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    People Can't Stop Talking About Elizabeth Olsen As The Scarlet Witch In "Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness"

    Elizabeth Olsen in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is just out here proving she can do it all.

    🚨 There are MASSIVE — and I MEAN MASSIVE — spoilers ahead for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness! 🚨

    Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness finally hit theaters this weekend. The Sam Raimi–directed movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen marked the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first dive into the low-key horror genre.

    Following the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home and WandaVision, the film finds Doctor Strange (Cumberbatch) now dealing with the multiverse as he meets America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez), a young superhero who can travel the multiverse.

    And while the movie was in fact a Doctor Strange film, it's pretty hard to not leave the theater talking about Elizabeth Olsen's work as Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff.

    Fresh off her Emmy-nominated work on WandaVision, Elizabeth Olsen brought Wanda into her long-awaited Scarlet Witch era with this movie. Wanda has been overtaken by the Darkhold and is hellbent on finding a universe where she can be with her sons, Billy and Tommy.

    Wanda holding her children in normal clothes in a fake reality, then the children disappear and she's in her Scarlet Witch costume in actual reality

    It's a gut-punch of a performance from Lizzie, who proves once again she can easily lead any movie or TV show, as Scarlet Witch embraces her powers and becomes the central villain of the movie.

    Scarlet Witch kneeling on the floor of the house from WandaVision, with Wanda looking down at her and touching her face

    While there are some critiques of the film (and Wanda's character arc), what everyone seems to be in agreement on is that Elizabeth Olsen delivers one of the best MCU performances to date during every scene she's in:

    Four versions of Wanda, one normal, one as Scarlet Witch, one with blood covering half her face, and one with heavy makeup and darker hair

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    Elizabeth Olsen was MENACING as the #ScarletWitch

    @wandasolsen / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @wandasolsen

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    best performance the mcu has ever gotten and we all know it’s true.#MultiverseOfMadness #ElizabethOlsen

    @wqndasvisuals / Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Co. / Everett Collection / Via Twitter: @wqndasvisuals

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    the way elizabeth olsen as scarlet witch served in every scenes, sorry but SHE CARRIED THE WHOLE MOVIE #MultiverseOfMadness #Wanda

    @doraemaynat / Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Co. / Everett Collection / Via Twitter: @doraemaynat

    4.

    i honestly didn't think it was possible but this scarlet witch/wanda moment in #multiverseofmadness was somehow even more heartbreaking in context and might be one of the best performances in the MCU. elizabeth olsen is really out here making me sob all the damn time

    @noradominick / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @noradominick

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    The fact that this #Wanda variant was able to easily forgive the Scarlet Witch because she lived her life in her dreams and she knows everything she's been through.

    @themarvelogy / Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection / Via Twitter: @themarvelogy

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    #MultiverseOfMadness SPOILER . . . . . . . . When she realized she became the exact thing that she said she wasn't. Truly a glorious performance from Elizabeth Olsen!!!

    @Randomly_RJ / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @Randomly_RJ

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    love or hate #MultiverseOfMadness , you can't deny how INSANE Elizabeth Olsen's acting was

    @avengersxwanda / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @avengersxwanda

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    anyways hands down to elizabeth olsen’s magnificent performance as wanda maximoff and the scarlett witch in #MultiverseOfMadness

    @mxzwel / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @mxzwel

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    @eolsenarchive / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @eolsenarchive

    10.

    I just want to take a moment to praise Elizabeth Olsen’s acting through the duration of the “Illuminati” scene. She managed to make me see the Scarlet Witch and not Wanda. Her expressions, voice and everything about her reflected that personality #MultiverseOfMadness

    @eloisebrdgrton / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @eloisebrdgrton

    11.

    Settled. Wanda Maximoff is the most powerful avenger. #MultiverseOfMadness #WandaMaximoff

    @bahdeujee / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @bahdeujee

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    Elizabeth Olsen fully embraced herself as the Scarlet Witch in Multiverse of Madness. Just an insanely show-stopping performance.

    @HailEternal / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @HailEternal

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    Also, this is Elizabeth Olsen's best performance yet. From her brutal, violent role to a caring mother and to a vulnerable, devastated witch. She put on an acting masterclass from start to finish. Give her all the awards SHE DESERVES!!! #MultiverseOfMadness #ScarletWitch

    @jrvsscarlet / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @jrvsscarlet

    14.

    “People are allowed to dislike fictional characters” INCORRECT!! Nobody is allowed to dislike Wanda Maximoff / The Scarlet Witch

    @RealHannahKing / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @RealHannahKing

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    #MultiverseOfMadness spoilers . . . . . . . . . . . me watching wanda go full on scarlet witch on everyone and killing people left and right:

    @ccecly_ly / Nickelodeon / Via Twitter: @ccecly_ly

    16.

    i can’t explain it but wanda breaking the 4th wall and looking directly into the camera made me feel some type of way #DoctorStrange #ScarletWitch

    @postchae / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @postchae

    17.

    this is her being reasonable #ScarletWitch

    @witchywandas / Marvel Studios / Disney+ / Via Twitter: @witchywandas

    18.

    #MultiverseOfMadness spoilers - - - - - - Wanda literally has the coldest lines in the film like... "Next time it won't be Wanda that comes for her, it'll be the Scarlet Witch." "What Mouth?" "Is your wife still alive? Then there will be someone left to raise them." "Run."

    @derealakshay / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @derealakshay

    19.

    the way she delivered her lines for this scene yeah she was ACTING #ScarletWitch #MultiverseOfMadness

    @wandaslizzie / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @wandaslizzie

    20.

    #MultiverseOfMadness Spoiler - - - - - mother was so effortlessly funny 😭

    @oocscarletwitch / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @oocscarletwitch

    21.

    Tag yourself in #MultiverseOfMadness, I'm one of the monsters who bows down to Wanda.

    @JamieCinematics / Via Twitter: @JamieCinematics

    22.

    after watching doctor strange 2, all i can say is that SCARLET WITCH DOMINATED THE MOVIE! #MultiverseOfMadness #ScarletWitch

    @buckyrush / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @buckyrush

    23.

    Elizabeth Olsen really carried this whole movie on her back. A damn queen. #MultiverseOfMadness #ScarletWitch #DoctorStrange

    @justafan_321 / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @justafan_321

    24.

    #MultiverseOfMadness spoilers ig . . . . M.O.M #Wanda was amazing! 😭

    @WandazCha0s / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @WandazCha0s

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    #MultiverseOfMadness #TheScarletWitch SPOILERS . . . . . . . . . AT THE END OF THE DAY NO ONE WAS ABLE TO BEAT WANDA. NOT STRANGE NOT AMERICA. NOT THE ILLUMINATI. SHE HAD TO STOP HERSELF CAUSE NO ONE ELSE COULD AND Y'ALL WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT

    @Targ_Nation / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @Targ_Nation

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    wanda maximoff & the scarlet witch “i love you in every universe” “i love you three thousand” “i just feel you” #WandaMaximoff #scarletwitch

    @hhoneypxn / Marvel Studios / NBC / Via Twitter: @hhoneypxn

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    #MultiverseOfMadness spoilers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Me continuing to support wanda while completely ignoring the ppl she killed #WandaMaximoff

    @AndrwPT / HBO / Via Twitter: @AndrwPT

    28.

    why stop at a scarlet witch show. let’s make a scarlet witch solo movie. and a scarlet witch trilogy. scarlet witch cinematic universe. scarlet witch theme park. scarlet witch island. scarlet witch planet. scarlet witch universe. scarlet witch multiverse. #MultiverseofMadness

    @rovmanova / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @rovmanova

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    if you watch #multiverseofmadness and then rewatch wandavision, you really get the full effect of elizabeth olsen's award-worthy performance in both. she made millions of people fall in love with wanda, which just made the scarlet witch even more brilliant and terrifying

    @noradominick / Marvel Studios / Via Twitter: @noradominick

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