Elizabeth Olsen’s Biggest MCU Regret: Never Saying No More Mutants — WandaVision Season 2 Could Finally Make It Happen
On InStyle’s Let’s Unpack That, Elizabeth Olsen pulled a Scarlet Witch figurine from her bag—complete with no more mutants—then admitted she still regrets never getting to deliver that legendary MCU line.
Elizabeth Olsen just reminded Marvel fans of the one Wanda Maximoff line the movies and shows never let her say — and it is the one line you want her to say. The whole thing came up in a surprisingly revealing bag-check video, and it perfectly tees up the WandaVision question everyone keeps asking four years later: are we ever getting a season 2?
The bag surprise: a tiny Wanda with three huge words
On InStyle's 'Let's Unpack That,' Olsen pulled out a little Scarlet Witch figure with a speech bubble that reads 'No more mutants.' She laughed about how she has never gotten to say that line in any of her Marvel gigs, and she really wants to. If you know your comics, you know why that matters: it is the line in Marvel's House of M story that detonates an entire era.
Olsen still loves WandaVision (and yes, she calls it a love letter to TV)
Olsen was openly fond of her time making WandaVision, calling Marvel's approach an homage to television. The show swung through classic sitcom styles and somehow made a grief story work inside a retro comedy shell. Critics were into it, too. And yet, despite all that momentum, there has been no official movement on a follow-up season. Four years after it aired, the show still stands as a one-and-done — at least publicly.
Why 'No more mutants' still hits like a truck
Quick refresher if you missed 2005: in House of M #7, Wanda — after chaos involving her brother Quicksilver — pins their ruined lives on Magneto and his crusade for mutant dominance. In a white-hot flash (literally; the panels wash out), she whispers 'No more mutants' and the mutant population collapses. Powers blink out worldwide. The fallout lasts for years, and Wanda's reputation takes a beating for it. It is one of Marvel's most brutal status-quo breakers, and a version of that idea would make a nasty-good spine for a WandaVision season 2, if Marvel ever decides to go there.
Will Olsen suit up again? She sure sounds ready
Olsen has been candid in the past about some MCU frustrations, but she still lights up when Wanda comes up. And despite where Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness left the character, this is Marvel — there is always a door back in if they want one.
'It's a character that I've gotten to return to so many times over 10 years. It's good to put her down and then I miss her and I want her back. I'd jump at the opportunity to be in her shoes again.'
WandaVision, at a glance
- Title: WandaVision
- Created by: Jac Schaeffer
- Directed by: Matt Shakman
- Release window: January 15 – March 5, 2021
- Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
- Where to watch: Disney+
If Marvel wants a clean, fan-pleasing layup, hand Olsen the 'No more mutants' moment and let her cook. After that bag reveal, it feels less like a tease and more like a dare.