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Elizabeth Olsen covers the new issue of Allure, mostly to promote Captain America: Civil War, but she also mentions I Saw the Light, so she’s probably pulling double-duty. A year ago, if you had asked for my opinion on Olsen, I would have said that she seemed okay, pretty normal and un-diva-like. But as I read more of her interviews, the less I like her? It’s not something I can put my finger on exactly, except that I don’t think she’s as famous as she believes she is, and as such, some of her complaints about fame come across as disingenuous. And there’s more of that in this Allure interview. You can read the full piece here. Some highlights:

She’s not offended by comparisons to her big sisters: “You know you’re going to be compared [with them] for the rest of your life. You grow up and get over it, and you love your family regardless.”

Playing Hank Williams’ first wife: “It’s a f–ked-up story—she had a really sh-tty, difficult experience with her husband.”

She doesn’t get Insta-celebs: “Being a celebrity for not doing anything, I don’t understand that.”

She hates the paps: “I won’t go to certain restaurants because I don’t want to be photographed.”

When paparazzi started camping out at her farmers’ market in LA: “I had to find a different kind of sauerkraut.”

What happens when she goes to an industry party: “I’ll find a sofa in the corner, and I park myself,” says the woman who calls Hollywood “a weird circus.” Plus, “I’m allergic to small talk.”

Red carpet fashion: “The clothes we’re expected to fit into aren’t sizes; they’re samples. They’re not made for chicks with boobs, so I’m very self-conscious about having them. I have fun choosing an outfit for my best friend’s wedding, but not [something] I’m going to be judged in.”

When she was turned away from a Saint Laurent show: “We were like, OK, we didn’t get in!” says Olsen. “We were going to have sushi an hour from now, but I guess we’ll have it now instead.” So she drove to a restaurant in a mini mall where “you don’t have to say hi to people who make you uncomfortable. [At the show,] Lady Gaga would be somewhere nearby, and you’d be like, Where am I?”

Late bloomer: “I’m thankful that I didn’t start working until I got older. I was confident enough to know who I was.”

When she started getting buzz in her early 20s:
“People kept saying, ‘Your life’s gonna change.’ I wish I took it a little more seriously because I could have made smarter work decisions after the fact. But the way I’ve always functioned is that I don’t listen to noise. It’s a defense mechanism. Like, Yeah, this is all fake. All of my friends’ families [worked in Hollywood growing up], and I didn’t want to give it weight.”

[From Allure]

One of my rules about celebrities (and everyone else) is that if someone is trying this hard to convince you of something, you know the opposite is probably true. The more Olsen tries to convince us that she’s super-normal and she hates the paparazzi and she’s constantly being stalked because she’s so super-famous (and yet so normal), the more I think that the opposite is true. And the farmers market thing? Um, did she go to the same farmers market as Jennifer Garner? Because there’s your explanation.

One of the most interesting quotes comes from Jeremy Renner, not Olsen. He tells the mag: “We have dinners and wine and good chats. I’ve peeled a lot of layers of that onion, and every layer is interesting. She’s smart. She’s strong-willed. She has an old soul.” Hm… I realize I’m not the first person to wonder this, but do you think Renner and Olsen have something going on? She’s his type, to a certain extent. And he has been single for a while, hasn’t he?

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Photos courtesy of Allure.

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