Becoming a father has left an indelible mark onWandaVisionstar Paul Bettany.
“Marriage and children changed my life,” he tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue of his life with actressJennifer Connelly, 50, and their three kids: sons Kai, 23, and Stellan, 17, and daughter Agnes, 9. “It really altered who I was and what I saw as my goals.”
Now resurrecting hisAvengersandroid hero, Vision, in the new Disney+ spinoff series,WandaVision, Bettany was born into the acting world — his father, Thane, was an actor and teacher, and his mother, Anne, was also a drama teacher. The actor describes himself as a “really shy kid” growing up in London with older sister Sarah and younger brother Matthew.
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“I was a sort of fool at home in front of my parents, but then at school very bashful,” he says. “I was the kid that didn’t go out at recess.”
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Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen inWandaVision.Disney+
Bettany continues to find strength “in not being judgmental, and I think my children have that too,” he adds.
“Having been through a thousand years of therapy, there’s real power in getting to know yourself … and I have so many things to be grateful for,” he says.
WandaVisionpremieres Friday on Disney+.
source: people.com
