Elizabeth Olsen will play the Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron, it has been confirmed.

Samuel L Jackson, who co-stars with Olsen in Spike Lee's upcoming Oldboy remake and also plays Nick Fury in the Marvel universe, mentioned her casting during an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

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"I don't think we begin shooting before March of next year," Jackson said of Joss Whedon's sequel. "I know we're shooting in London, that James Spader is Ultron and going to be the bad guy, and that we added Ms Olsen.

"But I don't know what she's doing, if she's on the inside or the outside. I haven't seen a script."

Olsen has been rumoured for the role of Scarlet Witch for months, while Aaron Taylor-Johnson is in line for the role of her brother Quicksilver.

Olsen and Taylor-Johnson co-star in Gareth Edwards's upcoming remake of Godzilla.

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