Why did they change the actor for Quicksilver in WandaVision?

Why did they change the actor for Quicksilver in WandaVision?

One of the most important reasons for having different actors play the same character is due to studio interference. X-Men characters are a part of Marvel, sure, but Fox previously owned the rights to these characters, and not Disney, the company that owns Marvel.

Why didn t Aaron play Quicksilver in WandaVision?

Originally Answered: Why didn’t Marvel bring back Aaron Taylor Johnson’s Quicksilver instead of Evan Peters’ in WandaVision? They wanted to introduce the X-Men characters some way. MCU liked Peters better as Quicksilver and got the opportunity to recast without actually recasting.

Why is Quicksilver two different actors?

Q: I do wonder why there are two Quicksilvers? One in the Avengers and one in X-Men. The short answer is that both Marvel and Twentieth Century Fox say they own Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, so both studios are using the characters.

Why does Pietro look different in WandaVision?

This Pietro is played by Evan Peters—who played Pietro/Quicksilver in the X-Men movies—rather than Aaron-Taylor Johnson, who played Pietro in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Is Evan Peters the new Quicksilver?

WandaVision surprised fans when they introduced Evan Peters as Pietro instead of bringing back Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Quicksilver from Avengers: Age of Ultron. For the unversed, Peters played Pietro/Quicksilver in the X-Men universe.

Is the Pietro in WandaVision fake?

Agatha Harkness spilled the beans about Pietro in WandaVision episode 8, “Previously On”, during her supervillain monologue to the magically captured Wanda. Evan Peters’ Pietro is, indeed a fake (“Fietro”, as Agatha called him).