Marvel moves to another universe with “WandaVision”

This Friday, the film universe expands its coverage with “WandaVision”, the first of several series that Marvel Studios has scheduled to be awarded in 2021.

Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany will reprise their roles as “Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch-The Scarlet Witch” and “Vision” for the nine-episode series about an unusual marriage trying to fit into a new neighborhood. The series, as the trailers have advanced, pays homage to a variety of “sitcoms” that have left a mark on television since the term was born around the 1950s.

“WandaVision”, as promised by its creators and producer Kevin Feige, oscillates between different eras and popular television series. To get the tone of each of these sitcoms – all very representative of their time – the whole team had the challenging task of adapting the abilities of two extraordinary beings to the specific aesthetics of each of them. This, of course, requires the implementation of practical effects.

“I can’t move my nose, so we had to come up with something appropriate from that time,” actress Elizabeth Olsen joked during a virtual press conference in response to one of our questions. “It simply came to our notice then [mover el dedo arriba y abajo]”Explained the protagonist, who plays one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel universe.

Although his powers have previously been shown on screen in films such as “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” and “The Avengers: Infinite Warfare”, they have always asked for special effects and CGI help, so we wanted to ask you about your experience using Wanda in ways she would never have imagined.

“It was fun to see how people who usually set off explosions, set things on fire and create smoke became puppets. Now they had to make some things float in the air and used magnets to make others spin, “Olsen said of the various methods used to adapt their powers to different times, but especially in the series named here. “Witches.”

“I’m used to everything that comes with CGI, so it was a lot of fun to be able to work with practical effects, even if they were stupid things, like standing still for a single takeover, making a change and then trying to you remember how you stood for the next one. ”, A conchis El.

The “WandaVision” series will premiere this Friday, January 15 on the Disney + platform, where the first two episodes will be available.