Elizabeth Olsen talks about pressure to prove her personal film taste post Marvel

The actress, who played Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for over nearly a decade, recently opened up on NPR's Wild Card with Rachel Martin podcast that she feels pressure to "prove" her creative taste when it comes to the content she consumes.

"I think I haven't always successfully made choices in my work that are aligned with my personal taste and that is something I feel like I'm still trying to prove when I meet people," Olsen explained. "Especially if it's a work-type meeting and be able to express my personal taste in films, literature, and so I still think I have that to prove,"as per The Hollywood Reporter.

Olsen said, "Because I have spent so many years doing Marvel that I feel like all the other jobs I have to do have to really reflect my personal taste, because as much as I love being a part of this world -- and I'm proud of what I've been able to do with the character -- it's not really the art that I consume. Which I have been very honest about."

Olsen first played her Scarlet Witch character in 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron before going on to appear in several other Marvel films, including Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). She also scored an Emmy nomination for best actress in a limited or anthology series or movie for her performance in the Disney+ series WandaVision (2021), as per the outlet.

Olsen later shared that she is still extremely proud of her work with Marvel, "I thought they were such great Greek-type scale stories that reflected politics, culture in a really lovely way," The Assessment actress said. "And so I felt really proud to jump into it. And then, within the last 10 years, it's taken on this narrative of like, it's like a hot take, whether an actor says they would never do a Marvel movie or not," as per the outket.

Though Olsen shared last year that she's open to returning as the Scarlet Witch "when there's a way to use her well," she shared in March that she won't be a part of the Russo brothers' two upcoming Avengers movies, Doomsday and Secret Wars, according to The Hollywood Reporter.