Agatha Harkness Wasn't Always Going To Be A Villain In "WandaVision," And This Feels Like Chaos Magic To Me

    Looks like it hasn't been Agatha all along...

    maria sherman
    by maria sherman

    BuzzFeed Staff

    If you've made it this far, it is because you adore WandaVision.

    But did you know the story might've played out a little bit differently?

    Turns out, Agatha Harkness (portrayed by the incomparable Kathryn Hahn) might not have been the villain.

    So if you had that on your WandaVision MCU bingo card, congrats, because I am flabbergasted!

    Showrunner Jac Schaeffer told Rolling Stone that Agatha was originally going to be an ally to Wanda, just like she is in the comics.

    Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) holds Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) by the shoulders. Wanda looks confused; Agatha is smiling
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    Can you believe it?

    "In the original conception, Agatha's character was more in the mentor and magic-expert space," she said.

    Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), dressed in '80s work out attire, sits on a wooden kitchen countertop
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    "One of the things that never changed was that in the finale, Wanda would have to say goodbye to Vision. In my original notion of it, that goodbye was like a final binding spell that she had to do," Schaeffer continued. "It was tied to a spell that Agatha had taught her early in the series."

    But Agatha "ended up becoming more of an antagonistic force, because we needed that in the series," Schaeffer explained.

    Agatha Harkness (portrayed by Kathryn Hahn) is shot in black-and-white, '50s television style, staring directly into the camera
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    “There was more dissection of the idea of chaos magic [the source of Wanda’s powers] in the [writers] room, too. When we hired [Director] Matt [Shakman], there was a long period where we were trying to design a chaos dimension, which ended up not serving us and wasn’t necessary.”

    Um, so WandaVision could've been a completely different show?

    Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) winks, mouth agape
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    And Hahn never would've won the MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Villain?!

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    Really makes you think...

    Read the Rolling Stone article here.

    Vision and Wanda Maximoff hold each other, staring directly into each other's eyes. Wanda is smiling.
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