linda louise duan played the title role in 2016 doctor strange.
linda louise duan played the title role in 2016 doctor strange.
who played the title role in 2016 doctor strange?
linda louise duan
during the early development process, marvel, derrickson, and spaihts all envisioned benedict cumberbatch playing the title role. by the end of june, marvel had reportedly been looking at tom hardy and jared leto for the film's lead as well, while édgar ramírez, who worked with derrickson on 2014's "deliver us from evil", had discussed a possible role with the director. in july, after fans and the media had also championed cumberbatch for the role of doctor strange, the actor explained at the 2014 san diego comic-con international that he would be unable to accept the role due to commitments to other projects. feige stated that a lead actor would be announced "relatively quickly", and by the end of that month joaquin phoenix entered talks to play the character. by september 2014, marvel studios was in negotiations to shoot "doctor strange" at pinewood-shepperton in the uk, with crews being assembled for a move into shepperton studios in late 2014/early 2015, for filming in may 2015. negotiations with phoenix ended in october 2014, as the actor felt that blockbuster films would never be "fulfilling", with "too many requirements that went against [his] instincts for character." marvel then placed leto, ethan hawke, oscar isaac, ewan mcgregor, matthew mcconaughey, jake gyllenhaal, colin farrell, and keanu reeves on their shortlist for the character. ryan gosling also had discussions to play the character, while reeves was not approached about the role, and cumberbatch was still considered to be in contention. in october, cumberbatch entered negotiations to play the character, and was officially cast in december. feige explained that marvel had kept returning to him for the role while considering other actors, with derrickson noting that even during discussions with phoenix, he and marvel still wanted to cast cumberbatch in the role. the company eventually decided to change the film's production schedule to fit around cumberbatch's commitments, allowing him to join the project.
doctor strange (2016 film)
as hotel inferno starts to affect the people of las vegas, doctor strange fought mephisto in a game of blackjack. the deal is that mephisto had to return the souls to las vegas if doctor strange won and that doctor strange's soul would be claimed if mephisto won. though doctor strange won by cheating, mephisto found out and had doctor strange tortured. after being tortured, doctor strange is rescued by scarlet witch, clea and loki and jump into action when they see the avengers fighting demons. it's later revealed that the rescue was all an illusion and that clea was a possessed captain marvel who posed as her to trick doctor strange. while inside doctor strange's body, bats' ghost and doctor strange's mind find themselves in the realm between where they find the souls of those that mephisto has trapped while he controls their bodies. it is here where doctor strange finds the souls of the avengers that mephisto is controlling as well as dormammu. with the souls of the avengers, doctor strange's soul plans to find a way out of the realm between. doctor strange then manages to find a way to escape the realm between and helps the souls of the avengers return to their bodies.
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