Doctor Strange 2 Director Sam Raimi Was Originally Hesitant To Embrace His Signature Style
One of the big positive takeaways from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was having visionary filmmaker Sam Raimi on board, as the director was able to inject his unique style into the Marvel Studios film. But that wasn't always going to be the case, as writer Michael Waldron shared that Raimi was originally hesitant to embrace his signature style.
Following the events ofLoki and Spider-Man: No Way Home, Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,as its title implies, follows Benedict Cumberbatch's sorcerer hero through the alternate realities of the multiverse as he tries to protect teenager America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) from those looking to steal her dimension-hopping powers. Raimi replaced director Scott Derrickson, who helmed the first film.
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Whether it was his trademark transitions, injection of horror elements, or reuniting with iconic composer Danny Elfman, who collaborated with Raimi on his Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness served as a fresher entry than most MCU films. But that wasn't always going to be the case. Speaking to Polygon, Waldron, who had Raimi in mind when penning the script, revealed that the director was originally set on being a team player rather than embracing his unique style that many fans have come to love,
«I was totally writing with Sam in mind the entire time. I had watched all his movies. I tried to really get an ear for the dialogue in his movies, because I wanted it to feel like a Sam Raimi film,» Waldron shared. «But Sam, to his credit, had no interest in coming in and just playing the hits. Sam did not come in and say, I need you to
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