Elizabeth Olsen has never met the actors behind Doctor Strange 2’s biggest cameos

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The Scarlet Witch actor also opens up about her big fight scene

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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Elizabeth Olsen has revealed a sprinkling of "movie magic" – she never shared a set with some of the biggest cameo actors in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Spoilers for Doctor Strange 2 follow.

On the fight scene with the Illuminati – which saw Scarlet Witch turn Mr. Fantastic into string cheese and cutting Captain Carter in two with her own shield, among other brutal deaths – Olsen revealed that she wanted things to be even more straightforward for Wanda.

"There was one point where I was like, 'You guys are making it too hard for her'," Olsen said. "I didn’t think it was easy enough!"

Olsen revealed that there was some logic behind the decision to nerf Wanda – all because of her dreamwalking into the body of Earth-838’s Wanda.

"We decided that the limitation is that she’s not in her body," Olsen explains. "She’s in a less oiled version of her body, so it’s not capable of doing as much as our universe’s Wanda could do."

Doctor Strange 2, meanwhile, has split Scarlet Witch fans down the middle – with some claiming that the character’s arc in WandaVision has been ruined by Multiverse of Madness.

For more on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, be sure to read our guides and explainers.

Bradley Russell
Bradley Russell
Senior Entertainment Writer

I'm the Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, focusing on news, features, and interviews with some of the biggest names in film and TV. On-site, you'll find me marveling at Marvel and providing analysis and room temperature takes on the newest films, Star Wars and, of course, anime. Outside of GR, I love getting lost in a good 100-hour JRPG, Warzone, and kicking back on the (virtual) field with Football Manager. My work has also been featured in OPM, FourFourTwo, and Game Revolution.