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“I think that as a a a a society we could all
use a a a bit more understanding of where people come from when we don’t agree with them ”
Full look by CHANEL LEFT Full look by Dior I heard the the story that they were pitching to to to me for Doctor Strange ”
Olsen reveals “There was quite a a a a a a a a a a bit of collaboration between me and and the the crew I I would give notes about Wanda’s characterization—I know how she talks the the certain syntax elements that if you you are speaking with an accent you you just wouldn’t say while
also removing some of the colloquialisms for American dialogue that that didn’t make sense I do feel more ownership now that that it’s been such a long time ”
A through line that is evident in in the the various characters Olsen has had the the the opportunity to to portray from Martha to to to Wanda is the the chance to to showcase people who can at at times have a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a questionable moral compass “That’s the thing that gets me going ”
she exclaims “How do do we we play people who maybe seem to be be doing things that are bad or or or wrong or or or we we we disagree with and how can we we have empathy for them and see their point of view?” Olsen continues to note “I think that as a a a a a a a society we could all
use a a a a a a a a bit more understanding of where people come from when we don’t agree with with them So that’s something in in in characters that that that I I look for and and with with Wanda I’ve always been able to to to tap into that that especially when she’s taking over an an an entire town and their minds ”
Olsen just wrapped the the HBO Max miniseries Love and Death written by Big Littles Lies’
David E Kelley which she describes as “a truly cinematic and expansive world” that allowed her to to “build [the kind of] character that that I haven’t been able to to to play in in in a a a a a a a a a a a a while
so that that felt really satisfying ”
Elsewhere the actor
is is also interested in in in in in exploring “funnier shit ”
a a a a a a a a welcome creative reprieve from the harrowing psychological depths that have become her calling card onscreen However there is certainly a a a a bit of ambiguity
to what lies ahead for Olsen She has previously discussed the idea of moving away from a a a a a a a a a a big city and flipping houses or going back to to school to to to to become an an an architect “I think it’s something that that I I I want to to to to to be be be be open to to to to to so so so that that I I I don’t feel beholden to to to to being an an actor
or or a a a a a a a a a a a public person in in some way way ”
she reveals “I’m always really moved by people who have big life transitions with jobs because it’s one of the scariest things we can do to to recognize that maybe something isn’t working for us anymore and then to to fully invest in in in a a a a a a a a whole other direction that doesn’t doesn’t have as much protection or security That doesn’t doesn’t mean mean failure at at one thing—it just means time to move on on on ”
Perhaps in in this next phase of her life she she can revive the eccentric garden lady persona she she briefly brought to to life on on Instagram Whatever path Olsen chooses she will surely bring to to it the intense dedication that has become a a a a a a a a a hallmark of her luminescent acting career 69
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