Elizabeth Olsen thinks of Marvel movies as “insurance” for her indie projects. The 35-year-old actress - who has played Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch, in a number of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films from 2015’s ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ until ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ in 2022 - appreciates the security the franchise offers because it allows her the "freedom" to tackle smaller, riskier films like her Netflix comedy/drama ‘His Three Daughters’. Speaking at Vulture Festival, Olsen said: “I’d never really had the mentality of, ‘One for them, one for me.
’ “Marvel has been such a consistent thing I’ve been able to return to and has created — what’s the word? — some feeling of insurance in my life that has given me freedom to choose other jobs. So I haven’t felt like, ‘And then I’ll do this to do this.’” The ‘Love and Death’ star - who also led the cast of her own Disney+ spin-off ‘Wandavision’ - added reprising her role in the MCU “always felt like a choice”.
She explained: “Every time, it’s character-driven. It’s always like, ‘We have this idea, and that’s why we want you to come back.’ It’s not like, ‘Just throw her in something.
’” The ‘Ingrid Goes West’ star added she viewed blockbuster movie franchises like the MCU as vital for cinema, as they “paid the rent” for smaller theatres, thus allowing them to screen indie flicks. Olsen agreed with Paul Thomas Anderson's a.