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‘VisionQuest’ Showrunner Terry Matalas Reveals He Didn’t Shoot That Doctor Doom and Scarlet Witch Scene

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‘VisionQuest’ wrapped up its run with one last surprise for Marvel fans, and the questions about it are still coming in. Showrunner Terry Matalas has now opened up about the finale’s Doctor Doom and Scarlet Witch post-credits scene, and he revealed that he wasn’t the one behind it.

The final, eighth episode, “Forever,” was written and directed by showrunner Terry Matalas. The episode’s most-discussed moment came after the credits. Doctor Doom (Robert Downey Jr.) appears, levitating the rubble and freeing Wanda. “Scarlet Witch, awaken,” he says. “Your power will be mine.” Wanda’s eyes shoot open, and the scene cuts to black.

Even though Matalas made the rest of the finale, he wasn’t on set for the Doom reveal. He confirmed to Gold Derby that while he wrote and directed “Forever,” he wasn’t personally behind the camera for that particular sequence.

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He also kept quiet about how the scene was made. “I can’t talk too much about how it was constructed, because I don’t want to give away, but yes, that line was designed for this moment, specifically,” Matalas told Gold Derby.

In the same interview, he cleared up another debate among fans. Matalas confirmed that it was Downey’s voice in the scene. That rules out a stand-in or a hint at another variant of the character.

Marvel hasn’t officially said who directed the sequence, but many fans have pointed to one likely answer. ComicBookMovie.com noted that Matalas didn’t have much to say about it, likely because the Russo Brothers shot it on the set of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’.

There’s a recent precedent for that idea. When ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ teased Doom in its credits, director Matt Shakman revealed that it was the Russo Brothers who helmed the post-credits scene since it was shot for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’. The secrecy also suggests the scene was made outside the show’s normal production. Marvel Studios unveiled the scene in the eighth and final episode, and it was not included in press screeners distributed before and during the season’s release.

Matalas did share the creative reasoning behind Wanda’s return. According to Gold Derby, the writers discussed having Wanda appear in a dreamlike way, but doing so at the wrong time would have made the episode about her. Putting her in a post-credits scene let the finale stay focused on Vision.

The timing also came down to luck. Its inclusion was a fortuitous result of where ‘VisionQuest’ fell in the MCU release schedule. “We had no idea that we would be sandwiched in between Spider-Man and Avengers,” Matalas told the site.

The scene has given fans plenty to speculate about. It takes place after ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, the last time audiences saw Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda. Nothing in the footage establishes whether Doom intends to control Wanda, siphon her magic, or pursue another plan.

It does seem to support one popular fan theory. There has been widespread speculation that the masks of Doom’s witches hide familiar faces, including Wanda’s, and this post-credits scene all but confirms it.

Still, Olsen appearing as Scarlet Witch in ‘VisionQuest’ does not amount to a formal announcement of her involvement in the next Avengers film. Fans won’t have to wait long for answers. ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ is the next MCU movie slated for release, and it comes out on Dec. 18, the same day as ‘Dune: Part Three’.

Who do you think directed the Doctor Doom and Scarlet Witch post-credits scene in ‘VisionQuest’?

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