Mr. Fantastic's Brutal Doctor Strange 2 Death Was Kevin Feige's Idea
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige himself came up with Mister Fantastic's brutal death scene in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Directed by Sam Raimi, the recent Doctor Strange sequel is the second standalone movie for Benedict Cumberbatch's titular character. The film, which earned mostly positive reviews from both audiences and critics, sees Doctor Strange protect the super-powered America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) from the wrath of Scarlett Witch, who is determined to reunite with her children in another universe at all costs.
Like many of the MCU films that came before it, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness features a handful of exciting cameos. The movie features the Illuminati, a superhero team in Earth-838. In addition to John Krasinski as Reed Richards/ Mister Fantastic, the secretive superhero group is comprised of Professor X (Patrick Stewart), Black Bolt (Anson Mount), Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell), Maria Rambeau/ Captain Marvel (Lashana Lynch), and Baron Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Much to the surprise of many fans, the Illuminati's appearance is relatively short-lived in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, with Wanda showing up and promptly killing every member in gruesome fashion, starting by sealing Black Bolt's mouth shut and then shredding Mister Fantastic into spaghetti-like strips.
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In a new interview with Befores & Afters, Industrial Light & Magic VFX Supervisor Julian Foddy reveals that the idea to shred Mister Fantastic actually originated with Feige. Foddy explains that the reference material Feige provided was someone pushing a lump of modeling clay through a garlic press, creating a bunch of
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