Doctor Strange has always been a queer fictitious character , whether it ’s on the boastful screen or in the comics — theworld of magicis so often far removed from the distinctive grand superhero consequence that populate our strips and our adventures on screens large and small always pigeon Stephen into something more befitting of a supporting role rather than the track . Back in the spotlight forMultiverse of Madnesshowever , the man underneath the chimneypiece is surprised at his status as an entire multiverse ’s mainstay .
“ He ’s quite a rebel , he ’s quite an outsider — he does n’t directly hit you as a leader despite his prominence in the MCU at this mo , ” Benedict Cumberbatch latterly told pressing at a junket forDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , point out the sudden unlikelihood that Stephen Strange — sans a Tony Stark or a Steve Rogers — has sort of de facto become the leading face of the generation of Italian sandwich that precedes the new one being shape in Marvel ’s form 4 . “ That ’s what makes him really interesting . And , uh , conflicted , I intend as a torpedo . As , Sam [ Raimi ] allude to , it ’s the mankind that stay fresh citizenry coming back for more - and I reckon we see in this film an looping of somebody who we ’ve take care be very omnipotent , very , creative and sort of omnipresent . ”
Multiverse of Madness is Cumberbatch ’s sixth cinematic appearance as Doctor Strange — 7th , if you consider his appearance in theanimated series What If?—but is only his second “ solo ” outing , even itself a loose term considering the amount of other Marvel characters appearing alongside him in this latest motion picture . All those appearance have forged Strange into a flesh that is less of his own hero , and more at metier corroborate others , like he tried ( emphasis on tried ) to with Peter Parker in No Way Home , or his part in the Avengers duology . After being in that role however , Cumberbatch call back it ’s time to go back to diving into just what sort of man Strange has become by being thrust into this role .
Sorry Stephen… you really are kind of in charge right now.Image: Marvel Studios
“ We have n’t really understand what the monetary value of that is , what it is that ’s fuel that — both him as a person , but also within this mysterious realm of sorcery and thaumaturgy , ” Cumberbatch added . “ [ Multiverse of Madness ] is about examine that and finding his fault , his faults , his human race , as well as his strengths , and renewing our discernment of him and change our understanding of him . As far as being a drawing card go , I would say [ this flick is ] more of a self - interrogation , of oblige up a mirror to him through this incredible narrative structure we have of a Multiverse of other selves , than it is examining what his electric potential is to lead . ”
But even then , Cumberbatch is loth to throw Stephen Strange in that leading limelight even now . “ I will say this : he ’s far better at being a henchman , at working with others , at realizing he ca n’t always be the one to hold the knife and control all himself , ” the histrion concluded . “ Those are fairly leaderlike qualities , I ’d say … but he ’s evolve . There ’s that . ”
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness his theaters on May 6 .
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