Paul Bettany returns as Vision in Disney+ spin-off VisionQuest
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The gist
Actor Paul Bettany is starring in VisionQuest, a WandaVision spin-off that premiered two episodes on Disney+.
The press tour also revived talk of his texts with Johnny Depp.
Background
Paul Bettany is the actor who voiced the AI J.A.R.V.I.S. in Iron Man and has played the android superhero Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Avengers: Age of Ultron. VisionQuest is a spin-off of the 2021 series WandaVision, released in the final stretch of the MCU's Phase Six. Bettany has been doing press for the show, discussing both his Marvel history and old text messages with Johnny Depp, the actor whose libel lawsuit against The Sun led to those messages being read in court.
How it unfolded
- 2008Paul Bettany first voiced J.A.R.V.I.S. in Iron Man.
- 2015Bettany first appeared onscreen as Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
- 2018Vision's death scene in Avengers: Infinity War, which Bettany says the Russos asked him and Elizabeth Olsen to improvise.
- Feb 2020A text exchange between Johnny Depp and Bettany was read during a hearing in Depp's libel lawsuit against The Sun.
- 2021WandaVision aired, with White Vision receiving his memories from the original Vision.
- Oct 13, 2026VisionQuest premiered its first two episodes on Disney+.
- Oct 18, 2026Bettany said he and Johnny Depp 'hadn't spoken' in years when their texts were read during the libel trial.
- Oct 22, 2026Bettany recounted how Marvel stars found out who would live or die in Infinity War.
Who’s saying what
- Expert
- Bettany describes VisionQuest's White Vision as living discreetly in Scotland working at the pub he used to frequent with Wanda, holding all the memories but unable to attach feelings to them.
- Public
- Bettany said he was 'being painted as this close friend of a guy I hadn't spoken to in years' when the Depp texts were read, and that he chose to say nothing because 'people know me' and he lives an 'incredibly quiet life'.