Elizabeth Olsen made her big-screen debut almost 30 years ago, as an unnamed character in a kids’ Western starring her older sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley. Elizabeth Olsen Net Worth
Her second movie role—more than 15 years later—was as a cult survivor struggling with re-entry in “Martha Marcy May Marlene.” She has gone on to play many complicated women, including Marvel’s Wanda Maximoff as well as Taylor Sloane, an influencer with a seemingly perfect life in the black comedy “Ingrid Goes West.”
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In her latest project, the Max limited series “Love & Death,” Ms. Olsen, 34—who reportedly has a net worth of $11 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth—stars as Candy Montgomery, a churchgoing woman who in 1980 was accused of killing her lover’s wife with an ax. Ms. Montgomery’s story also served as source material for last year’s “Candy,” a Hulu limited series starring Jessica Biel. The actresses have spoken about their shared experience playing her.
Ms. Olsen lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the musician Robbie Arnett. Here, she talks about why she wishes she took ax lessons to prepare for the role, her morning routines, and what she splurges on.
Here are a few things Elizabeth Olsen revealed to WSJ. Magazine…
What time do you get up on Mondays, and what’s the first thing you do after waking up?
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I try to wake up around 7:30. I always stretch before making coffee.
How do you like your coffee?
I like my coffee with half-and-half. I’m pretty picky about my half-and-half because some half-and-halves are better than others.
On breakfast:
I don’t really eat breakfast until I get hungry, which is usually a few hours after waking up. If I’m home, I try and walk outside as soon as possible. I like looking at my garden. Sometimes I get to shovel coyote poop. Other times, I get a notice that snails are eating my vegetables, and things like that.
On her hobby:
Pottery. I’ve been trying to make an entire mug collection for my house. I just threw one out yesterday, I was very upset with the glaze. I think I’ve only got seven right now. I want to get rid of the ones I bought and just have them all be ones that I’ve made. Elizabeth Olsen Net Worth
On her exercise routine:
I started doing Tracy Anderson. It’s a very good workout. I do the ones where you work with bands because I can’t be doing [dance workouts]. That’s a step too far.
On how she prepared to play Candy Montgomery in “Love and Death”:
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I like starting with dialect and voice first with characters that seem outside of myself. Between that and listening to all the disco music in the show, that was the beginning of trying to figure out Candy Montgomery.
On whether she has met the real Candy Montgomery:
No. The only interview she ever did after the trial was to participate in this book, “Evidence of Love,” that we used as a resource and they optioned for the show. Other than that, she didn’t participate in anything because she wanted to rebuild her life. You kind of honor that and respect it from a distance.
On bonding with Jessica Biel on the shared experience of playing Candy Montgomery:
It actually was something that connected us. She’s a very impressive and sweet and talented woman. I was terrified at first of having the same shows seemingly come out around the same time, and she really made that feel like not such a big deal.
On whether she took ax lessons:
I wish I did because the stunt ax was so light. It felt like a baby doll. It was really hard to pretend that it was heavy.
On whether there’s an Olsen sisters group text:
Yes, as you would with your siblings. Yes, of course.
On what she learned from acting in her role in “Martha Marcy May Marlene”:
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I didn’t really understand [camera] lenses. The director didn’t really tell me when he was shooting with a long lens. At that moment in my life, I just thought you would just do the same performance regardless of the lens. Now that I know way more about how we shoot, I think it is really helpful with physicality and the framing within a space. For television specifically, it’s really helpful because you’re moving so quickly and you need to be a little bit more exact. But if you have more time with film, there’s a bit more freedom to just try and do the best version of the scene regardless of the lens.
On her most prized possession:
I have old family photos of my parents’ upbringing and photos of my mom when she was dancing that I don’t know how I would replace. I should just do the thing where you upload them onto a computer, but I haven’t done that.
On her biggest splurge:
I splurge on food. I splurge on nice restaurants. I splurge on good ingredients.
On her favorite restaurant of all time:
I’d say Il Buco in New York City. I’ve celebrated more birthdays at that restaurant than not since I was a teenager.
On what makes her feel the most productive:
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When I’m really busy. Since I was a child, I’ve always been able to be my most productive self when I have 100 things going on in the day.
On what she does for self-care and relaxation:
Reading. My favorite way to spend a cocktail hour at 5 o’clock is at home with a cocktail and reading. The sun’s changing. That’s my favorite time of the day.
On the one piece of advice she’s gotten that’s been important to her:
Everything happens for a reason. It’s hard to remember that sometimes. Elizabeth Olsen Net Worth
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