Benedict Cumberbatch Apparently Had Doubts About Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home's success isn't a big surprise, but to Doctor Strange's Benedict Cumberbatch, it originally was. The Marvel actor has now shared that he was skeptical about how big the third MCU Spidey film would truly become.
Marvel Studios'Spider-Man: No Way Home picks up immediately where Spider-Man: Far From Home left off, as Peter Parker seeks Doctor Strange's help in restoring his secret identity after the world finds out who Spider-Man really is from Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal). After a botched magic spell, Parker must then deal with multiversal consequences and stop visitors from other universes from wreaking havoc on his world.
Benedict Cumberbatch Says He's 'Thrilled' For Spider-Man: No Way Home's Success And Doctor Strange 2 Hype
Other than the return of many villains such as Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin, Alfred Molina's Doc Ock, and Jamie Foxx's Electro from previous Spider-Man installments, both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Men make their surprising yet welcomed appearance in No Way Home. With the film including so many fan-favorite characters, No Way Home was bound to be this monumental success, but Cumberbatch revealed to Empire that he was still caught off guard by it all.
«I think when Kevin Feige first said, ‘We’ll know about the future of cinema, or the cinemagoing experience, after this film,’ I was like, ‘Okay, everyone’s drinking too much of the Kool-Aid around here,'» Cumberbatch admitted. “My ignorance was showed up." While still trying to soak up of the film's accomplishments, Cumberbatch is now gearing up to reprise his sorcerer role in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a film that is shaping up to be just as big, if not bigger than No Way Home.
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