Elizabeth Olsen "romanticised" about being an old lady living in a "beautiful British seaside town" when she was a teenager

Elizabeth told The Times: "My friends thought it was strange, but I created these fantasies about growing old and living in a cottage alone in a different part of the world.

"I romanticised a cold cottage in a beautiful British seaside town. I only had one grandparent, my father's mum, and she wasn't around all that much because she was travelling the world, so I loved the idea of growing old and travelling like her."

The award-winning star is a big fan of a British Sunday roast dinner, as well as London's idyllic green parks.

Elizabeth said: "I like the culture here of people working to live, as opposed to living to work.

"And it's nice to be part of a culture where every Sunday people gather over food. We call that Thanksgiving and do it once a year.

"Oh, and I don't know if there's another city that has as beautiful parks, and in every neighbourhood, as London."

The WandaVision legend spent a term studying acting - and Cyrillic, a language writing system - at the Moscow Art Theatre School in 2009.

And she dec lared living in the Russian capital as a "profound experience".

Elizabeth explained: "Moscow and St. Petersburg are cities that fully revolve around the arts - you almost hardly ever see political statues because they keep wiping them out, so instead there are just loads of poets and writers that have stayed up for hundreds of years and are the voice of the people.

"And I saw the best theatre I've seen in any city in my life."

As well as being an actress, Elizabeth is a children's book author, and she and Robbie have become New York Times bestselling authors with their picture book series, Hattie Harmony.

And the couple - who will "probably" start a family one day - watch Bluey, a children's animated TV series, for "research".

Elizabeth - who started working on Hattie Harmony during lockdown - said: "We were discussing how you can help build an empathetic and curious next generation that isn't overly stimulated and overwhelmed by all the options we present to kids now.

"We love shows like Bluey because of the patience it requires for the storytelling and how soft and gentle it is."