Marvel’s ‘WandaVision’ Sequel Actor Reacts To Finale’s Emotional MCU Character Return

Warning – this article contains spoilers for the ‘VisionQuest’ finale.Marvel Studios officially kicked off its Phase 4 slate in Jan. 2021 with WandaVision, the MCU’s first project developed exclusively for Disney+. Led by Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany’s Vision, the show explored themes such as grief, trauma, and nostalgia as Wanda and Vision lived a fantasy life within a magical Hex in Westview, NJ. The story continued in grand fashion in 2024’s Agatha All Along (led by Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness) before the trilogy finished this year.

The final chapter of that trilogy is VisionQuest, bringing back Bettany’s Vision alongside a grown-up Tommy Maximoff (Ruaridh Mollica). Also featuring James Spader’s return as Ultron, this story ended with an epic battle between good and evil, and it even included a family reunion as Joe Locke returned to action as Billy Maximoff from Agatha All Along. Following this epic moment, one of the show’s biggest stars shared his thoughts on just how incredible that moment was to see on set.

Speaking exclusively with MovieWeb, VisionQuest star Todd Stashwick (Paladin) discussed his experience filming the reunion between Joe Locke’s Billy Maximoff and Ruaridh Mollica’s Tommy Maximoff, alongside Paul Bettany’s Vision. Being a longtime comics fan, he candidly called it “rarefied air” to be in a position “to watch those moments happen,” describing it as “pretty special” to see the twins’ reunion with their android father:

“It’s rarefied air to have such a privileged position to watch those moments happen, that the fans — and myself as a fan, right? — get to see this happen. To be included now in the fabric of that moment is pretty, pretty special. I have a few of those in my library now by watching the next-gen cast come back together in ‘Picard,’ and now watching the reunion of the Maximoff boys and their dad, it’s special, it’s not lost on me.”

Stashwick is a well-known comic aficionado, having written scripts for multiple Marvel and DC video games and having worked with the late Patrick Stewart on the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard. Lighting up during the interview, he reflected on how impactful the moment was between the Maximoff twins and their father, as it was the first time Vision had been with both of his sons as young adults.

The big question now is Wanda Maximoff’s fate, as she was notably missing from this heartfelt moment at the end of VisionQuest. While Marvel wants the audience to believe she perished on Mount Wundagore at the end of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, considering how immensely powerful she is, many believe it is only a matter of time until she returns to the MCU.

Also on the table is a potential Young Avengers/Champions team-up in the MCU, which would certainly include both Locke and Mollica as Billy and Tommy. This also comes three years after Iman Vellani’s Ms. Marvel and Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop met in the final scene of 2023’s The Marvels and weeks before Kathryn Newton returns as Cassie Lang in Avengers: Doomsday. Even with those mysteries in play, the Maximoffs coming back together is a heavy-hitter as the MCU moves through Phase 6.