Elizabeth Olsen Reveals Length of Her Original Deal With Marvel

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter Podcast (h/t JoBlo), Elizabeth Olsen talked about the length of her original deal with Marvel. Marvel is, of course, famous for requiring stars to sign on from anywhere between four to nine movies, but Olsen, who starred in WandaVision as Wanda Maximoff, revealed that her deal was much shorter. Olsen first appeared as Maximoff in Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015 and at that time, she only signed on to do two movies and a cameo.

“I signed on for two movies and a cameo,” she said. “I’ve gone through three rounds of contracts with Marvel already. I just do, like, appetizers or something, they never have me over for the big meal.”

She noted that at that time, she didn’t know how far the character would go.

“People sign six-movie, nine-movie deals. That’s a lot! And they didn’t really know how much further it was gonna go. We never knew if we were even gonna touch half the stuff we did in WandaVision.”

Olsen added that she likes that Marvel is only using her when it makes sense to do so in the story, which also allows her to maintain her schedule outside of Marvel projects.

“It really has benefited me because they only continue to use me, not cause they have to, but because they think there’s a story that can be used. And so I’ve always felt even though I’ve had my own scheduling that has broken my heart in certain moments – I have always felt like they had a plan for me, and never really let me in on what that plan was, but I knew that they would only use me if it was useful.”

We’ll next see Olsen as Maximoff in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.