Since the end of Avengers: Infinity War through the whole of WandaVision on Disney +, many fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have wondered what’s next for the Vision and actor Paul Bettany. It was uncertain whether his character’s resurrection was permanent, and the show eventually revealed that the Scarlet Witch recreated him from memory while leaving his body to be experimented by SWORD. But this new version of the Vision woke up in the series finale of WandaVision, thanks to a thought experiment and some intervention from its Westview-created counterpart, and the character’s fate is now unknown.
But Bettany isn’t done with Marvel Studios yet. As he talked to Esquire about his time on WandaVision, he made it clear that he plans to stay in the MCU for a long time to come.
“I love Vision. Yes, I am in,” said Bettany when asked if he would play Vision forever.
The actor also expressed excitement at having a significant opportunity to dig into the android. His character played only a minor role in the Iron Man and Avengers movies before appearing in WandaVisionBettany wondered what his character would look like without Wanda by his side.
“I mean, that’s it, right? I’ve never had a loved one to lose … I don’t know what grief is because I’ve never had a loved one to lose,” said Bettany. “There’s so much to talk to him about because it’s been ten minutes ago here, ten minutes there, in the movie,” he adds. ‘Now we are actually just starting to peel some things away.’
Bettany had to be in the last episode of WandaVision after it was revealed, his body was reassembled. The two Visions facing each other in Wanda’s hex proved to be a major highlight for fans, but it was difficult for the actor who played two roles.
“I was super intimidated by myself,” Bettany joked. “I would come one day and I would be Vision or The Vision. Dan Adam [Lytle], my stuntman, would play Vision. And he learned all the dialogue and both parts – he was brilliant. We would play the scene like that. And then he would come in the next day. And he would get The Vision. Then I would get Vision. And then we played the scene like this and the same with the fights, so they could always have my bella faccia on camera at some point. It was more confusing than I had assigned. It has used up my entire brain. “
All episodes of WandaVision streaming now on Disney +.