Having first made headlines for her performance in the film Martha Marcy May Marlene, actress and self-described “old soul” Elizabeth Olsen covers the May 2015 issue of FASHION Magazine, on newsstands and iPad April 20. The star of the upcoming Marvel flick Avengers: Age of Ultron spoke with FASHION about her role as the Scarlet Witch, views on feminism, typecasting Millennials and more in the below excerpts from our exclusive interview:

On her role as the Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron: 

“One of the reasons why I liked her so much was because no one gave her tools to understand how powerful she is.”

Her outlook on feminism:

“Feminism has been such an obsession and no one really knows what definition anyone is talking about. It’s such a hot topic. Of course, women should have equal pay—I care about being equal to anyone else. [The word equality] is a very important part of the history of women’s rights.”

On her acting powers:

“One time [actress Jessica Lange] called her acting gift a bottomless well of sadness. I think I was born with that, too.”

On social media:

“I don’t [use] social media, and I feel like that’s how people control their image. My image, in my mind, is just to disappear. I just want people to see the work that I’m proud of. I feel like you let people touch you when you have Instagram or Twitter, and I don’t want to be touched all the time. I’m not going to do it—ever.”

On Millennial stereotypes: 

“It is so annoying to me the way my generation is written about—that we are all entitled slackers and hackers.”

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