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Elizabeth Olsen sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to reflect on her "Hollywood Firsts," from the first time she felt starstruck, stepping on a Marvel set, playing Wanda Maximoff in 'WandaVision' and more.

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00:00The first time I knew playing Wanda Maximoff was a big deal was I think a

00:06drag brunch and there was a Scarlet Witch character and I was like oh my god

00:12this is this is the coolest thing I've ever been a part of.

00:17Hey Hollywood Reporter I'm Elizabeth Olsen and I'm about to share some of my

00:22Hollywood firsts. The first time I auditioned for a movie I think I was 10

00:29and I auditioned for Spy Kids and I got a call back and I was supposed to read the

00:35script and it was like the biggest it was the biggest thing I had ever seen at

00:39that age and that there's no way I was gonna read it so I didn't and so I had

00:44this call back with Robert Rodriguez and the only thing I really remember is

00:48staring at his shoes. I can't remember if I told him that or not when I had a

00:53meeting with him later on in life but I just remember I have a very specific

00:56memory of looking at his tennis shoes because they were like very yellow and

00:59orange and bright like cool you know sports shoes or something and then and

01:07then I got you know and then I started auditioning when I was like actually

01:10appropriate which was 21. The first time I attended a red carpet I think is Cannes

01:17for Martha Marcy May Marlene. I wore a row beaded top and skirt to the premiere and I

01:27was excited I don't I think I'd since I'd seen the film already I I was it was more

01:32celebratory and I had a great ensemble in that film people who have gone on to

01:37made so many amazing things. First person I met that left me starstruck probably

01:44George Clooney who wouldn't remember meeting me and that's fine but it was

01:50the Toronto Film Festival and someone introduced us and it was a very brief

01:55moment and I was I'm a big fan of his yeah it's like a pretty high up there

02:02person I think of like people to meet who's also really nice you know and

02:07generous with others. The first thing I started with my first big paycheck was

02:12probably paying people back for college I wanted that to be taken off the table I

02:20wanted I wanted to be done I didn't want to be in debt to anyone. Can Elizabeth Olsen?

02:25I can Elizabeth Olsen sing? Can Elizabeth Olsen dance? And I would say you know I

02:29don't know who would have answers to either of those things. Can Elizabeth Olsen do a

02:36cartwheel? Not really? I don't know. I have no idea. Oh really? Oh funny that's funny maybe it's

02:47because I played a character who can't sing and and all I had to do is use my

02:52singing voice. I know flat I can sing flat very well. So the first time I stepped on

02:59a on an MCU set was exteriors Avengers Age of Ultron and we were in northern Italy

03:07and we had taken over this this little little mountain quiet mountain town and

03:13we turned it into rubble and we had little explosions and I was beyond blown

03:22away by the production design. It was the scale that really blew me away. The the

03:29detail and the craftsmanship that goes into building those sets is really

03:34remarkable and and breathtaking and you feel like a little kid who's you know

03:39it's like you're it's like you're an inside Universal whatever that tour is

03:46that you get to do around Universal Studios. The first time I knew playing Wanda

03:52Maximoff was a big deal was I think WandaVision because I think it hit a

03:58cultural thing that I I I was felt like I was in lockdown in England and

04:06everything else happened outside of whatever world I was living in but there

04:11was a a drag brunch and there was a Scarlet Witch character and I was like oh

04:17my god this is this is the coolest thing I've ever been a part of for it to have

04:23like that kind of a character to emulate in that way and so yeah that felt I was

04:30very proud in that moment. I was totally shocked and also not surprised first

04:37thing I tell people when they want to be an actor is get as much training as you can

04:44whatever that means if that means going to film school theater school I mean some acting

04:50classes are terrible so that's not always helpful but like consume as much as

04:55possible I'm all about I want all the information and then I'll figure out what

04:59to do with it so I took like so many acting conservatories and I think all of it

05:04was useful in some way. I don't know if anyone really I haven't met anyone I

05:11guess who feels that that they've that they've done it so I just hope to be an

05:18actor for hire for a long time. Thanks for tuning in to my Hollywood Firsts.

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