Hollywood star Elizabeth Olsen, identified for her function as Wanda Maximoff within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, opened up about women-led superhero films.
Whereas chatting on Self-importance Truthful’s Nonetheless Watching podcast, the star of WandaVision credited Scarlett Johansson—who performs Black Widow aka Natasha Romanoff within the MCU—because the enabler of the evolution within the women-led superhero tales.
“I think it starts with Scarlett, Scarlett Johansson. She’s a very powerful, talented woman in the MCU and I believe that she— You know, maybe she didn’t have the first franchise film. But she really created that space. She’s quite a pioneer who takes up space and gets heard and does it elegantly and with a lot of intelligence,” Olsen mentioned.
“I really do think that when it comes to the female presence, I feel like Scarlett was welcomed into the door in the Iron Man films and really busted it down,” she added.
Olsen additionally heaped reward on Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, calling him “good listener” who tries to make illustration matter within the MCU.