Kevin Feige Didn't Want Wanda in VisionQuest Because He Was Worried She Would 'Distract' From the Core Show

Marvel actor Paul Bettany has said Kevin Feige didn't want Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff to be in VisionQuest because he was worried she might "distract" from the show's core. The Marvel Cinematic Universe star recalled the conversation he had with the Marvel Studios bigwig when speaking with The Playlist. MCU followers spent the months leading up to the new Disney+ offshoot speculating about how it may serve as a vehicle for an unlikely resurrection. Those who have kept up with the nearly 20-year-old cinematic universe will remember that Wanda met her end in the closing moments of 2022's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. She's yet to be seen since, and although discussions about seeing her share a screen with Vision were had, Bettany said it was an idea Feige was never too fond of. "There were questions about it, whether that should happen, whether it opened up too much for the MCU, whether they wanted to do it later," he remembered. "I don't know.

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