On a special bonus episode, we’re interviewing Olli Haaskivi, a.k.a. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s Dr. Wilfred Nagel! Find out what goes into snagging a super-secret Marvel guest star role, what it was like filming on that shipping container lab set, and whether Haaskivi can make a better Negroni than Stanley Tucci.



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Full Episode Transcript



Alex:                             It’s MarvelVision, a podcast about Marvel, the MCU, and right now Falcon and the Winter Soldier. I’m Alex.



Justin:                          I’m Justin.



Pete:                            And I’m Pete.



Alex:                             And we are coming to you with a special bonus episode with a special [crosstalk 00:00:20] guest. We have Dr. Wilford Nagle, himself, Olli Haaskivi. Holy. Thank you so much for joining us today.



Olli Haaskivi:                 Thank you for having me. How are you?



Alex:                             Oh, so good. This is a big deal, being on a Marvel show. I’m not sure if you’re aware.



Pete:                            Yeah, do you know what’s going on? It’s great.



Olli Haaskivi:                 The answer is I don’t really know what’s going on. I’m only becoming aware of what a big deal it is.



Alex:                             Well, so talk about this a little bit because the Marvel actors always like to go on talk shows and say, “Oh, we can’t talk about what’s going on. There’s so much secrecy about it.” You’re coming in as this guest character for this episode. What is the secrecy level like for that? Is it more, is it less, is it about the same?



Olli Haaskivi:                 It’s probably a little bit more, I mean, I don’t imagine that… It’s interesting because I mean, even thinking back to the audition, when I got the audition, it was not for the Falcon and the Winter soldier. It was for something called Untitled Marvel Number Four.



Justin:                          Wow.



Olli Haaskivi:                 I don’t know if that was the exact number, so [crosstalk 00:01:24] maybe someone will write in and say that I’m wrong about that. But, so from the drop, I mean, it was incredibly secretive. The audition scene was a version of what you see in the show, but with all the specific details taken out, names were changed, and then I got the job and still didn’t know what the job was and I assumed as soon as I got the job, I Googled to see what Marvel things were happening, which things were in production.



Olli Haaskivi:                 And I assumed that it was WandaVision because Matt Shakman, who directed WandaVision, he runs the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles and over the years I do a lot of theater. And over the years I’ve almost done a couple of plays there and so my brain immediately assumed, “Oh, I auditioned for his show. My tape crossed his desk.” And he went, “Oh, I know who that guy is. Yeah, fine.” And it wasn’t until I got my official script pages, a couple of days later, that I responded to whoever sent the pages. And I just said, can you tell me what show this is? [crosstalk 00:02:35] Can you tell me anything about any of this? And they sent a very nice email back that said, you know, it’s [crosstalk 00:02:43] the Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Right? Exactly.



Justin:                          No, I can tell you.



Olli Haaskivi:                 Thank you. Thank you for your interest. But no, [crosstalk 00:02:49] but no. They sent back a very nice email that said, “This is the title. This is the code name. It’s being directed by Kari Skogland.” That’s when I got the rundown, but it was not immediate. And so the whole thing from the very beginning was shrouded in a lot of mysteries.



Pete:                            It’s so crazy because it’s like, you hear these actors talk and it’s almost like they get bagged and tagged an