In the late 80s, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen played the youngest member of the Tanner family on “Full House.” In real life, however, they were the doting older sisters of Elizabeth Olsen.
Elizabeth Olsen, who followed in the famous twins’ footsteps to become an actor in her own right, recently told Harper’s Bazaar UK that Mary-Kate and Ashley often fought for her attention.
“It’s an amazing feeling, being the younger sibling to twins,” she told the outlet. “If I was spoiled by one, the other one wanted to match it. I loved it.”
Elizabeth, now 33, is two years younger than her older sisters, who have since taken a step back from acting to focus on their fashion careers.
Elizabeth said in the interview that, at times, she was intimidated by her sisters’ early success in the entertainment industry but that she “always knew” that it was what she wanted to do for work. She explained that because she enjoyed school, she was content to let her sisters stand in the limelight for some time.
“I’ve always felt that presence, which made me work harder, and maybe have a chip on my shoulder to be over-prepared and disciplined, so I could feel like I was earning it,” Olsen told the magazine. “That feeling definitely settled five years into working, but I had this need to be the hardest-working student when I was in school.”
