WandaVision’s Paul Bettany calls his favorite scene a “big surprise”

Vision actor Paul Bettany says his favorite scene from WandaVision is a “big surprise” that will only be revealed in future episodes of the Marvel Studios series. Now halfway with Friday’s “We Interrupt This Program,” which ends with the shock Bettany teased “would blow you away,” all nine episodes WandaVision is closer to answering her burning questions – including the mystery of Vision’s life after her death in Avengers: Infinity War. Until then, Bettany looks back at Episode 1, “Filmed before a live audience in the studio”, and Episode 2 “Bewitching”, “Don’t Touch That Dial”:

“The joy of doing the magic show [in Episode 2] was so much fun. Also, episode 1, just [filming] in front of a live, amazing studio audience. But later in the series, there’s a big surprise, “Bettany teased during an Ask Marvel Instagram session.” There is an actor with whom I can play scenes with which I always wanted to work. The scenes are really explosive. “

When Bettany first hinted at the surprise actor WandaVision, he said Nerds black girl that his performance as a Vision synthezoid mixes “a bit of Dick Van Dyke in, a bit of Bryan Cranston, a bit of Hugh Laurie,” referencing the stars of past shows channeled through the Marvel Studios series.

WandaVision Director Matt Shakman and Marvel Studios Director Kevin Feige consulted Van Dyke for the series premiere, which was filmed in front of a live studio audience to pay tribute to The Dick Van Dyke Show.

“We had to give him the explanation, and he didn’t seem to have too much control over the MCU. It was great,” Shakman said previously. AND Online. “He said at one point during our lunch, ‘Oh, I heard you had great success. That’s wonderful. Congratulations. What did you just come out with? And Kevin, who’s awesome, obviously Kevin is this mastermind of this amazing creative venture that’s been so successful, he said, ‘Well, yeah, well, we just came out. Avengers: Endgame“. And [Dick] was like, ‘Oh, Avengers: Endgame? Oh great. Fantastic.’ He said, “Yeah, it’s actually the greatest movie of all time.” ‘Oh great. Is that … What! Greatest movie of all time ?! He said: “It’s amazing!” It was so sweet to see Kevin realize and Dick realized what they were talking about. It was really fun.”

When asked if Van Dyke could be the secret actor cameo, Shakman replied with a laugh, “I couldn’t say it. I couldn’t say it!”

With Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris, Kat Dennings, and Randall Park, new episodes of Marvel WandaVision premieres Fridays on Disney +.