Elizabeth Olsen’s mother has been calling WandaVision character the wrong name for years
Actor said she assumed her mother had been making a very long-lasting joke
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Elizabeth Olsen has revealed that her mother has been calling her WandaVision character the incorrect name for at least four years.
Olsen portrays Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch, in the Disney Plus series, which follows on from the Avengers movies.
She has portrayed the character since 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but that hasn’t stopped her mother from ever correctly learning her character’s name.
While appearing on Jimmy Fallon’s US talk show, Olsen said she’s been left confused by the revelation.
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“My mom just told me the other day that she’s been calling me the Red Witch for the last – she said four years, but I think I’ve been doing this for like six or seven,” Olsen said.
“She just learned that I was called the Scarlet Witch last week.”
Olsen attempted to explain why she hadn’t corrected her mother previously.
“I told her, ‘I just thought you were making a joke. I didn’t know that’s what you thought my name was!’”
WandaVision, starring Olsen and Paul Bettany, sees Wanda and her love interest Vision appearing to exist in different eras of US sitcoms, from Bewitched to Modern Family.
Ahead of the show’s climax, WandaVision director Matt Shankman has warned this week that some fans are likely to be “disappointed” by what happens in the finale.
WandaVision concludes on Friday 5 March on Disney Plus.
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