Doctor Strange 2 Alternate Ending Would've Made No Way Home Even Better
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was confirmed to feature an alternate ending which would have changed the narrative direction ofSpider-Man: No Way Home. Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange has featured heavily in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase 4 movie line-up, appearing in both his own sequel and the multiverse-heavy Spider-Man: No Way Home, starring Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire. However, things would have been quite different had Marvel's original plan gone ahead using Doctor Strange 2's alternate ending.
As confirmed by writer Michael Waldron,Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was originally due to have a much darker ending. In it, the Master of the Mystic Arts would have been trapped in the incursion universe, while Sinister Strange, an evil variant of Strange, took his place in Earth-616, pretending to be its Stephen Strange. Though the final ending also showed Strange opening a third eye, suggesting the Darkhold had taken hold of him just as it did with Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), this ending would have seen the film end much more ambiguously.
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If Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness had been released before Spider-Man: No Way Home as initially planned and featured this ending, both films would have been vastly different. Spider-Man: No Way Home was criticized by some online for featuring a Doctor Strange who was out of character, irresponsibly ignoring Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme (Benedict Wong), and helping Peter Parker brainwash the entire world into forgetting he was Spider-Man. Had this film taken
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