People Can't Stop Talking About Elizabeth Olsen As The Scarlet Witch In "Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness"

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🚨 There are MASSIVE — and I MEAN MASSIVE — spoilers ahead for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness! 🚨

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness finally hit theaters this weekend. The Sam Raimi–directed movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen marked the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first dive into the low-key horror genre.

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Marvel Studios

Following the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home and WandaVision, the film finds Doctor Strange (Cumberbatch) now dealing with the multiverse as he meets America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez), a young superhero who can travel the multiverse.

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Marvel Studios

And while the movie was in fact a Doctor Strange film, it's pretty hard to not leave the theater talking about Elizabeth Olsen's work as Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff.

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Marvel Studios / Via youtu.be

Fresh off her Emmy-nominated work on WandaVision, Elizabeth Olsen brought Wanda into her long-awaited Scarlet Witch era with this movie. Wanda has been overtaken by the Darkhold and is hellbent on finding a universe where she can be with her sons, Billy and Tommy.

Wanda holding her children in normal clothes in a fake reality, then the children disappear and she's in her Scarlet Witch costume in actual reality
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It's a gut-punch of a performance from Lizzie, who proves once again she can easily lead any movie or TV show, as Scarlet Witch embraces her powers and becomes the central villain of the movie.

Scarlet Witch kneeling on the floor of the house from WandaVision, with Wanda looking down at her and touching her face
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While there are some critiques of the film (and Wanda's character arc), what everyone seems to be in agreement on is that Elizabeth Olsen delivers one of the best MCU performances to date during every scene she's in:

Four versions of Wanda, one normal, one as Scarlet Witch, one with blood covering half her face, and one with heavy makeup and darker hair

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