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Elizabeth Olsen sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to reflect on her "Hollywood Firsts," from the first time she felt starstruck, stepping on a Marvel set, playing Wanda Maximoff in 'WandaVision' and more.

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00:00The first time I knew playing Wanda Maximoff was a big deal

00:05was, I think, a drag brunch,

00:08and there was this girl, a witch character,

00:11and I was like, oh my God,

00:13this is the coolest thing I've ever been a part of.

00:17Hey, Hollywood Reporter, I'm Elizabeth Olsen,

00:20and I'm about to share some of my Hollywood firsts.

00:25The first time I auditioned for a movie,

00:28I think I was 10, and I auditioned for Spy Kids,

00:32and I got a call back,

00:33and I was supposed to read the script,

00:35and it was the biggest thing I had ever seen at that age,

00:40and that there was no way I was gonna read it,

00:41so I didn't, and so I had this call back

00:45with Robert Rodriguez,

00:46and the only thing I really remember

00:48is staring at his shoes.

00:50I can't remember if I told him that or not

00:52when I had a meeting with him later on in life,

00:55but I just remember I have a very specific memory

00:57of looking at his tennis shoes,

00:58because they were very yellow and orange

01:00and bright, cool sports shoes or something,

01:07and then I started auditioning

01:09when I was actually appropriate, which was 21.

01:12The first time I attended a red carpet,

01:15I think is Cannes for Martha Marcy May Marlene.

01:19I wore a row-beaded top and skirt to the premiere,

01:25and I was excited.

01:28I think since I had seen the film already,

01:31it was more celebratory,

01:33and I had a great ensemble in that film,

01:35people who have gone on to made so many amazing things.

01:39First person I met that left me starstruck,

01:42probably George Clooney,

01:45who wouldn't remember meeting me, and that's fine,

01:47but it was the Toronto Film Festival,

01:52and someone introduced us,

01:55and it was a very brief moment,

01:56and I'm a big fan of his.

01:59Yeah, it's like a pretty high-up-there person,

02:02I think, of people to meet,

02:05who's also really nice and generous with others.

02:09First thing I saw George on my first big paycheck

02:12was probably paying people back for college.

02:18I wanted that to be taken off the table.

02:20I wanted it to be done.

02:22I didn't wanna be in debt to anyone.

02:24Can Elizabeth Olsen?

02:26Can Elizabeth Olsen sing?

02:27Can Elizabeth Olsen dance?

02:28And I would say, you know,

02:29I don't know who would have answers

02:31to either of those things.

02:34Can Elizabeth Olsen do a cartwheel?

02:37Not really.

02:38I don't know.

02:39I have no idea.

02:43Oh, really?

02:44Oh, funny.

02:46That's funny.

02:46Maybe it's because I played a character who can't sing,

02:49and all I had to do was use my singing voice.

02:54No, flat.

02:55I can sing flat very well.

02:58So the first time I stepped on an MCU set

03:01was Exterior's Avengers Age of Ultron,

03:05and we were in Northern Italy,

03:07and we had taken over this little mountain,

03:11quiet mountain town,

03:13and we turned it into rubble,

03:15and we had little explosions,

03:18and I was beyond blown away

03:23by the production design.

03:24It was the scale that really blew me away.

03:27The detail and the craftsmanship

03:31that goes into building those sets

03:33is really remarkable and breathtaking,

03:37and you feel like a little kid who's, you know,

03:40it's like you're inside Universal,

03:44whatever that tour is that you get to do

03:47around Universal Studios.

03:49The first time I knew playing Wanda Maximoff was a big deal

03:55was, I think, WandaVision,

03:57because I think it hit a cultural thing

04:01that I felt like I was in lockdown in England,

04:06and everything else happened outside

04:08of whatever world I was living in,

04:10but there was a drag brunch,

04:14and there was this girl, a witch character,

04:17and I was like, oh my God,

04:18this is the coolest thing I've ever been a part of

04:22for it to have that kind of a character

04:25to emulate in that way,

04:27and so, yeah, that felt,

04:30I was very proud in that moment.

04:32I was totally shocked and also not surprised.

04:37First thing I tell people when they wanna be an actor

04:39is get as much training as you can,

04:44whatever that means.

04:45If that means going to film school, theater school.

04:49I mean, some acting classes are terrible,

04:51so that's not always helpful,

04:53but consume as much as possible.

04:55I'm all about, I want all the information,

04:58and then I'll figure out what to do with it,

04:59so I took so many acting conservatories,

05:02and I think all of it was useful in some way.

05:07I don't know if anyone really,

05:10I haven't met anyone, I guess,

05:11who feels that they've done it,

05:14so I just hope to be an actor for hire for a long time.

05:22Thanks for tuning in to my Hollywood Firsts.

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