Wanda's Brief VisionQuest Return Was a Deliberate Choice, Says Paul Bettany

Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff returns in VisionQuest, but only for a short moment in the credits. Paul Bettany, who plays Vision, has explained why the show did not give her a bigger part, in comments reported by Deadline.

The post-credits scene shows what appears to be Doctor Doom pulling Wanda from the rubble of Wundagore, the ruined setting of events that followed Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The show itself does not stage a reunion. Wanda does not meet Vision or their sons.

There were discussions about a larger role for Wanda. Bettany said he and Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Studios, agreed that VisionQuest should stand on its own. Another big character, they felt, could pull attention away from the new story.

Bettany also said Feige told him that bringing Wanda back in a major way would turn VisionQuest into a show about WandaVision again. That earlier Disney+ series followed Wanda and Vision as a married couple, and it is the storyline the newer show builds on.

Vision does have a family reunion in the finale. He is reunited with his sons, Tommy, played by Ruaridh Mollica, and Billy, played by Joe Locke. Wanda's absence from that moment is part of the same decision.

Bettany said he would love to work with Olsen again on another series in their shared continuity, the connected storyline that links Marvel's films and shows. No new project has been announced.