Elizabeth Olsen's Love of Star Wars Inspired Her Shift From Indies to Blockbusters - Gizmodo

Though she hails from a famous show biz family, and she’s now starring in her own Marvel TV series after appearing in multiple Avengers blockbusters, Elizabeth Olsen started out making indie films, like 2011 cult tale Martha Marcy May Marlene.

Though the, uh, obvious reasons any actor would want to think bigger (more fame, more money, all that shiny stuff) were no doubt part of the equation, Olsen specifically tied her ambitions to her love of a certain franchise from a galaxy far, far away.

Her reps advised her to “take meetings with the people who run these companies and so I literally did,” Olsen went on to say.

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