When it comes to finding out the secrets behind the Marvel mystery WandaVision, the devil is in the details. Viewers already suspect that the demonic villain Marvel Comics Mephisto has evoked the seemingly perfect suburban life of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany), but it is the “crazy neighbor” Agnes (Kathryn Hahn) who seems to know more than she lets on. . Photos of the spoiler set released in late 2019 led some to suspect that “Agnes” is a portmanteau for Agatha Harkness – a centuries-old witch who mentored Wanda’s chaos with magic in classic Marvel comics – and a different detail. harmless could confirm those suspicions.
Into the WandaVision The premiere of the series, as a forgettable attempt by Wanda and Vision to determine the significance of the date of August 23 in their calendar, Agnes says that her husband has never seen “Ralph’s birthday” is June 2. A Twitter user points out June 2, 1692, as a key date in the Salem witch trials:
BOYS BOYS THIS IS AGNES AND RALPHS BIRTHDAY !! GUYSSSS #WandaVision Everyone did research for this show pic.twitter.com/PLyOiF3KiS
– kai • wv (@steven_becerel) January 16, 2021
These photos from the spoiler set captured in December 2019 show Hahn dressed as a witch with what appears to be a noose around his neck, suggesting that “Agnes” is a witch practitioner who was hanged (or nearly hanged) during the witch trials in Salem. Subsequent weavers for WandaVision it would show Hahn dressed in a more modern Halloween witch costume, but with a different look from the apparent “Salem Witch Trial” set glimpsed in paparazzi photos.
In the first two episodes of WandaVision, which draw from classic sitcoms The Dick Van Dyke show and Charmed, Agnes is the sometimes overwhelming neighbor – one who seems to be haunted by the strange happenings of the Wanda and Vision neighborhood in the seemingly quiet town of Westview.
“Well, with some shows, the reality is that you have to take things episode by episode. So I had the luxury of knowing where everyone was going; I got to know everything,” Hahn said. THR about her mysterious character. “As the decades went by, the trick was to keep something in the center and it became really fun. Agnes’ role, especially in a classic sitcom sense, is that neighbor who always runs over uninvited people and she gives advice. We know nothing about her own life at home and she always complains when she’s home. There’s such a legacy of those characters from so many shows and it was so much fun to research that trop. “
New episodes of WandaVision premieres Friday at Disney +.
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