WandaVision head writer Jac Schaeffer explained the in-show logic behind having Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) broadcast her sitcom life in Westview over TV airwaves.
"In my mind, Wanda is broadcasting for two reasons," said Schaeffer, speaking to Rolling Stone for the magazine's oral history on the making of WandaVision. "One, she’s curating her experience. She is creating the full picture of her idealized world. So she’s editing and adding a score and adding commercials, and she’s making the completed piece that is verification of her perfect life. Second to that, I think she’s looking for a witness. It’s a call for help. It’s reaching out. The broadcast ends and cuts out after the hex expansion at the end of Episode Seven. And that’s because she’s done with the outside world."
Wanda's repressed grief began to seep into WandaVision's commercials as the show went along, making them increasingly ominous and threatening. When interviewed by Rolling Stone, Marvel Studios President and Marvel Chief Creative Officer Kevin Feige confirmed the ads were originally meant to be Doctor Strange's way of trying to reach Wanda, setting the stage for his appearance during the series' finale. Instead, WandaVision ended with Wanda removing the magical barrier around Westview on her own, freeing the town's residents and forcing her to bid farewell to her sitcom life with Vision and their sons.
The post-credits scene for the WandaVision finale showed Wanda living in a remote cabin and studying the Darkhold in her astral form, laying the groundwork for her return in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. In a separate interview, Olsen admitted she wasn't told about the plans for her character in the Doctor Strange sequel until WandaVision had nearly wrapped production.
"I really wish that there was a plan that someone shared with me a little sooner (Laughs)," said Olsen. "I found out about Doctor Strange 2 and what the story was before we went for the last eight weeks of filming WandaVision during the [COVID-19] pandemic. I found out in, like, August, and then I wrapped WandaVision on a Wednesday and went to England Friday."
Written by Jac Schaeffer and directed by Matt Shakman, WandaVision stars Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Paul Bettany as Vision, Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo, Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau and Kathryn Hahn as Agnes. The full series is streaming on Disney+.
Source: Rolling Stone
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