Benedict Cumberbatch Talks About The Marvel Role He Turned Down Before Landing Doctor Strange
Benedict Cumberbatch has been lauded for the performances he's given as Doctor Strange since first playing the role in 2016. However, Cumberbatch has revealed that he was first offered the part of a Marvel villain almost a decade ago but ultimately turned it down.
It's fair to say that Cumberbatch has been among the better castings in the Marvel Cinematic Universeseeing how his character has had to adapt to multiple settings in the universe. This is especially the case in the latest installment starring his character titled Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
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Cumberbatch revealed in a recent interview with BBC Radio 1 that back in the early 2010s, he was offered the part of Malekith in Thor: The Dark World. At the time, Cumberbatch was gaining recognition as an actor for his role in Sherlock, but he believed at the time that he would have been better served to play a juicier role in the MCU if the opportunity showed itself. Cumberbatch later added that he wasn't too fond of the Doctor Strange character from the comics. «I was bold enough to say, 'I'd rather hold out for something a bit more juicy,» Cumberbatch said of the offer to play Malekith. «I sort of read the [Doctor Strange] comics and went, 'Yikes', because he's quite old school, a bit of a misogynist, very bound in the '70s… I thought, 'It's a bit cornball. I'm not sure (if) this is a great MCU [role]. I don't get it.' They went, 'No, it would be today. It would be very much a man of today. Yes, with some of those qualities, but like a man of today would have those qualities where he thinks he's the business,' because he has to have that arrogance.»
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