Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen had to improvise Vision’s key scene in Infinity War

“We both really trust each other and we came up with something that worked,” the actor explains.

During an interview for Colliderthe actor Paul Bettany looked back on his fifteen years of participation in the MCU, first by recording the voice of Jarvis, the artificial intelligence serving Tony Stark, then by embodying the character of Vision.

Beware of spoilers! During the heartbreaking death scene of Vision, killed by Thanos in Infinity War, Paul Bettany says he had to completely improvise with Elizabeth Olsenwho plays Wanda.

“The Russo brothers came to us and said: ‘Hey, look, can you just improvise this scene?’ And I say: ‘What ? Improvise by being a robot that gets killed? I have no frame of reference!’” says Bettany. Surprisingly, despite the tragedy of the sequence, he says that the situation amused a lot Elizabeth Olsen.

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“Lizzie laughed about it, and we’re so relaxed around each other that… I don’t know how it would have worked out otherwise, because we both really trust each other and, somehow, we came up with something that worked“, he says.

The actor also looked back on the evolution of his role since the very beginnings of the MCU, since he began by dubbing the artificial intelligence Jarvis, Tony Stark’s virtual butler, from the first Iron Man in 2008. “Jon Favreau (…) told me: ‘Listen, I’m directing this movie called Iron Man and I needed someone who had no personality, and I immediately thought of you,’” he recalls Paul Bettany.

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“How can I say no to that? he jokes. So I did it, and it was a lot of fun”. But little by little his presence was more and more necessary on the set as the films evolved, which would have been the trigger for his transformation from the voice of Jarvis to Vision. “I think I made everyone laugh, and they said: ‘Oh, it would be nice to have him on set.’ That’s how I think it happened. I think they just thought it would be fun to hang out with me.”And this is how Vision’s project became reality.

Paul Bettany concludes on his experience on the series WandaVisionin which he was able to really work on the relationship of his character with that of the Scarlet Witch: “I think it was fantastic for Lizzie and me. We both like working together, you know. She is a very, very good stage and work partner. We really appreciated the large canvas. It’s always been fun because we have our own way in relation to the films.”

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