Infinity War Blip Was Almost The End Of Scarlet Witch’s MCU Story
Elizabeth Olsen reveals that Wanda Maximoff was almost killed off for good following her dusty demise at the end of 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War. The fan-favorite character was fully introduced to the MCU in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron as a villainous ally of Ultron, alongside her twin brother Pietro, a.k.a. Quicksilver. Wanda eventually joined the heroic Avengers and, following the loss of Pietro, became a key figure in the second lineup of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Her immense power and emotional vulnerability was a key factor in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, with the young hero eventually fleeing as a fugitive alongside her protector-turned-lover, Vision.
Wanda and Vision returned from their exile in Avengers: Infinity War, helping battle Thanos in Wakanda. The climactic fight saw Thanos murder Wanda’s great love and successfully decimate half the Universe, resulting in Wanda’s disintegration in what’s become known as ‘The Blip’. Despite her assumed demise, Wanda was returned to existence in Avengers: Endgame by Hulk and the other surviving heroes, and helped defeat Thanos once and for all. Despite this, Vision remained dead, and Wanda soon found herself coping with this grief in 2020’s miniseries WandaVision, becoming the powerful Scarlet Witch and manifesting her twin children, Billy and Tommy. Wanda's latest appearance comes in the newly released film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
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Despite her recent ascent to fan-favorite status in the MCU, Olsen’s Wanda was almost killed off for good in Infinity War. A recent piece in the New York Times reveals that the character’s fake-out death originally satisfied “Olsen’s
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