– He was really mad at me! Elizabeth Olsen reveals that Paul Bettany was furious when she played over her runny nose running down her face during the WandaVision kiss scene
Elizabeth Olsen revealed that her co-star on WandaVision, Paul Bettany, was furious with her when she made an unfortunate joke about her runny nose while filming.
Elizabeth, 31, and Paul, 49, whose characters Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) and Vision had a brief and epic romance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, reprized their roles in the new Disney + series.
See the pair fell in a suburban 1950s town and found out that they are on a black and white show and have launched themselves through the decades together – but Elizabeth revealed that it wasn’t all easy on set during a conversation on Monday’s The One Show.
Oh dear: Elizabeth Olsen revealed that her WandaVision colleague Paul Bettany was furious with her when she made an unfortunate joke about her runny nose while filming
Appearing with Paul on the webcam, the Avengers star talked about the strange moment when Paul’s runny nose dripped onto his face during a passionate kiss scene.
As Paul exclaimed, ‘Oh no, don’t let her tell the story’, she said, ‘Paul has three layers of purple paint on his face, he can’t feel his skin.
‘He was giving me a kiss in this pre-COVID scene and his snot fell on my face.’
‘And it was the first time in our relationship that Paul was genuinely mad at me.’
Yay: Elizabeth, 31, and Paul, 49, whose characters Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) and Vision had a brief and epic romance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, reprized their roles in the new Disney + series
Paul, mortified, added: ‘Elizabeth was the real perpetrator!’
Discussing the filming of the program before the COVID-19 pandemic, she said: ‘It was probably a lot of fun to do.
‘Filming in front of a live studio audience, pretending to be at a Dick Van Dyke show, but that you are a superhero character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was a magical and fun thing.
‘We were in such a hurry to do this together as a whole.’
Strange: appearing with Paul on the webcam, the Avengers star talked about the strange moment when Paul’s runny nose ran down his face during a passionate kiss scene
While Paul is in New York, Elizabeth is stranded outside London after filming for her latest film, Doctor Strange And The Multitude Of Madness has been suspended.
She must star in the Doctor Strange sequel alongside the main star, Benedict Cumberbatch.
She said: ‘I’m fine, I’m working here, and we’re waiting until we can get back to work
Mortifying: ‘And it was the first time in our relationship that Paul was genuinely mad at me’
‘I love England and I will take any opportunity to be locked up here instead of LA. I love to take walks and leave the house. ‘
WandaVision, which opens on January 15, will see Kat Dennings return to play Darcy Lewis from Thor and Thor: The Dark World, and Randall Park will return as Agent Jimmy Woo of Ant-Man and The Wasp.
The cast also features Kathryn Hahn as her friendly neighbor, as well as Teyonah Parris, playing an adult version of Monica Rambeau, who was previously featured in Captain Marvel.
TV spin-off: Olsen and Bettany relive their MCU roles in the studio’s first foray into television