WandaVision‘s Paul Bettany recently revealed why he loved voicing JARVIS in the MCU. Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen will reprise their roles as the MCU heroes Vision and Scarlet Witch, in the upcoming Disney+ series Wandavision. Before his role as Vision, Bettany voiced JARVIS, the artificial intelligence system created by Tony Stark. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Tony and Bruce Banner uploaded JARVIS into an android body, coupled with the mind stone, which ultimately introduced Vision and destroyed JARVIS. Age of Ultron allowed Bettany to transition from a voice role to a live-action one.
Sadly, in Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos killed Vision by ripping the mind stone from his head, cutting short the android’s relationship with Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch. But trailers for WandaVision reveal Vision seemingly alive and living the idyllic suburban lifestyle with Wanda, shifting through settings inspired by popular tv sitcoms. However, all is not what it seems as they begin to realize something is wrong with their reality. The extremely limited plot details are being kept under wraps until the show premieres on Disney+ on January 15.
In an interview with The New York Times, Bettany discussed his full MCU experience including why he loved voicing JARVIS. The actor loved to play the all-knowing artificial intelligence whose answers seemed to save the day. He shared:
“I would turn up for one day’s work and solve everyone’s problems. I could go, ‘The bad guys are coming, sir!’ And then they would give me a bag of money, and I would go home. It was lovely.”
Bettany’s and Olsen’s entrances into the MCU were both described as unusual. Bettany, of course, transitioned roles and characters from being the voice actor of an AI to an on-screen actor of an Avenger. Olsen described her transition as a linear upgrade of her previously similar roles playing emotionally struggling young women: “I was getting typecast as emotionally struggling young women in small genre films. They were like, let’s put her in a bigger genre film and make her the mentally unhealthy struggling hero.“
Bettany and Olsen’s extensive experiences in the MCU seem to have adequately prepared them for their own show. Their insights into their characters’ experiences as misfits is proof that they are dedicated to properly transitioning Vision and Wanda into WandaVision without losing any developments that have been made in their previous MCU appearances. Both actors seem dedicated to portraying their characters on the small screen with as much dedication and love as they did in the films. As for Bettany’s love for problem-solving as JARVIS, if the trailers are any indication, it’s only a matter of time before Vision is portrayed as an expert problem solver as well.
Source: NYT
Originally from https://screenrant.com/paul-bettany-loved-jarvis-mcu-why/