Screen Rant

  • Actress Elizabeth Olsen recounts the ill-fated time she auditioned to play Daenerys Targaryen. 1 / 9

    Elizabeth Olsen Vertical Martha Marcy May Marlene

  • Olsen currently plays Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the MCU. 2 / 9

    Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch

  • The character most recently appeared in Avengers: Endgame to help defeat Thanos. 3 / 9

    Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Infinity War

  • Game of Thrones, meanwhile, debuted on HBO in 2011... 4 / 9

    Game of Thrones Melisandre Iron Throne Vertical

  • With Emilia Clarke ultimately winning the star-making role. 5 / 9

    Daenerys in Game of Thrones Vertical TLDR

  • Olsen describes the experience as "awkward" and "terrible"... 6 / 9

    Elizabeth Olsen Scarlet Witch Vertical

  • Revealing that she had to deliver one of Daenerys' monologues in a variety of accents. 7 / 9

    Elizabeth Olsen Scarlet Witch Vertical

  • It was evidently meant to be, however, with Olsen set to star in WandaVision... 8 / 9

    Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch

  • An MCU spinoff scheduled to air on Disney+ and also star Paul Bettany's Vision. 9 / 9

    Scarlet Witch and Vision in Captain America: Civil War. Vertical. TLDR.