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From Peeing on a Marvel Set to ‘That Glove With Gems’: How Kathryn Hahn and Elizabeth Olsen Bonded on ‘WandaVision’

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Selome Hailu Entering the world of Marvel can be a daunting task even for the most experienced of actors — unless, of course, you have Elizabeth Olsen in a dirty Prius leading you every step of the way.

While introducing Olsen as an honoree at Variety‘s Power of Women in event in Los Angeles, presented by Lifetime, on Wednesday night, “WandaVision” co-star Kathryn Hahn shared how meaningful (and comical) Olsen’s guidance has been to her. “She was my intro into this Marvel family, and she very generously walked me through blasts and wires and stunts and finding truth on an X on a green screen — I was used to talking to other people,” Hahn joked at the beginning of her speech. “She was so patient with all of my questions.

Who is Ultron? What is that glove with all the gems on it?” “When it was just the two of us working on the finale, our base camp had two cars,” she added. “It was my dirty minivan and her dirty Prius, and she was like, ‘This is not “The Avengers,”‘ which I think really delighted her.

She was very patient as it took me like a solid 40 minutes to ’10-1’ … which in the movie business, is to urinate. I had a lot of costume on, and a very small bladder.” She also told stories about the gifts that she and Olsen exchanged to keep each other amused during the early days of the pandemic: a store-bought loaf of bread from Hahn, and from Olsen, worms to use for composting and a recording of an original song that was “as perfectly strange and hilarious and singular as [Hahn] ever dreamed of it being.” But beyond the laughs they’ve shared, Hahn says that what truly strikes her about Olsen is her “grace.” “I was blown away by the way this woman was able to self regulate with such focus and clarity and connectedness

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