Elizabeth Olsen Unveils Her Deleted Doctor Strange Part in Avengers: Endgame

A deleted scene from Avengers: Endgame featuring Elizabeth Olsen‘s Scarlet Witch and Benedict Cumberbatch‘s Doctor Strange has been made public.

Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff more than made up for her absence from the majority of Avengers by nearly defeating Thanos by herself.

With one of her Phase 4 MCU adversaries, there were intentions to emphasise her character even further.

The Russo Brothers ultimately left that sequence on the cutting room floor, but it has now been made public.

The Endgame Sequence as Explained by Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen explains a cut scene from Endgame that featured her and Doctor Strange in a video where she breaks down on-set images.

Olsen reveals that it was actually her and Benedict Cumberbatch’s “first time working together” and that they “were doing additional photography” for the 2019 movie:

“That’s um, I don’t even know if that was in the movie. But that’s Benedict and I the first time on-set together in the MCU when we were doing additional photography for ‘Endgame’. And they had just added a piece where [Doctor Strange] threw a fireball or something and then I threw a fireball or something. I don’t even know if it’s in it. But that was our first time working together.”

Naturally, Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen would reunite in the 2022 film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but this time as rivals.

The next image is really of Wanda in Avengers: Infinity War during one of her most terrible experiences.

Olsen’s face made it impossible for anyone to guess that Thanos, played by Josh Brolin, was actually faking to kill Paul Bettany‘s Vision.

The Russo Brothers shared the picture, the WandaVision actress claims, and the “day was filled with lots of tears;” nonetheless, she has no idea what she’s “doing there:”

“I feel like the Russo Brothers released that photo. You guys, I don’t know, we do a lot of – this day was filled with lots of tears and improvising Vision’s death. And, I’d think we’d finish my coverage and I was relieved and I was – I don’t know what I’m doing there.”

She speculated that she might have served as Bettany’s “off-camera eye line,” but she also said that it was “very funny working on these sets, even in the sad moments:”

“I don’t know if I’m an off-camera eye line for him and I didn’t care? I have no idea why I’m smiling. But just look at Brolin and his get up. It’s very funny working on these sets, even in the sad moments.”

Was the Endgame Scene Something Marvel Should Have Kept?

Even though it didn’t end up in the movie, it’s fascinating to read about the first time Scarlet Witch and Doctor Strange collaborated given what the MCU would hold for them.

Looking back, it was a good idea to keep the sequence because of what would transpire in WandaVision and Doctor Strange 2.

The 2022 movie would have undoubtedly made reference to a scene in which the two were cooperating and added still another depth to their strained relationship.

Getting a look behind-the-scenes is always fascinating because MCU films, and particularly Avengers flicks, are such enormous, star-powered productions, especially when one of the film’s stars can contribute comments.

Both Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Crazy and Avengers: Endgame are available to stream on Disney+.