May Marlene. So, what inspired your move from art to multiplex?
Thoughthe, uh, obvious reasons that any actor would like to think bigger (more fame, more money, all those brilliant things) were undoubtedly part of the equation, Olsen specifically linked his ambitions to her love for a certain franchise of a galaxy far, far away. Inside an interview with Collider, She explained it she told her agent and manager that she wanted to direct her career towards the movies she liked to watch as a child.
“I was obsessed with Star Wars. You couldn’t separate me from Star Wars like a child. And so I was trying to figure out how I can start getting this out, because I feel like all I’m getting is these really upset women in independent films, “said Olsen, before laughing and pointing at Wanda,”[Now] she’s just a troubled woman in a big franchise! “
Her representatives advised her to “I held meetings with the people who run these companies and I literally did, ”continued Olsen. “I met with Kevin [Feige] and some other people who were working there at the time. And then I met the people who ran Legendary [the studio that produced Godzilla, Olsen’s first big blockbuster] at the time. And there were a few others in different places. “
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Direct the Collider read (or watch) the entire interview, which also shows Olsen talking about what it was like to be co-starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Godzilla (playing his wife) to co-star with Taylor-Johnson in Avengers: Age of Ultron (playing his twin sister). Because you know you’ve always wondered about it!
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