So I Don’t Lose My Mind

Elizabeth Olsen recently sat down for a new interview while promoting her film Oldboy. Highlights from the interview are below.

On whether or not she wanted to work with Spike Lee: “Totally. To be able to work with Spike is a moment: I’ve been in a Spike Lee film. And hopefully I get to do another one because I enjoyed it so much. He’s such a pleasure to work with, he’s the best collaborator I’ve ever worked with. He starts asking your opinion the moment he meets you about everything in the film, even if it has nothing to do with you. And he has so much heart. And he’s got such a specific vision. His color is different than other people’s color, his shots are all Spike, he has his own “–isms” that you can study. It’s pretty cool.”

On her next project Godzilla: “Well, the movie is an ensemble film led by Aaron Taylor-Johnson. We all play roles that connect to him. I play his wife. And from the looks of what I saw at Comic Con, it’s going to be unbelievable. I was so impressed and so excited and high-fived [director] Gareth Edwards. I was so stoked.”

On her role in Avengers: Age of Ultron: “I just love Scarlet Witch. I love her. It’s so funny because I’m often talking about all these psychologically damaged people, but when you talk about Scarlet Witch… She is a messed up lady. She has got more sh*t to deal with than anybody else I know. I’m excited to figure out what’s appropriate to use for her, because there’s so much material from all of these decades, and we’re going to tell this one story. So to be able to choose what you’re going to bring into it from all of this abundance, it’s really fun.”

You can check out more from Elizabeth’s interview here. Oldboy opens in theaters tomorrow, November 27!