Elizabeth Olsen Talks to Vanity Fair's Krista Smith About “Red Lights” and “Liberal Arts”

Last year Elizabeth Olsen was the It Girl of Sundance and this year Elizabeth Olsen is the It Girl of Sundance. I like to say Elizabeth Olsen is the new Elizabeth Olsen. This is crazy. I've been here two days. I've seen you in two films already. Very exciting stuff. Of course, you've seen both of them. Yeah, of course I have. Oh, awesome. Oh, it's great. It's great. How's it second time around in Utah? I am so comfortable and relaxed. As opposed to last year? As opposed to last year, I was just like, okay, I've never talked about a movie to anyone ever. I've never done any press, anything. So, it was just a whole bunch of like, I don't know, huge wake-up calls or just I didn't know how to speak for myself that well. I mean, I've always known how to talk to people because I've done that my entire life. But it was just totally different and now I just feel like relaxed and comfortable and I'm enjoying it. Did you graduate? No, I didn't graduate. And you did drama, right? Yeah, but he also had a liberal arts degree. Liberal arts. What a segue. And isn't that incredible because Elizabeth, one of her films here happens to be liberal arts that nestled in Ohio. Yeah. In a beautiful liberal arts campus playing a college student. Yeah, so far from the truth. You know, you give another incredible heartwarming, like, just something about your faith and everything about you on film just draws me in at any rate. I think it was. Then the other film that Elizabeth was in was Red Lights, which is another guerrilla-esque movie. Although I didn't have to go through the ringer in that one. No, you did. Killing it. And another college student, right? Yep, and another college student. Alright. Falling for a guy who might be 12 for her. Are you typecast yet? No, it's not that. It's impossible. How has life been since the last Sunday Afternoon? Just in general. I mean, you look very comfortable, you look very relaxed and all that, but do you feel changed at all? Yeah, I do. I actually feel like I've grown up so much in the last year, and it's funny because Sean Durkin, who directed Martha, he and I are close, close, close friends. Like, we're partners in crime for life, and he and I joke about how I've actually grown up in the last year. And as stupid as that is to say about yourself, you just, I don't know, you go through things that just make you, I don't know, more appreciative of things. I think when you learn to appreciate things more, that's actually when you mature. Well, it's great to see you. I hope maybe next year, same time next year. I hope so. There are definitely movies that I'm doing that could hopefully make it there. Any Elizabeth and James on? You know, I'm not, I was in full on the row yesterday. And I'm not today. So there's the row, and then there's Elizabeth and James. Yeah, but I was like full on the row yesterday. And I feel bad that I'm not in full on the row right now. But, it's okay. There's always tomorrow. There's always tomorrow, great. Yeah, exactly. Alright guys, we're good. Great, thank you.