Michael Waldron Interview: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has been in theaters for a week now, and its scared up a healthy box office even by MCU standards. Sam Raimi helmed the film, heralding his return to Marvel after the original Spider-Man trilogy, and he was joined by Michael Waldron as the screenwriter. In the Doctor Strange sequel, Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) must deal with the consequences of multiversal adversary wreaking havoc in more than one reality — something he's had a little experience with after Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Not only was Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness tasked with welcoming brand-new Avenger ally America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) to franchise, but also with serving as a culmination of Wanda Maximoff's (Elizabeth Olsen) after WandaVision. With so many moving parts and the stakes so high, how did Waldron plan to pull it all together, and from which previous Marvel movies would he be drawing most?
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Screen Rant spoke to Waldron about the journey Wanda takes in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, as well as his own journey through the MCU that began with his work on Loki season 1.
Screen Rant: You have probably spent more than most thinking about the multiverse as of late. How much influence did Loki and the events of No Way Home have on Multiverse of Madness?
Michael Waldron: I at least felt fluent in the language of the multiverse, which was good. No Way Home was certainly important, because Stephen has had an experience with the multiverse, and he knows that it's dangerous. He knows to really take it seriously when America shows up, she's from another universe, and he realizes there's a multiversal adversary. He
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