Elizabeth Olsen talks filming secrecy and playing Scarlet Witch in 'The Avengers: Age of Ultron'

Elizabeth Olsen will portray Scarlet Witch in The Avengers: Age of Ultron, which won't hit theaters until next summer. As many fans know, filming a Marvel movie is akin to a spy operation. Many actors and actresses in the Marvel Cinematic Universe joke about the extreme secrecy involved, and Olsen echoed those thoughts in a recent interview.

"Any time they give us a call sheet or any time there's a new draft, they have to shred our old papers," Olsen told Flaunt magazine. "I don't think I'm allowed to say anything! And I'm too terrified. I really just feel like I'm doing something that's top secret and somehow has a lot more importance than anything else I've been around, so that alone is hilarious. I want to take a photo and send to my friends, not that I want to tweet or Instagram it, just for personal reasons-and I feel like I'm going to get in trouble if I take a photo on set!" 

She also compared the Avengers shoot with Godzilla, in which she co-stars with her on-screen Avengers brother, Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

"The people at Legendary [Pictures] are really good at keeping things under wraps," she said. "Avengers already has so much attention-all the Marvel films do-so filming something like Godzilla was basically a cast of actors who are all really well-respected, [but] they're just under the radar. We didn't have anything like [this for Godzilla], you're just focused on making the movie. There wasn't any other media part of it. It was an awesome first experience on one of these big movies because it's been a really simple transition; there's nothing too grandiose about it in my mind except for the fact that we had a very large crew and a lot of extras." 

Finally, Olsen discussed her approach to playing Scarlet Witch, a departure from the previous roles she has taken on in her young career.

"I don't approach things like 'I am the character,'" she said. "I don't think that would be healthy for me. I do think, doing things like The Avengers, I've noticed I've felt really confident recently. And I think it's because I get to be very confident physically all day. I get to be a kind of grounded badass. And if that's rubbing off on me, then that's fun. But then when you're playing someone who is weak, then you kind of walk around feeling weak without even realizing it. Anyone can bring that into their lives. It's in our control to be positive or to be powerful or confident, even though people don't think it is."

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