Hollywood Star's Unconventional Retirement Plan
In a surprising departure from typical celebrity promotion, Elizabeth Olsen has captivated audiences by sharing her remarkably specific vision for her final years. While promoting her new film Eternity, the acclaimed actor revealed an enduring fantasy of becoming an elderly woman living alone on the English coast.
The Perfect Setting for a Lonely End
Olsen's detailed description, originally shared with Variety, paints a vivid picture of her ideal retirement scenario. She imagines herself as a very old lady on the coast of England, alone actually, possibly with an animal companion, in weather that would be foggy and wet and kind of cold.
The Marvel star specified that her perfect English town would contain just one of each essential establishment: one bakery, one coffee shop, one fishmonger, one cheese shop, one community centre, and one theatre. This isn't the first time Olsen has mentioned this unusual fantasy - she previously expanded on the theme during an appearance on Marc Maron's podcast, adding that she assumes she'll have an affair with an old man.
Finding Olsen's Ideal English Town
While England boasts thousands of miles of coastline, finding the perfect location matching Olsen's specific criteria proves challenging. The town must be cold, wet, and foggy - conditions that unfortunately rule out sunny southern coastal towns like Eastbourne, despite its high elderly population.
Potential candidates include Filey in North Yorkshire, which offers the required moody atmosphere, but lacks both a theatre and cheesemonger. Berwick-upon-Tweed features The Maltings theatre and Doddington's Dairy, but its reputation as England's happiest town makes it unsuitable for someone longing to die alone.
After careful consideration, Scarborough emerges as the perfect match for Olsen's solitary fantasy. This historic North Yorkshire town consistently delivers the drizzly weather Olsen desires, while offering the necessary cultural amenities including a storied theatre and specialist cheese shop. The town perfectly balances relative prettiness with underlying depression, creating the ideal environment for Olsen's envisioned lonely end.
Of course, reality may interfere with this carefully constructed fantasy. As an in-demand A-list actor living in Los Angeles with her husband, numerous circumstances would need to align for Olsen to achieve her goal of anonymous coastal retirement. Nevertheless, should she remain committed to this particular vision of her final years, Scarborough's tourist board might soon have unexpected promotional material.
