Doctor Strange 2's Illuminati Was Wrong, Here's Who It Should Have Been
Warning: SPOILERS for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness!
The Illuminati joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Doctor Stange in the Multiverse of Madness but the lineup is all wrong. Marvel Studios revealed its plans to feature the all-powerful superteam from the comics in Doctor Strange 2 during early marketing materials. The tease of Patrick Stewart's Professor X among an unidentifiable lineup of Marvel characters directly signaled the plan for The Illuminati. However, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness delivers a rather surprising lineup of characters, as it leans into the furthest possibilities of the multiverse.
In addition to Professor X, Doctor Strange 2's Illuminati team included Maria Rambeau/Captain Marvel (Lashana Lynch), Peggy Carter/Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell), Black Bolt (Anson Mount), Mr. Fantastic (John Krasinski), and Karl Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor). The Illuminati sequences in the movie are certainly exciting, but the impact of the team is a bit more limited. Someone like Krasinski's Reed Richards is a payoff of fan-casting that not all audiences will be familiar with, while Black Bolt's casting references a failed Inhumans TV show. They are a combination of deep-cut references to Marvel history and bring new and familiar characters from the MCU to the lineup.
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It is understandable on some level why Marvel Studios went in this direction. Doctor Strange 2's Illuminate team pays homage to the comics in several instances, specifically as it comes to introducing non-MCU characters/concepts like Professor X and the X-Men, Black Bolt and the Inhumans, and Reed Richards and the Fantastic Four. All three of
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