Elizabeth Olsenhas secured her third win at theMTV Movie & TV Awards. Previously, Olsen earned two awards at the event in 2021 for her role as Wanda Maximoff in the hit Disney+ seriesWandaVision. Shewon the award for Best Performance in a Showalong with the Best Fight award, the latter shared with Kathryn Hahn. On Sunday’s event, she was nominated again for the same character, but for her performance in the movieDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which turned Wanda into a villain. So many fans appreciated the performance that they voted Olsen as the winner of the Best Villain award, one that was previously won by Hahn forWandaVision.
Directed by Sam Raimi and written by Michael Waldron,Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessalso starred Benedict Cumberbatch in his return as the titular Marvel hero. In the film, he teams up with a mysterious teen girl, America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) to traverse through the multiverse to face alternate versions of himself along with other threats. Olsen’s Wanda becomes the Scarlet Witch in the movie, serving as the antagonist and the biggest foe to Doctor Strange.
There were some great nominees for the Best Villain category. Aside from Olsen forDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, other nominees included Harry Styles forDon’t Worry Darling, Jamie Campbell Bower forStranger Things, Jenna Davis and Amie Donald forM3GAN, and the CGI bear inCocaine Bear.
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The Best Villain award has bene a part of the MTV Movie & TV Awards since 1992, when Rebecca De Mornay became the first-ever winner for her role inThe Hand That Rocks the Cradle. It was briefly renamed as the Best On-Screen Dirt Bag award in 2012, a year that Jennifer Aniston won for her role in the filmHorrible Bosses. However, it was named back to Best Villain the following year. Last year, Daniel Radcliffe won the award for playing Abigail Fairfax in the movieThe Lost City, with other winners in recent years include Kathryn Hahn forWandaVision, Josh Brolin forAvengers: Endgame, Michael B. Jordan forBlack Panther, Jeffrey Dean Morgan forThe Walking Dead, and Adam Driver forStar Wars: The Force Awakens.
On the other side of the coin is the Best Hero award. For this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, the winner of that honor was Pedro Pascal for his role as Joel in HBO’sThe Last of Us. He was up against Jenna Ortega forWednesday, Diego Luna forAndor, Paul Rudd forAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and Tom Cruise forTop Gun: Maverick. While Cruise didn’t get this award, he notably won the Best Performance in a Movie award at the event.
You can stream Olsen’s award-winning performance inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesson Disney+.
