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There’s been a huge gaping hole in the MCU ever since Disney and Marvel Studios first conceived their first ambitious decade.

And it has become a question that is asked more and more. That questions is, ‘what about the X-Men?!’

It seems that even the stars of Marvel Studios have begun to ask themselves that question, as Elizabeth Olsen revealed her hopes for a standalone Scarlet Witch film are based in the X-Verse.

In fact, the 29-year-old star admitted that she would ‘love’ to have her character to get a chance at her own leading role – though it would still see Paul Bettany playing a key role as Vision.




Clearly having delved deep into Wanda Maximoff’s print history, Elizabeth told exclusively told us that she wants to see one of Marvel’s most famous story arcs become the vehicle for a Scarlet Witch movie.

Elizabeth Olsen wants the Scarlet Witch to get her own standalone, but her idea for the film might be too ambitious (Picture: Marvel Studios)

‘I would love to [do a standalone], and I would love it to be House Of M, which is a comic book series of The Vision and Scarlet Witch having a make-believe family,’ she revealed.

Showing off her knowledge of the Marvel’s print universe, she explained why it seems destined not to happen anytime soon: ‘She [Wanda] believes she has twin children – she alters her own reality to believe that, but really she has a miscarriage and Vision goes along with it.

‘Then they [Vision and her family] have to tell her that she was make-believing the entire time, and she has a very traumatic experience and screams, and kills all the mutants – but that’s an X-Men story so we’d have to adjust the ending.’

She admitted an X-Men story arc would be her favourite pic, saying: ‘I would love it to be House Of M’ (Picture: Marvel Studios)

Indeed, the House Of M storyline is one of the biggest arcs that’s happened in Marvel and X-Men history, and it means that Fox’s own X-Verse (which currently only Deadpool and the X-Men inhabit) would have to crossover.

Seen as both Wanda and her brother Pietro are Magneto’s children, the question of the X-Men being included in the MCU has been asked by fans widely ever since Elizabeth made her debut in the Avengers franchise alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson in 2015.

A crossover itself would lead to some complications as Joss Whedon killed-off Pietro, AKA Quicksilver, in the MCU while Fox’s own comic book universe has him alive and playing a central role in the X-Men team with Evan Peters taking on the character.

The Russo brothers may have laid the foundation for a very similar story line, as during Infinity War Wanda and Vision progress their romance – which could lead to a House Of M inspired story (Picture: Marvel)

When asked if she thought a crossover could go ahead, Elizabeth replied: ‘I don’t know… I’m so confused by all of that.’

Welcome to the club, Elizabeth.

However, it seems that the Russo brothers may have laid the foundation for a very similar story line, as during Infinity War Wanda and Vision have a romantic moment that’s interrupted by Thanos’ Black Order – an intimate moment it would seem.

When we caught up with Paul on the red carpet shortly after our chat with Elizabeth at the Avengers: Infinity War event in London, on Sunday, he admitted: ‘They [the Black Order] did interrupt something special.’



How Marvel Studios and whoever they pick to direct the film, even if such a film did go ahead would have to drastically adapt the very basic foundations of the House Of M storyline if a crossover proved to be out of the question.

But even if the X-Men did crossover into the MCU it would still leave many questions to be answered before it even got off the ground.

We for one would love this to happen, but it remains a firm outsider with the Disney and 20th Century Fox deal still in the air.

Avengers: Infinity War hits cinemas in the UK on 26 April and one day later in the US.

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