Benedict Cumberbatch Reacts To Doctor Strange 2 Bans For LGBTQ+ Content
Benedict Cumberbatch reacts to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness being banned in certain countries for its inclusion of an LGBTQ+ character. The English actor is still fresh off his Academy Award-nominated role as Phil Burbank inThe Power of Dog (his second nomination after 2014's The Imitation Game) and his appearance as Doctor Strange in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Now, Cumberbatch is back on the press tour gearing up for the release of Stephen Strange's second solo film on May 6, which tasks the titular sorcerer with a dimension-hopping adventure of his own.
Cumberbatch leads the cast of the Multiverse of Madness alongside Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff a.k.a Scarlett Witch. Returning from the first Doctor Strange film are Chiwetel Ejiofor as Karl Mordo, Benedict Wong as Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg as Nicodemus West, and Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer. Xochitl Gomez makes her MCU debut as America Chavez, a teenager with the ability to travel between dimensions by punching open doorways. The Marvel film also acknowledges that Chavez is an LGBTQ+ character, which resulted in Multiverse of Madness being banned in several Gulf countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar.
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Now, the face of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Cumberbatch, is reacting to the film being banned in several overseas countries. In a video posted by @DrStrangeUpdate on Twitter, Cumberbatch called the decision an "expected disappointment," but is glad Disney and Marvel are continuing to push for LGBTQ+ inclusion and equality. Read his full comments below:
It is, I’m afraid, an expected disappointment. We’ve come to know from those repressive
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