It’s not especially difficult to picture Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. He was a top fan-cast pick long before he was officially announced, and there are countless pieces of fan art floating out there in the ether already. But as of today, we no longer have to rely on the power of our imaginations. The first official image of Cumberbatch as the magical Marvel superhero has just been released, and you can check it out after the jump.
Entertainment Weekly debuted the Doctor Strange first look on the cover of its latest issue.
Doctor Strange began shooting in November and won’t be out until next November, so it’s a bit early to peek at the Sorcerer Supreme. In fact, according to Entertainment Weekly, the cover shoot was one of Cumberbatch’s first times putting on that iconic blue-and-red costume. And as confident as he looks here, Cumberbatch admitted to the magazine that he was still getting his moves down:
I’m still in the infancy of learning all that. It was like, okay, I’ve got to keep throwing these poses, these spells, these rune-casting things, everything he does physically. I’m thinking, there’s going to be a huge amount of speculation and intrigue over the positioning of that finger as opposed to it being there, or there. And I’m still working on that. We haven’t played any of those scenes yet. I felt really self-conscious. But, then, by the end, it was great. It’s like anything, you just have to experiment.
The Marvel adventure follows Stephen Strange, a hotshot neurosurgeon whose career is derailed after a horrific car accident. In a desperate attempt to get his life back on track, he stumbles into the discovery of magic. Tilda Swinton plays the Ancient One, who serves as a mentor to Strange, and Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Baron Mordo, Strange’s rival. Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, and Michael Stuhlbarg also star.
Shooting on Doctor Strange is currently underway with director Scott Derrickson. The film arrives in theaters November 4, 2016.
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