“My image, in my mind, is just to disappear. I just want people to see the work that I’m proud of.

“I feel like you let people touch you when you have Instagram or Twitter, and I don’t want to be touched all the time. I’m not going to do it – ever.”

The 26-year-old actress – whose older sisters are twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – also hit out at the way she and her “generation” is portrayed by the media, insisting there is more to them than being “slackers”.

She added: “It is so annoying to me the way my generation is written about – that we are all entitled slackers and hackers.”

Elizabeth – who will play Wanda Maximoff’s alter-ego The Scarlett Witch in Marvel’s upcoming blockbuster – also discussed having to reject certain roles because she doesn’t want to add to the “violence in the world”.

She explained: “I read this brilliant script the other day that is a thriller but I had to say no to it.

“There’s enough violence in the world, why add to it? Superhero movies are about destroying robots not people so that doesn’t count.

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“Besides, all the heroes – especially in Marvel comics – are about heralding the underdog or the outsider.