Kathryn Hahnis riding high at the moment. For most fans, the project they’re most anticipating is her return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe inher role as Agatha Harkness, the witch of Westviewwho hauntedElizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios’WandaVisionin 2021. Speaking with Collider’sTaylor Gates,Hahn couldn’t hide her excitement at the prospect of returning to Westview as the titular character inAgatha: Darkhold Diaries.
During the interview, Hahn discussed her Emmy-nominated as Clare inTiny Beautiful Things, a dramedy where her marriage is in distress, her daughter hates her, and her job is at risk. Noting how wildly different Clare was from Agatha, she expressed her appreciation of the contrast in styles between the two jobs.
“These two projects could not have been more different from each other and could not have asked more different things of me, buta part always takes a little something from you and also gives a little something to you. So yes, of course, there was a call and response between the two of them because it’s me, it’s my life, it’s my humanhood stepping from one to the other. I don’t know if I could exactly say what it was, but she, of course, prepared me for the witch.”
Taking Hahn’s lead, Gates revealed her own excitement at the prospect of the series, which Hahn enthusiastically agreed with, although she confessed that, as expected, she could reveal nothing new. “I can’t say anything, but I’m so excited! You know, it’s interesting you say that because my whole experience with Marvel, starting withWandaVisionand thenAgatha—everyone talks about the machine of Marvel, but I’ve really felt like I’ve been in this amazing splinter circus that has felt so trusted and so off to the side,“said Hahn.
Kathryn Hahn Is Also Grateful to Work With ‘WandaVision’s Jac Shaeffer Again
Hahn went on to compare the cast and crew of the project to that of an “experimental theater group” and expressed her gratitude to Marvel PresidentKevin Feigefor not just allowing her to return to the character of Agatha, but for also reuniting her withJac Schaeffer, who did such a wonderful jobwith bringingWandaVisionto life in such difficult circumstances during the pandemic. Indeed, such is Hahn’s admiration for Schaeffer’s work, she admitted she would work with the filmmaker for “the rest of [her] life”.
“Kind of like this experimental theater troupe or the wicked stepsisters. It feels like we’re getting away with murder with what we’re being able to do. It really feels thrilling, and I’m just so grateful to Kevin [Feige] for letting us do our thing and letting Jac do her thing, which is just extraordinary. I would work with Jac Schaeffer for the rest of my life. I just love her voice.”
Agatha: Darkhold Diariesis now set for a fall 2024 release on Disney+. Stay tuned at Collider for further updates.
