‘Eternity’ Star Elizabeth Olsen Reflects on Death and the Afterlife
At the premiere of Eternity, the new romantic dramedy from A24 starring Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller, conversations about death were central. Olsen plays a woman who, after dying, must choose where to spend eternity and with whom: either her first husband, who died in the Korean War, or her second, to whom she was married for over 60 years.
Elizabeth Olsen's Thoughts on Mortality
Olsen shared that she has long contemplated what leaving this Earth might be like. She explained, “I’ve had this kind of plotted out from a very young age. When I was in high school, I dreamt of being a very old lady on the coast of England, alone actually. I might have had an animal, and it would be like foggy and wet and kind of cold, and I would go on long walks and I would be in a small town that had like one of each thing you need like one bakery, one coffee shop, one fishmonger, one cheese shop, one community center, one theater.”
“It was always just me because I like meeting new people and I like being a part of a community, and I always imagined I would die alone.”
When asked about this solitude, Olsen laughed and said, "I don’t know what to do with that, but that was part of my dream.”
Miles Teller's Hopes for the Afterlife
Co-star Miles Teller expressed his own thoughts, hoping to reunite with late friends and family members he never had the chance to meet. He also mentioned a desire to keep things simple.
Summary
Elizabeth Olsen envisions a quiet, solitary old age surrounded by simplicity and community, while Miles Teller desires heartfelt reunions and tranquility beyond life.
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