Dave J Hogan/Getty ImagesIt's no secret that Marvel is an old boys' club. Be it the fact that comic books have been historically marketed to men, the fact that there has yet to be a female-led superhero movie, or the fact that when women do appear, they're usually clothed in what can most accurately be described as underwear. (Sorry, Wonder Woman's costume designer.)
None of this is news. What is news is that there's a (kind of) new girl in town who's showing up all the men—and we don't just mean on the superhero battlefield.
We're talking about the one and only Elizabeth Olsen. Onscreen she plays Wanda Maximoff, a.k.a. Scarlet Witch, in all her mind-bending badassery. And offscreen she's kicking the same kind of butt—only this time it's her male costars that she's beating to the punch. The cast of Captain America: Civil War has been on one of Marvel's now-infamous epic press tours, taking photo calls and conducting interviews and doing talk show appearance after talk show appearance. And Miss Olsen has been stealing the show since day one.
To close Elizabeth-watchers, this isn't the biggest surprise. We already know she's got style, grace and the ability to play off an accidental Marilyn Monroe-style wardrobe malfunction with no sweat at all. Plus, there's the fact that the Marvel men can be a bit of a PR disaster at times; well-intentioned, but a disaster nonetheless. We all remember last year's Avengers: Age of Ultron press tour, rife with jokes about Black Widow's alleged sluttiness and other cringe-worthy comments.
So this year it's with a sigh of relief that Marvel fans get to experience the joy that is Elizabeth Olsen. Let's take a look at all the ways she's been owning her appearances.
She got Chris Evans back for scaring her in the best way possible.
It's a scare-off, y'all! Before the twosome hit the Ellen stage, Evans decided to play a nasty little game and scare the living daylights out of Olsen by hiding in her dressing room bathroom and jumping out at just the right time. Besides the fact that she handled it in the most adorable way (by laughing a lot and sweating even more), the best part is that she sneakily plotted to turn the tables back on him. We call that game, set, match.
She gave us this face during the London premiere.
Don't even try to tell us that this picture isn't the best thing you've ever seen. If anyone was concerned that Elizabeth Olsen was a perfect robot-like celebrity we see so often, just refer to this facial expression. It's also worth pointing out that holy crap who gets this excited to sign autographs? Genuine, party of one!
She can kill a dance-off.
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Salsa? Check. Thriller? Check. Gracefully being on the receiving end of a Chris Evans lap dance? Check.
She caused Chris Evans to have the most embarrassing moment of the press tour.
We see you, Chris Evans. Elizabeth is just going about her business, posing for a photo like her job requires her to, and yet Chris Evans is so enamored by boyish desires that he just can't help himself. Of course she played it off in the most classy way possible, probably laughing to herself at the fact that Chris acted like he had never seen a hint of boob before.
She's not afraid to put sexist comic book costumes on blast.
Directors of America, take note: Elizabeth Olsen will not wear your ridiculously scant leotards just to woo in viewers. She'll be wowing audiences with her talents, thankyouverymuch.