One of the biggest surprises in Marvel’s WandaVision was the arrival of Pietro Maximoff in the fifth episode, “On a Very Special Episode …” which was not played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the character in Avengers: Age of Ultron, but by Evan Peters, the actor who brought Quicksilver to life in the X-Men movies. It has since been revealed that this ‘Pietro’ may not be the right thing to do – last week’s episode revealed that Agnes (Kathryn Hahn) is really Agatha Harkness and is pulling strings all the time – and it seems to be part of the reason is the series went with Peters rather than Taylor-Johnson.
During Disney +’s TCA presentation on Wednesday, Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios, said that the decision to bring in Peters rather than Taylor-Johnson took place fairly early in the development process and then explained that it was all part of how “certain people” mess with Wanda.
“It’s one of the nice things about developing these things or making them blue in the rooms,” Feige said (via The wrap). “My favorite part of the process is always the very beginning when we find out what something can be and the very end when we refine it and bring it out into the world. So there were all kinds of discussions, but I believe we end up relatively early. “It’s just another way some people messed with Wanda.”
And last week’s “Breaking the Fourth Wall”, the seventh episode of the series, revealed that someone had indeed tampered with Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and used ‘Pietro’ to do so. Agnes reveals herself as Agatha, and a montage shows viewers what it was like ‘Agatha all-time’, complete with a catchy theme song – a theme song that has resulted in many creative fans and remixes. Of course, there are still many theories that suggest that Agatha may not be the biggest problem of WandaVision. There are many theories that suggest that Mephisto or Nightmare may still be behind everything, and even some theories that Quicksilver may actually be Chthon. Fans will have to wait for the last two episodes to find out.
The first seven installments of WandaVision now streaming on Disney +.
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