IGN interviews Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/03...let-witch-play-into-captain-america-civil-war
Question: At the end of Age of Ultron, Hawkeye is with his family, hanging at the farmhouse, and Scarlet Witch is kind of reeling from the death of your brother. So where do we pick up with guys in Civil War?
Elizabeth Olsen: We leave Scarlett Witch without a home, without a family, and she ends up creating a surrogate family within the Avengers and making a decision to be a part of the team. I think a lot of that has to do with Jeremys character like his attitude towards her and the speech he gives her at the end of the film. So we pick up with her having started a new life, but still trying to figure out what her abilities are and if using them causes greater good or greater damage.
Jeremy Renner: Marvels really smart about continuing the storylines of all the different movies from Ultron into this one and blah blah blah blah its pretty seamless. So where we left off in Ultron is definitely picked up in Cap 3 here, pretty smoothly I think.
Question: So are you still wrestling with the fact of Do I stay with my family? or do I help with the situation? is that still kind of your motivation?
Renner: I think thatll always be there for Barton. You have real life and then you have fight life. And thats the character that I love now discovering that in him makes him a very sort of accessible Avenger. Thatll always be there, Im sure. And it certainly plays in this one.
Question: What is the bond like between you two?
Renner: I think theres a great connection between these two characters for sure. I mean, I dont know if shes coming over for dinner on the Barton ranch
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Olsen: Yeah, I dont know... I could be!
Renner: She may or may not, I dunno. Maybe with Vision
Olsen: Yeah, totally. I do think in this film we try to tie together that their relationship has gotten stronger, that their friendship has gotten stronger from the last film.
Question: How hard is it, with the existing conflict between Tony Stark and Steve Rogers, for you guys to choose sides?
Renner: I cant totally talk about why we divide, but its interesting, because were doing this scene today thats sort of the pinnacle of that. Two gangs fighting against each other, ultimately knowing that, ya know, its like friends fighting friends. To me its fun, personally [Laughs], but no one wants to kill each other
Olsen: Just try to get from point A to point B without getting in someones way.
Renner: Yeah, yeah, its all fun and games until someone loses an eye type of thing. Theres that kind of irreverence to it; the humor and in the reality of whats really going on that plays into this movie.
Question: Weve been told that for Natasha, its hard to pick a side because shes used to never putting her ideological foot down. For Barton, is it easier for him to make a decision or is he also torn?
Renner: Nah, hes not a spy like Natasha. Shes a little more slippery in her decision-making, maybe. But Barton is a pretty brass tacks kind of guy. Kinda get the job done so I can go home. So I dont think its very difficult for him to decide.
Question: Scarlet Witch is part of the new Avengers now. Do we get to see how that dynamic interacts in this film?
Olsen: Yeah. I mean, were all on one compound together, so we are a team at this point. So theres a lot of group scenes of us, just like conversationally and in action. I think her relationships with people become really clear, and I think they all make tons of sense in line with Age of Ultron as well.
Question: Can you talk about your costumes in this film and any new changes?
Renner: Theres always something different. Hes still limited to what he can do ya know, no super powers, just a high skill set. But they have a cool thing... This time I learn very quickly with the bow. Beause in the first Avengers, he had that short bow that cracks open, and then I can crack and close with a staff. So now Im a master with a staff apparently. I have to learn that today. [Laughs] So theres that, and then theres always things you can do with the [arrow] tips. Except for this, what they call the arrow tips, theyll all be non-lethal, because again, were not trying kill anybody - just sort of take control of the situation. Theyll probably throw in a lot of gimmicks with the tips and trick arrows, and things like that. I love this costume the most of them all so far, the one Ive got. Its got a cool vibe to it. Very, very cool. Its very comfortable. Im still hot, but its fantastic, I love it. And its got cooler colors. I like it!
Olsen: We look unified in our costumes
Renner: Yeah yeah, thats correct.
Question: With Hawkeyes personality, will it line up more with what we see in the comic? Will we see more of his humor?
Renner: Yeah that self-deprecating, irreverence all that sort of Han Solo-ish, old school Indiana Jones kind of thing. Thats fun to play. Im only here for a short amount of time, but getting a lot done. Were having a lot of fun. Thats also whats so great about the Russo brothers. Literally theyll have a line thats pretty good and have a couple of alts that waere good, and then we can just throw in whatever the heck we want. Joss was good with that with me too in the last one; just kind of throwing in some funny lines. I think were gonna have a few zingers in this one too, I hope.
Question: What do you think characters like Black Panther and Ant-Man add to the dynamic of an ensemble movie like this?
Olsen: It broadens the globe of Marvel. I mean theyre doing an Ant-Man film, so getting him for part of this makes sense.
Renner: Its like a video game, really. Everyones got different attributes. You look at Ant-Man and you learn more about him. And you look at Black Panether, whos sort of like a Hawkeye or others in that he doesnt have super powers, just a really great skillset. Its just a great balance and mixed bag to add to the Marvel universe.
Olsen: He has the worst costume, Black Panther.
Renner: I know, that poor guy. Its the worst of any Marvel character.
Olsen: Yeah, I thought Ant-Man was bad, and then I saw him.
Renner: Yeah, Cap would complain about his cowl and its like dude, hes got three on! Terrible, sweating if it takes you 30 minutes to go to the bathroom, thats a problem.